November 29th 2016
The main purpose behind holding a Continuing Medical Education (CME) is to keep our national nurses and doctors’ professional knowledge and skills up to date. JMT has been conducting Conference for Nurses since 2012 with the similar intention of upgrading their expertise in their field of cardiology.
Continuing Medical Education with Nurses has always been an interactive and a learning experience. All our hard work seemed worthwhile when the nurses showered our presenters with questions and doubts. Not only were the questions raised but the presenters were also informed of the current prevalent practices of the Nepalese Medical Fraternity. Apart from presenting the scheduled topics, our speakers also helped the nurses in ways of improving their daily practices in the hospitals. Such exchange of ideas and a sense of curiosity in them, made this educational session fun and interesting.
This five hour long session witnessed nurses from both within and outside the valley. JMT truly appreciates the efforts taken by two nurses who travelled all the way from Jumla, which is located in the Far Western part of Nepal.
Nurses from within the valley that attended the conference:
Nurses from outside the valley that attended the conference:
We hope our future sessions will be able to cover a lot more areas. Following were the topics presented by the expert panel from the University of Colorado:
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Care of the Cardiac Surgery Patient in the Operating Room-The Role of the Cardiac Surgery Operating Room Nurse- OR Communication Handoffs to CTICU
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Tama Mayne, RN |
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Critical Care of the Post-Operative Adult Cardiac Surgery Patient (including Management of In tropes and Ventilators)
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David Fullerton, MD |
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Critical Care of the Pediatric Post-Operative Cardiac Surgery Patient (including Fluid Management) |
David Campbell, MD |
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Critical Care of the Post-Operative General Thoracic Surgery Patient |
John Mitchell, MD |
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The Role of Protocols and Communication in Post-Operative Cardiac Surgical Care
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Robert Hawkins, MD |
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Post-Operative Cardiac Surgery Critical Care - The nurses Role and Perspective |
Donna McDonald, RN |
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The Role of Invasive and Non-Invasive Imaging in Critical Care, Including Arrhythmias, STEMI’s and Cardiogenic Shock.
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Rob Quaife, MD |
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Quality Improvement in Nursing
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Marion Brenton, RN |
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Failure to Rescue from Complications in Post-Operative Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Frederick Grover, MD |
The conference was received very well by our participants and we hope to organize bigger and more effective conferences in the future.
