Mangalore: Nurses Make a Difference - Dr BM Hegde at INCON-2011

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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS/VA)

Mangalore, Nov 2: “Nurses can really make a difference and their role is much more than the doctors. They take care of patience by being on their side till they are recovered and discharged from the hospital”, pointed out Dr BM Hegde, former vice- chancellor, Manipal University.

He spoke after inaugurating the two-day international conference, INCON-2011 on ‘Translational Research – Nurses making a difference’ at the FMMC Decennial Memorial Hall here on Wednesday November 2.

Elaborating further, Dr Hegde said that ‘health care’ turning into ‘disease care’ is a menace to the human society. To be able to treat patients through human approach nursing profession is the best one. Placebo effect really works, provided once the patient gains faith on treatment, he opined.

Syllabus tells one what to study, but one should be aware what he or she really wants to do in life. Nurses should always be with patients as doctors have less time to deal with them. He also added that research work could be taken up soon after the degree education.

Dr K Reddamma, nodal officer, Phd Consortium, NIMHANS, Bangalore said that whenever research is taken up in the nursing field, studies should emphasize on how well difference in life of common people are achieved.

Dr Anice George, dean, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal said that junior nurses should spend time with senior nurses to inculcate the acute values of the profession. The core of nursing profession is care. Interaction with delegates in these kinds of conferences helps to gain knowledge and that should be put into action, she advised.

Fr Patrick Rodrigues, director, FMCI in his presidential address at the inaugural session said that research in the nursing profession helps to bring expertise from bench to the bed side. A nurse is always closer to patient than doctor, nurse observes the patient carefully and watches the progress patients make, he said.

Professor Favrod Jerome, RN, CNS, university of applied sciences of western Switzerland, was also the guest of honour on the occasion. Fr Denis D’Sa, administrator welcomed. Bridget D’Silva delivered the vote of thanks. Valedictory programme of Incon will be held on Thursday November 3.