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Indian
Nursing Council Initiatives |
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Teaching
material for Quality Assurance Model (QAM) prepared |
QAM in nursing is the set of elements that are related
to each other and comprise of planning for quality, development of
objectives setting and actively communicating standards,
developing indicators, setting thresholds, collecting data to
monitor compliance with set standards for nursing practice and
applying solutions to improve care
INC has developed a Quality assurance programme for nurses in
India. The programme is expected to develop mechanisms for
ensuring quality of nursing practice
QAM model adopted in RML, Delhi and PGI, Chandigarh.
The project was implemented in 2 hospitals in RML, New delhi and
PGI, Chandigarh for 3 months duration. The nurses were trained in
the Quality assurance programme. Auditing was done by the external
agency.
The impact of QAM model adopted in chandigarh can be seen in the
paper cutting which was published in Tribune on April 19th, 2004
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Prepared
Practice standards for nursing practice in India. |
The practice of standards for nurses in India will be used as
parameter for evaluating performance and as a measure of quality
control.
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Princes Srinagarindra award: |
Mrs. Sulochana Krishnan, Ex- Principal of RAK College of
nursing was awarded Princes Srinagarindra, Thailand, award
which is an international award to individual(s) registered
nurse(s) in honor of princess Srinagarindra, her royal
highness and in recognition of her exemplary contribution
towards progress and advancement in the filed of nursing and
social services Mrs. Sulochana Krishnan name was proposed by
INC from India.
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Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) |
Quality of care is another important indicator of
inequities in child health. IMNCI guidelines represent an
evidence based, syndromic approach to case management that
includes rational effective affordable use of drugs and
diagnostic tools. In addition, IMNCI promotes; adjustment of
interventions to the capacity of the health system and
active involvement of family members and the community in
the health care process. IMNCI guidelines recommend case
management procedures based on two age categories:
• Young infants age up to 2 months
• Children age 2 months up to 5 years
INC in collaboration with WHO organized Training of trainers
for nursing teaching faculty in IMNCI conducted at
Safdarjung Hospital. 24 nursing teaching faculty are trained
as master trainers from various parts of country. The
following teaching methodology was adopted
• Clinical practice
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Development of Curriculum
for HIV/AIDS and ART |
Development
of Curriculum for HIV/AIDS and ART training for nurses
Indian Nursing Council
in collaboration with NACO and Clinton foundation is
developing a curriculum for training of nurses in HIV/AIDS
areas. It will be a 6 day training programme. The pilot
study was conducted in Mumbai and Hyderabad. The following
states has been identified as it is high prevalent area
for HIV/AIDS in first phase:
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of trainees |
No.
of trainers |
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North East
(Nagaland + Manipur)
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1000+1000
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9+9 |
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Andhra Pradesh |
6000 |
54 |
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Karnataka |
5000 |
45 |
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Maharastra |
7000 |
63 |
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Tamil Nadu |
5000 |
45 |
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National Consortium for Ph.D. in Nursing constituted 6
study centers recognized under National consortium for Ph.D in
nursing. |
National Consortium for Ph.D. in Nursing constituted 6 study
centers recognized under National consortium for Ph.D in
nursing. These
 centres will be connected by Video conferencing
facilities. MOU has been signed between INC, WHO and RGUHS
National consortium for Ph.D in Nursing has been
constituted by Indian Nursing Council (INC) in
collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health
Sciences and W.H.O , under the Faculty of Nursing to
promote doctoral education in various fields of Nursing.
MOU has been signed between, INC, RGUHS and WHO for
establishment of National Consortium for PhD in nursing.
The MOU outlines the roles of different partners and
provides a road map for undertaking the PhD programme in
India. Applications for enrolment in PhD in nursing were
invited from eligible candidates by advertising in the
national leading dailies from all over the country by the
RGUHS. 122 applications were received. 47 candidates were
short-listed who are working in the PG teaching
institutions and candidates with M Phil degree in nursing
are selected for admission to Ph.D Course during the
academic year 2005-2006. However, 36 candidates were given
the provisional registration by RGUHS. For second year 149
applications were received. 125 appeared for the entrance
test conducted on 07th January 2007.
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MOU signed
between INC and Sir Edward Dunlop Hospitals Ltd
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 MOU signed
between INC and Sir Edward Dunlop Hospitals Ltd to develop
strategic framework and investment plan for advancing
standards of nursing education and practices in India to
meet challenges currently faced by Nursing.To improve the standards of nursing
education and nursing practice and to have international
standards to train nurses, Feasibility study along with
investment plan through international experts of Sir
Edward Dunlop Ltd was done. Further, Ministry of Health
and F.W. has approved the feasibility study work with Sir
Edward Dunlop Hospitals with WHO collaboration. Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) is entered at New Delhi on 11th April
2006 between Indian Nursing Council and Sir Edward Dunlop
Hospitals (I) Ltd. for developing the strategic framework
for advance standards and investment plan for advancing
standards of nursing education and practices in India with
the following objectives.
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Provide training
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Graduate, Post-graduate, and Ph.D
courses.
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Organizing Research Activities.
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To help fill gaps in India and internationally
benchmarked standards of nursing education and
practice, including credentialing etc., so that
Indian nurses can directly be accepted to meet
international standards.
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Train the faculty so as to provide high quality
teaching staff to training institutes in the
country.
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Establishing National Nursing
Institutions in 25 acres land located near Gurgaon with
an Investment Plan of 65 US million dollars.
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Establish three Regional Nursing Institute.
SEDH will follow all the
rules and regulation of INC and State Nursing Council.
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Steps
taken up to enter into MRA under the Comprehensive
Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between India and
Singapore |
Steps
taken up to enter into MRA under the Comprehensive
Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between India and
Singapore which
was signed in June 2005 and has come into force from 1st
August 2005. In that, it has been agreed that India and
Singapore would enter into mutual recognition agreements (MRAs)
in Medical, dental and nursing services in the healthcare
sector
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Training
of nurses in providing outreach services during disasters” and
“facilitator’s module |
Module namely:
“Training of nurses in providing outreach services during
disasters” and “facilitator’s module”.Training of trainers
was conducted in Chennai and the module given below was
well taken and appreciated
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Council conducted a
workshop in Chennai regarding "Disaster management-role of
nurse" with Principals and Management of the Institutions
from Tsunami affected areas. Consent was taken from them
to undertake the project that is to integrate the disaster
management module during Community health experience in
rotation for one year. A module was prepared with the help
of core group members with the technical support from WHO,
Training of Trainers programme was organized and
participants were given module namely reaching out:
Nursing Care and Emergency & Facilitator’s Guide was
prepared for master trainers. Further the TOT was also
conducted for nursing teaching faculty from Pondicherry
and Kerala. Hence totally 250 nursing teaching faculty has
been trained.
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All
State Registrars were invited to attend the two days meeting. |
The objective was to ensure the uniformity
and to maintain the quality of nursing education in the
country. It was also aimed to understand the problem/issues
of each state nursing councils and evolve consensus between
INC and SNRC.
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International migration of Indian nurses |
A Study has been undertaken to identify the
factors leading to the international migration of Indian
nurses.
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Indian Nursing Council (INC) initiated the live register in
the state of Tamil Nadu. |
The Indian Nursing Council (INC) initiated
the live register in the state of Tamil Nadu. The primary
objective of the project is to conduct nurses census i.e.,
to collect the data regarding number of working nurses as
defined by INC i.e. Nurse is a person who has completed
prescribed course in Nursing from an institution recognized
by Indian Nursing Council and registered herself/himself
under the State Nursing Council as Nurse and Midwife. INC
decided to conduct the pilot study in the Sivaganga District
of Tamil Nadu. 266 were found trained registered nurses out
of 841 nurses. And as per the Bajaj Committee norms 753
nurses are required in the Sivgangai District.
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