Programme Schedule

Programme Schedule

Dear all,           

As stated earlier our programme has been planned and designed after obtaining consensus from more than ten associations. We request you to submit the details of your organization and the various activities carried out by your organization and its achievements. These submissions will determine the issues and case studies which will be discussed during the sessions.

We have come up with a tentative programme schedule which is produced below. We are in the process of finalizing the panelists to the programme. Please go through the tentative schedule and give your suggestions. Please write to us at : nursesday2015@gmail.com or call 08826745104.

Time	Activity	Issues to be addressed	Suggestions
Day 1
9.30 – 10.30	Welcome note
10.30-11.30	Key note address	·         Health status of India and challenges faced by the health care service system. ·         The roles and responsibility of nurses as the largest human resource in achieving affordable and accessible care
11.30 – 12.00	Tea break
12.30 – 13.30	Presentations by Organizations	These submissions will be used for the panel discussion and advocacy. This will help the associations to know each other better and network amongst themselves.
13.30 – 14.30	Lunch break
14.30 - 15.30 (50 minutes discussion and 10 minutes open for floor discussions and conclusions)	Panel discussion on working conditions at institutions (discussions on case studies and data from the associations)	Experts’ panel will select a case study and leaders of various associations will participate in the panel discussion along with the experts. A moderator will moderate the session and record the details with two rapporteurs.
15.30 – 17.30	Positive March	We will move either to India Gate or Parliament with an assurance to the community that “We have been and will continue to take care of the community” and a demand to the authority to provide us avenues to  continue education and better equip ourselves and thereby strengthen the health care system and provide quality health care services to the community.
	Day  2
09.30-10.30	Panel discussion – Status and challenges of nursing education and its consequences	Case studies: The implementation of INC norms by colleges in various States will be discussed. Academicians and practitioners including clinical nurses will discuss their opinion on nursing education system. Suggestions on measures to uplift status of nursing education. Discussion on the integration of clinical and academician module and also Clinical researcher module. A moderator will moderate the session and record the details with two rapporteurs.
10.30-11.30	State/organization presentations	These submissions will be used for the panel discussion and advocacy. This will help the associations to know each other better and network amongst themselves.
11.30 – 12.00	Tea break
12.00 – 12.30	Talk by an Expert	Status of nurses at various levels (institutions to state)
12.30 – 13.30	Panel Discussion	Status of nurses at various levels (institutions to state)
13.30 – 14.30	Lunch break
14.30 – 15.30	Advocacy at various levels	Association leaders along with experts will discuss the various types of advocacy, modes of advocacy and creation of evidences.
15.30 – 16.30	Valedictory	Declaration of various strategies to insist social responsibilities of nurses.