REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY: AIIMS MANGALAGIRI 2022

Date: 12/05/2022

Time: 3:30PM

Venue: OPD Block, Third Floor

Chief Guest: Prof. Dr. Mukesh Tripathi, Director

Guest of Honor: Dr. B.Valli Registrar, APNMC

Dignitaries:

• Dr. Joy A Ghoshal, Dean Academics
• Deepti Vepakomma , Dean Research
• Vineet Abraham Thomas, Medical Superintendent

International nurses day is celebrated at AIIMS Mangalagiri with lots of Zeal and Zest.The programme was started with prayer song and lamp lightening by the dignitaries. Welcome speech was given by Dr. Vineet Abraham Thomas followed by dignitaries’ speech. Chief Guest, Director, Prof. Dr. Mukesh Tripathi sir expressed his views and importance of nursing in patient care. The guest of honor delivered an enthusiastic speech regarding historical background and current trends in nursing. International nurses day theme of the year 2022, “Nurse a voice to lead invest in nursing and respect rights to secure global health” was revealed by HOD, Hospital administration Prof.  Dr. Rama Mohan sir and was enlightened by Senior Nursing Officer Mr. V.M Dhanasekhar. All the dignitaries are felicitated by small mementos as a token of appreciation. Glimpses of nursing officers journey at Aiims Mangalagiri since 2019 was displayed. Energetic performances were presented in cultural section by nursing officers. Entire programme was organized with collaboration of MANA. Programme concluded with Vote of thanks by Mr Arvind Joshi, Nursing Officer, followed by national anthem and high tea.

Report on CNE as part of International Nurse’s Day Celebration 2022

Date: 9^th and 10^th May 2022

Time: 2:30PM to 04:30 PM

Topic: “Quality Assurance in Nursing”.

International Nurse’s Day is observed on 12^th May every year. As part of the International Nurse’s Day 2022, the Mangalagiri AIIMS Nursing Officers Association (MANA) together with AIIMS Administration conducted a Continuous Nursing Education (CNE) programme. Nursing Officers attended the CNE both online and offline mode. The speakers were the eminent doctors of AIIMS, Mangalagiri and they gave awareness regarding the excellent ways to promote patient care. They also mentioned about the minute things the nurses should take care while providing area specific nursing care.

The first day CNE programme was commenced at 2:30 pm on 09/05/2022 without much introduction. The first session was conducted by Dr. Rajasekar Mohan, HOD, Department of General Surgery and he insisted on the various aspects of patient care such as communication, ward management etc. The next session was taken by Dr. Vineet Abraham Thomas, HOD, Department of Orthopedics and he specified on the care of ortho patients, especially those patients who are admitted for fracture. It was followed by the session by Dr. Satvinder Singh Bakshi, HOD, Department of ENT. He focused on the care of pre and post operative care of ENT patients. The last session of the first day CNE was guided by Dr. Sharmila V, HOD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She invited the nurse’s attention to the ward management as well as the general care of patients admitted for labour. All the sessions were so much

On second day, the CNE was started at 2:30 pm with the session of Dr, Arun Babu, HOD, Department of Paediatrics. He pointed out the importance of communication, updating the knowledge and the essentials in maintaining the therapeutic relationship with patients. Following this, the next session was taken by Dr. Hemant Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology and he invited the nurse’s attention to the need of time management and importance of self motivation. The next session was engaged by Dr. Vijaya Chandra Reddy Avula, HOD, Department of Psychiatry. He guided the session with the key points while taking care of psychiatric patients and the special concerns of caring them. The last session of the CNE was taken by Dr. Suresh Vaikkakara, HOD, Department of General Medicine and he focused on the care of patients admitted with life style diseases.

All the sessions were so informative that the nurses showed interest in attending such programme in future so as to provide high quality patient care. The programme was concluded with the thanking giving note by Mr. Arvind Joshi, President, MANA.