Shillong, Sept 14: NEIGRIHMS successfully concluded the State Level Continuation of Nursing Education (CNE) workshop on ‘Patient Safety’ on 13th September, 2024. The event attractedover 800 participants from across the Statefrom various fields of healthcare practice to advance the dialogue and delve into the best practices in patient safety.
The program started with a mesmerizing welcome song by the B.Sc. Nursing students. In her welcome address, Chief Nursing Officer, NEIGRIHMS Mrs. RidakerKhonglah stated that patient safety was about empathy and responsibility, emphasizing on the overall goal of the workshop to make every patient’s experience as safe and positive as can be.
In her keynote address, Mrs. Irene A Nongtraw, Nursing Superintendent NEIGRIHMSexpounded on the focus given to the theme “Improving Diagnosis for patient safety” for the year 2024 and underlinedthe critical importance ethical principles and the attentionhealthcare professionals pay totheir patients’ safety and well-being.
She stressed the need for correct and timely diagnosis in the face of the complexity of modern healthcare, to ensurefavorable outcomes, and most importantly enhanced patient safety.
The Special Guest for the event, Medical Superintendent of NEIGRIHMS, Prof. C Daniala, highlighted cutting edge technologies and methods to prevent errors and improve patient safety. He stressed on Radiation Safety and gave a detailed account of precautions to avoid unnecessary exposure to radiation.
The Chief Guest, Prof. (Dr.) Nalin Mehta, Director NEIGRIHMS expressed delight at the large number of delegates from diverse backgrounds attending the CNE and lauded their collective commitmenttowards improving patient safety.
He stated that Nurses, representing a noble profession, should employ all possible means to deliver and ensure high quality care with the sole intention of beneficence. ‘If patient safety is achieved; safety of Doctors and Nurses gets ensured’ he added.
Extremely engaging and thought provoking sessions were led by the experts on topics such as Principles of Patient Safety; Effective Communication; Patient Safety practices: Surgical safety, Proper Documentation, Informed Consent; Medication safety; Prevention of Common Errors; Safe Transfusion practices; Infection Prevention & Control; Licensure and Incident Reporting; and Firefighting. The deliberations lasted through the course of the day.
The CNE touched all criticalas well as sensitive areas pertaining to Patient Safety, providing comprehensiveinsights to practices that enhance quality of healthcare provided.
Overall, the event was extremely fruitful and showed the dedication of the CNE cell, NEIGRIHMS towards enhancement of knowledge, skills and overall competence of the Nurses, eventually contributing towards improved patient care, outcomes and safety.
