Underscoring the importance of up gradation of skills of nurses across the country, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, J P Nadda , stated that the Government is committed to provide accessible, affordable and quality training to them. He also emphasised that the Nursing Staff occupies important position in healthcare delivery and without them the desired results cannot be achieved.“The role of the nursing staff can be compared equally to that of the doctors when we think of achieving the SDGs,” said Nadda . He was speaking at the inauguration of Indian Nursing Council Office Complex. A statement of this regard was released here onMonday. Dr Kirit P Solanki, Member of Parliament, Ganesh Singh, Member of Parliament, and Dileep Kumar, President, Indian Nursing Council were also present during the inaugural function. Minister launched two new Nurse Practitioner Courses, one in Critical Care and the other in Primary Healthcare. He also launched a web-based ‘Live Register’ for Nurses.
While laying stress on importance of adequate skill enhancement through appropriate training, Nadda stated that the training course for the nurses should be contextualised, so that they are imparted education and knowledge of the Indian healthcare landscape.Nadda termed the newly launched “Live Register” as path-breaking. Through the Live Register accurate data of active and registered nurses will be made available online. This will help the Government in better manpower planning and for making policy level decisions for the nursing professionals in India.He said that the Government has undertaken major expansion of nursing and technical education leading to a three-fold increase in the numbers of nursing institutions and in the number of students passing out of these institutions.The Health Minister informed that the Government has undertaken several initiatives for strengthening of nursing cadre , some of these are establishment of ANM/GNM schools, up-gradation of institutions from School of Nursing to College of Nursing, Training of Nurses, development of 11 one year specialisation courses, revision of curriculum for all nursing programs, establishment of national PhD consortium for Nursing Research.