1st Annual National Conference Paediatric and Neonatal Nurses Forum, India “PNNFICON 2019” in collaboration with PNNFI – COLLEGE OF NURSING,CMCH,

LUDHIANA (THE PUNJAB NEWS)The College of Nursing, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab hosted the          1^st Annual National Conference Paediatric and Neonatal Nurses Forum, India  “PNNFICON 2019” in collaboration with PNNFI on the theme “Exploring Advancement and Innovations in Paediatric & Neonatal Care”. Three days conference was concluded with a warm valedictory session at Guy Constable Auditorium, CMC & Hospital, Ludhiana.

At the valedictory session, Dr. Reena Jairus, Professor & Principal, College of Nursing, CMC & Hospital, Ludhiana proposed heartfelt thanks to the all dignitaries, chairpersons, resource persons and the delegates. Total eight research papers & five research posters were presented. Ms. Indu Bala got first prize & Ms. Jyoti Devi got second prize for the research poster whereas Ms. Sumit Jassal got first prize & Mrs. Richa Justin Hans got second prize for research paper presentation.

Dr. Usha Singh, Dr. Arun Jindal and Dr. Kedar Choudhary were honoured as judges for the research poster presentation. Prof. Seema Barnabas, Prof. Glory Samuel & Mr. Bhim Singh Rawat were honoured as judges for the research paper presentations.

Chairpersons & resource persons of preconference workshop and co-ordinators of different committees were also honoured. Dr. Rupa Shree & Mrs. Geetha Rani felicitated & said that PNNFI is the right platform for the nurse researchers to generate ideas, share innovative techniques and research findings to improve nursing care. Topics like ‘Bioethics in maternal & child care’, ‘Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karykarm’ (RBSK),  ‘Essential care of baby born with congenital malformation’ and ‘Management of common new natal emergencies’ were well appreciated by the participants.     

A very interactive panel discussion on best practices in nursing mothers & human milk banking was conducted. Emphasis was laid upon maternal screening before human milk banking.  Prof. Pity Koul, Dr. Reena Jairus, Dr. Shashi Mawar, Mrs. Balqis Victor and Mrs. Rupinder Deol were the panelists.

Dr. Reena Jairus, Dr. Gurmeet Kaur,  Prof. Pity Koul, Prof. Bhavneet Bharti, Prof. H.C.L. Rawat, Mrs. Prem Lata Prakash, Dr. Ramesh Kumari, Prof.(Mrs.) Glory Samuel, Dr. Smriti Arora,           Ms. Vibha & Ms. Krishnavenni R were the chairpersons for different sessions of the conference.

Dr. Shashi Kant  Dhir, Dr. Monika Sharma, Dr. Poonam Joshi, Dr. Amanpreet Sethi, Dr. Shilpa Sharma, Dr. Smriti Arora, Prof. Bhavneet Bharti, Prof. Urmil Bhardwaj, Ms. Srinithya Raghavan, Mr. Dinesh K. Verma, Dr. Shashi Mawar, Dr. Reena Jairus, Mrs. Prem Lata Prakash, Ms. Indu Bala, Mrs. Deepika David, Mrs. Jatinder Kaur, Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, Mrs. Meenakshi Shekhar and                 Ms. Simranjit Kaur were the resource persons for the conference. Certificates were distributed to the participants & conference was well appreciated by the delegates.