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Chandigarh 18th August:- Two days course on prevention and
management of NCDs for nurses on the theme Nurse practitioners for chronic NCDs
was organized by National Institute of Nursing Education, PGIMER, Chandigarh in
collaboration with World NCD Federation. Dr Arvind Rajwanshi, Dean Research,
PGIMER, Chandigarh Inaugurated the event and emphasized that NCDs are
major killer and nurses can play an important role in its prevention and
management. He also highlighted the risk factors and role of lifestyle
modification for prevention of NCDs. Dr Manju Vatsa, Principal,
College of nursing, AIIMS New Delhi the Guest of honour for the
inaugural function highlighted the Importance of task shifting of NCD
prevention and management to nurses.
Dr J S Thakur, President , World NCD
Federation stressed on the nurse practitioners role for chronic NCDs. Dr
Sandhya Ghai, Principal NINE reported that sensitization workshop for nurses
was held last year for nurses regarding their role in prevention and
management of NCDs .However the present two days course is first in the
series and it will be continuous feature in coming years. The course included
the role of nurses in prevention and management of chronic NCDs such as
Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, cancer and mental
illnesses. Various experts also discussed about SDGs , Human resource for
NCDs, multisectoral action plan, National programme for prevention and control
of Cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke (NPCDCS), population
based screening for common NCDs, Task shifting for chronic NCDs, mid level
health worker in provision of NCD services, innovative technological approaches
to address NCDs, introduction to WHO/ISH risk prediction charts and role
of nurse practitioners for NCDs in different settings. Panel Discussion on the
theme “ Nurse practitioners for chronic NCDs in Indian context” was
chaired by Dr Sandhya Ghai in which different stakeholders from MoHFW (Dr
Rathi Balachandran, ADG, Nursing), IGNOU( Dr Pity Koul, Professor), Dr Satwant
Baltej Ex Faculty NINE, PGI as educationist and Dr Sunita Sharma,
Lecturer, NINE, PGI participated.
A pre-recorded video from WHO
representative was also shown. Before starting 2nd day program a
condolence meeting was held with 2 minutes silence to pay tributes to the
departed soul of our revered Ex Prime Minister, Sh Atal Bihari Bajpayee who
left for heavenly abode on 16th August 2018.
Dr Sandhya Ghai concluded that Nursing Institutes should provide competency
based training to prepare nurses to take up the role as nurse practitioner in
community as well as in hospital setting. A total of 52 participants from
Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry participated in
the course. Dr Sandhya Ghai and Dr JS Thakur were the organizing chairperson
the course. Dr Kavita and Dr Sushma were the organising secretary.
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