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...
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Managing Nurses’ Duty Roster Version 3 (January 2019) Developed By: Khalil Ahmed Head Nurse, CCU, IH, PIMS, Islamabad Description: The purpose of developing these SOPs was to create uniformity and clarity in the policies regarding nurses’ duty roster. This document has brought the already practised rule into written form. The first version of the SOPs was introduced in Emergency and Accident Center, PIMS in 2014. Further improvements have been brought in the subsequent versions. Constructive feedback would be appreciated. A sample duty roster which incorporates some of these rules is attached. SOPs Rationales 1. Days off available in a month: 1.1. Weekly off: A nurse will be eligible to avail weekly days off equal to the number of Sundays in a month. Because every Sunday is an official day off, therefore, all nurses are eli...