LUDHIANA (THE PUNJAB NEWS)The
College of Nursing, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab
hosted the 1st 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.
