Wockhardt Hospitals celebrate International Nurses Day to honour nurses across centres

Mumbai: International Nurses Day was celebrated across all Wockhardt Hospitals on the occasion of Florence Nightingale’s birth anniversary on May 12. The theme for this year’s celebration was ‘Nurses: A Force for Change: improving health systems - Resilience. To recognise contributions made, nurses who had served the hospital for 5 and 10 years of tenure were rewarded with gold coins and an ‘Excellence certificate’ with medal was awarded to outstanding performance by ‘Florence Nightingale Club’ of Wockhardt Hospital

Various programmes like nursing team pledge; cultural events like five minutes skit and dance performance, cake cutting etc were organised at all Wockhardt Hospitals for the nursing team. The initiative was a gesture from the hospital for nurses who care for their patients. Nurses day was celebrated across all the facilities of Wockhardt: Vashi, Mira Road, Rajkot, Nagpur, Nashik, Surat, Goa.

Nursing Leadership Programme at Wockhardt Hospitals is a unique way to recognise the managerial dimensions in nursing to train potential leaders and train them in key competencies. Through this programme about 30 nurses are selected each year and are developed through a yearlong programme to develop managerial skills to create ‘Nurse Leaders’ who will handle key administration/ leadership roles. Nurses are not only developed in their core area of nursing care but other areas including finance, information technology, human resources etc.

Speaking about the need to acknowledge the efforts put in by nurses for patient care, Zahabiya Khorakiwala, MD, Wockhardt Hospitals, said, “We recognise the efforts that nurses put in tirelessly through their compassionate, life-changing contributions to the life of patients and their families. While we honour our nurses' daily commitment to deliver patient-centered care, improve patient outcomes, we celebrate this day to recognise these efforts and reward them for the tireless work they perform.”

Mr. Anupam Verma, President, Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd added, “I would like to thank and congratulate all the nurses we have been associated with. Nurses are fundamental to every hospital. Their contribution in building a hospital is immense.”

Ms. Susanna C, Corporate Head Nursing, Wockhardt Hospitals added, “Being at the forefront of patient care, acknowledging the efforts put in by nurses leads to improved patient care – which is our primary goal. This day is an extension to recognise the efforts that they put in throughout the year.”

She added, “A good nurse leader is someone who can inspire others to work together in pursuit of a common goal, such as enhanced patient care. Nurses are visionary, creative, involved in decision making at patient level and hold the key to transforming healthcare in terms of work practices. They have gender-based qualities, and communication strategies that the healthcare sector needs in today’s time. We engage them and celebrate this day to keep their motivation levels high.”