Alamdar Memorial College of Nursing & Medical Technology (AMCN&MT), Charar-i-Sharief, a constituent college of Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora celebrated the International Nurses Day 2022 on the theme ‘Nurses: A voice to lead, Invest in Nursing and Respect Rights to secure global health.’
Principal of the College and Organizing Chairperson of the event, Prof. (Dr.) Mehmooda Regu enlightened the audience about the role played by Nurses as frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also emphasised that more focus and attention should be given to Nursing Research in order to increase the body of knowledge.
The programme commenced with the the lamp lightening ceremony initiated by principal followed by faculty of College. Oath taking ceremony of B.Sc. Nursing 1st year students was also conducted by Ms. Insha Rasool, Tutor, AMCN&MT on this occasion. Earlier, Ms. Fehmeeda Mehmood, Tutor and organizing secretary of event delivered the welcome address and introduced the theme of the event. While, Ms. Asifah, Tutor, AMCN&MT and organizing secretary of the event held a quiz competition among the nursing students.
The programme also included a seminar, role play, stressing on importance of nursing professionals in the society and health sector and concluded with prize and certificate distribution among the participants.