Nurses play bigger role in health care'

Mangalore, October 29: Fr Muller College of Nursing, as part of its silver jubilee celebrations, has organised an International Conference (INCON - 2011) on 'Translational Research: Nurses Making a Difference' at the FMMC Decennial Memorial Hall, here.

Inaugurating the two-day event on Wednesday, Dr BM Hegde, former vice- chancellor, Manipal University, lamented the commercialisation of health care. “The concept of health care has been gradually reducing into disease care, which is curse to the medical field”, he said.

Dr Hegde said that the role of a nurse is much more than that of a doctor in health care, as former has to take care of the patient till he or she recovers.

“Nursing is the best profession to treat patient through human approach and nurses can really make a difference”, he said.

Dr K Reddamma, Nodal Officer, PhD Consortium, NIMHANS, Bangalore, Dr Anice George, Dean, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal, Fr Patrick Rodrigues, Director, FMCI, and Prof Favrod Jerome, RN, CNS, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland were present during the inaugural session.

Earlier, Fr Denis D'Sa, Administrator, FMMC, said that the objectives of this conference are to orient nurses to translational research, its scope and implications for nursing practice and to equip nurses to engage in and apply the findings of translational research in day-to-day practice.

In keeping with the theme, the conference specifically targets doctoral scholars, nurse administrators / managers, post graduate teaching faculty, and research guides. During the two days' conference, nine technical sessions on the main theme are organised.

Speakers for the technical session include eminent academicians and researchers from India and abroad. Some of the important sessions include - Foundations of translational research in nursing, multidisciplinary approach, setting benchmarks in research, equipping future scientist, Efficacy of Metacognitive Training to reduce delusions: A randomized clinical trial, Respiratory muscle Training and Chest Physiotherapy to enhance post-operative recovery, complementary medicine and ethics in translational research.

A scientific paper presentation session will be held on both the days. Selected papers would be presented by faculty and students of various Nursing Colleges from all over the country. A cultural programme will also be put up as a part of the INCON - 2011 by the students of Father Muller College of Nursing.