Midwifery Leaders Working Group @ Karachi. A high power working group of Midwifery Leaders of Pakistan led by Midwifery Association of Pakistan (MAP) President Ms Arusa Lakhani, Dr Raf'at Jan- Global Nurse/MidwiferyLeader & Ex-President PNC met in Karachi along with Sindh Chapters of MAP to chalk out Legislation and other strategies to boost up Midwifery in Pakistan as major factor to control alarming IMRs & MMRs in the country. The Midwifery Moot invited the Director Nursing Sindh to get acquainted with Midwifery related latest developments, trends and issues in Pakistan and his support to assist the MAP from Sindh Government side. The Director informed the group that Health Department Sindh Government's Minister Muhtarima Azra Fazal Pechuho & Add Chief Secretary Health Dr Muhammad Usman Chachar's policy of supporting Nursing & Midwifery sectors in every possible way under their ambit and beyond. The Leaders were impressed by the Government's pol...
BSN at College of Nursing NICH: A Success Story Needed to be Replicated in Public Sector Nursing Institutes
By: Shabir Hussain The College of Nursing, National Institute of Child Health (CON-NICH), has achieved a remarkable milestone by becoming the first institute under Health Department Sindh to complete 04-Yr Nursing Degree Program with thumping success. Not only did it complete the course on time, but also excelled in education, training, and professionalism at par with other best nursing colleges of Sindh. It is noteworthy that in 2019, when PNMC,the Federal and Provincial Governments phased out the Three-Year General Nursing Diploma and introduced a four-year degree program, all colleges under provincial government management across the country lagged behind by one year without induction. However, Nursing College NICH stood out, achieving the first admission in year 2020. Their first batch of BSN had achieved a 100% passing rate and commenced one year internship. They are now conducting Evidence-Based seminars on final research papers of the second batch of Semester VIII. The...