Essay competition

Essay competition was conducted for faculty and students of nursing on the theme of 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏 Nurses’ Week 2015 which was coordinated by Department of Community Health Nursing. There were 44 participants for this competition on 6th May 2015.

Collage Competition

Department of Fundamentals of Nursing conducted a collage competition for nursing students on 7^th May 2015 at 2pm. Theme for collagecompetition was Future of Nursing. Nine teams participated. Students showcased their colourful, creative and unique collages on the theme.?

Quiz competition

A quiz competition was held on 8th May 2015 by Department of OBG nursing. From among 55 participants of the preliminary round 15 were selected for final round. Preliminary competition was conducted on 4^th May 2015. There were five rounds of questions where first was general knowledge round, second was medical round, third was image round, fourth was current affairs and fifth round was rapid fire round. The whole quiz went on for 45 minutes. All the participants and the audience had a thought provoking time and literally enjoyed the quiz.

Health awareness programme for self help group women

娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏 College of Nursing (MCON) 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏, conducted a health awareness programme on 7^th May, 2015, from 4pm to 6pm, at Narayana Guruswamy Seva Samaj in Kunjibettu, Udupi on the occasion of 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏 Nurses’ day. Sessions were on the importance of Balanced diet for women and children, Physiological changes and its management in Menopause, Prevention of Communicable and Non communicable diseases. Sixty eight women actively participated in the two hours session. All the sessions were invigorating and interactive where participants cleared their doubts and shared their experiences. Mrs. Ranjani Vasant, secretary of Narayana Guruswamy Seva Samaj supported the programme and appreciated the activities and coverage of topics of the programme. Programme was co-ordinated by Mrs. Yashoda S. Assistant Professor, 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏 College of Nursing, MU, 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏.

Debate

An enthusiastic and motivating debate was held on 9^th May 2015, at 8.30 am to 9. 30 am, in TMA Pai Hall, KMC 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏, which was coordinated by Department of Psychiatric Nursing as part of 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏 Nurses’ Week Celebration 2015.
Each team consisted of one faculty and two MSc. Nursing students. Debate highlighted the crux of pros and cons of the challenges and opportunities of nursing service and education, based on the theme, “Nurses, A force for change- care effective, cost effective”. The debate has put a light on new areas of thinking, which was an eye opener for the student nurses and staff who participated in the event as zealous audience.
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Seminar

A half day seminar was organized by Medical Surgical Nursing Department, MCON 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏, 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏 Academy of Higher Education for the outgoing batches of B.Sc, M.Sc and P.B.B.Sc Nursing students, as part of 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏 Nurses’ Day celebration on 12.05.2015 from 9 am to 12 noon. There were 150 participants for the seminar. Seminar had two sessions: (i) “Medico – Legal Aspects of Care ” (taken by Dr. Vinod C Nayak, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, KMC, 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏). In his talk he highlighted on expanded role of nurses, Knowledge of legal aspects and areas of potential liability. Medico legal cases with realistic examples were given prime importance in the talk. Students and faculty actively participated in the discussion. (ii) “Facing the interview” (taken by Mr. Nitin Mascreen along with his team from Pathshala Training and Performance Solutions Private Limited, 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏). He took the audience into a realm of experience through his wonderful expressions and narrations. He emphasized on creating best and lasting impressions during an interview. He concluded the session with five tips for a successful interview: Be well groomed-First impression is the last impression; maintain eye contact and be patient; Use confident posture; Answer with positive phrases and Make a lasting impression”.

“Mass Blood Donation Camp “MCON Blood Drive”

By recognizing the demand of nurses in community service a blood donation camp “MCON Blood Drive” was conducted during the week. Seventy three (Staff and students) volunteered and 52 donated blood.

Nurses’ day Celebration

“Be a force for change, not merely serve as angels of mercy, Be Empowered” was emphasised by Dr.Fathima D’Silva, Principal, NITTE Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences, the Chief Guest of the function. During her key note address in the formal programme of 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏 Nurses’ Day she highlighted the health care system inefficiencies and invisibility of nurses in the health care team. Dr.Fatima proposed various strategies to resolve these issues like integration with other health team members, developing leadership role through nurse navigators and cost analysis during caring process. Mrs. Indira Ballal graced the occasion as Guest of Honour and presented the awards and prizes to the faculty and students for various competitions held as part of Nurses Week. Dr. Anice George, Dean, MCON 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏 was felicitated during the program for her tireless effort in uplifting the 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏 College of Nursing and contribution to nursing profession. Formal programme was concluded by Nurses’ Anthem which was composed by Mr. Biju Soman Assistant Professor, MCON 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏.

By conducting various activities for strengthening the future nurses and meeting societal needs one week program came to a successful conclusion.

NURSES’ ANTHEM

Care and compassion, we share all this goodness,
When you are helpless and, we surely help you, yes.
We, nurses understand, the pain of tender heart,
We, nurses understand, the pain of tender heart.

We witness birth and growth, and hold you when you fall,
While nurture health and mind, our culture aims to serve.
We, nurses understand, the shine of gratitude,
We, nurses understand, the shine of gratitude.

Kindness of the heart, and selfless service bring,
A sense of worthiness and, true meaning to our lives.
We, nurses understand, that we are proud of it,
We, nurses understand, that we are proud of it.

Love and serve all world, we trust this splendid fact,
And surely God will let, us share this light of love.
We, nurses understand, that we can change this world,
We, nurses understand, that we can change this world.
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