This International Nurses & Midwives Days, Keep the Nightingale Spirit Alive

International Nurses & Midwives Days, Keep the Nightingale Spirit Alive

TNAI President Massage to Nurses on this International Nurses & Midwives Days, Keep the Nightingale Spirit Alive. We are all passing through tough times. With lockdowns imposed in some States and many to follow,
the threat of Covid pandemic continues to threaten the entire world, especially India, as the current
second phase is spreading at faster pace with greater virulence. Worse, unlike in phase 1 last year,
the novel strains are not sparing children and young generation. Although government at central and state
levels are working hard to contain the transmission of the pandemic, fi nd appropriate care for the affected and
arrange mass vaccination, but the size of the problem being enormous, it is indeed a formidable challenge.
The manpower and logistics including hospitals being insufficient to cope up with this unexpected crisis,
several institutions and hotels have been temporarily converted into Covid Care Centres. The Indian health
care system, already deficient in health care workers including nurses and diagnostic facilities continues to be
overstrained beyond capacity.

As usual, the TNAI has been contributing to mitigating the sufferings of those affected with dreaded
Covid. To supplement the nursing workforce, the Government had decided to deploy the final year GNM, BSc
and MSc Nursing students from schools and colleges of nursing. In this context, considering the well being
and economic interest of young nurse students, the TNAI submitted an elaborate charter of guidelines to be
observed.

TNAI President Massage to Nurses.

The Covid wave 1 and wave 2 this year has clear messages for nursing administrators and planners. An
imperative for preparedness is availability of nurses to meet the health emergencies like the current one. Not
only nursing vacancies need to be duly filled up but also a reserved pool to swing to action, is the need of the
hour.

Given the lingering threat of Covid and the protocols we must follow for the second year in row, we are
missing the grand celebrations with huge gathering to observe the International Nurses Day on 12 May, the
most awaited opportunity to remember and pay homage to the doyen of modern nursing, Sr Florence Nightingale,
who laid the benchmarks for the nursing practice. Corona times warrant abiding by the Dos and Don’ts
This International Nurses & Midwives Days, Keep the Nightingale Spirit Alive to minimise the spread of Covid pandemic. More involved with bringing relief to the suffering in the events of health calamities by closely helping the sick than any other category of health professionals, a great challenge confronts nurses today; they continue to grapple with those affected with the Covid on an unprecedented scale.

In keeping with the noble spirit to serve with unstinted dedication that Florence Nightingale ever preached and practiced, Nurses in particular have been putting in more than 8 hours in Covid duties to manage the cases. In the process, many nurses and other health care workers succumbed. Not all days are alike. Believing that the situation shall take a pleasant turn, I wish all of you a Happy Nurses Day and Happy Midwives Day!