Nursing - Guest lecture

A Guest lecture was organized by Chettinad Collge of Nursing, CARE on 26.03.2020. The speakers of the lecture were Prof. Jayamary. M, Max Academy, and Prof. T.Samuel Ravi Kumar, Trauma Center coordinator, CMC, Vellore. The event started with a welcome address by Prof. Yaga Jeyanthi M. Two sessions held were addressed by the two speakers.The first sessionwas on "Importance of communication and scope of Foreign Language" by Prof. Jayamary M. The speaker talked aboutthe importance of communication and language for job prospects abroad. He also insisted on the need of acquiring language competency to pass exams such as IELTS & TOEFL, OET, etc. The secondsession was on "Nursing- Career Pathway" by Prof. T.Samuel Ravi Kumar. Disaster preparedness was delivered in the form of Video. The speaker taught skills & demonstrated the application of skills in nursing practice and trauma care nursing. The speakers were felicitated by Dr.Hebsibah S, Principal, Chettinad College of Nursing. A total of 100 participants- students,faculty, and nursing staff attended the guest lecture.

Mar 26, 2021

Nursing - World Water Day Celebration

Chettinad College of Nursing, CARE commemorated World Water Day at RHTC on 22.03.2021.The students of Nursing were actively involved and organized the event. The fourth-year B.Sc Nursing students hosted the occasion.The event started with a welcome speechand the opening address was delivered by Ms.Aruna, the final year student. The event had various sessions such asdebate, role play, villupattu, group song, and poetry. A total of 75 students, faculty, and doctors participated in the event.

Mar 22, 2021

Nursing - Essentials of Autopsy in Nursing ‘& Patterns of medico-legal cases in Casualty:what Nurses need to know?’

A CNE program was organized by the Chettinad College Of Nursing, CARE on 22.03.2021. The title of the CNE was ‘Essentials of Autopsy in Nursing ‘& Patterns of medico-legal cases in Casualty: what Nurses need to know?’. The speakers of the CNE were Dr. M. Sreenivasan, Dr. S. K Nawaz Ahmed, Faculty, Department of Forensic Medicine, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute (CHRI). The program started with a welcome address by Mrs. Krupa Susan Koshy. Session one was addressed by Dr. S.K. Sreenivasan. The essentials of the autopsy were displayed through a video.The video detailed the information on how to perform the autopsy and the entire procedure was described. The second session was taken by Dr. S. K Nawaz Ahmed on the management of medico –legal cases in Casualty. He emphasized the importance of reporting medico-legal cases to the police department. And he also explained the issues and management of medico-legal cases in casualty.The session was very informative and the participantslearned the methods of handling medico-legal cases in Casualty. A total of 70 participants – faculty & students attended the CNE.

Mar 22, 2021

Nursing - Reflection On Publication In Scopus Indexed Journals

A faculty development program was organized by Chettinad College of Nursing, Care on 11.03.2021. The speaker of the presentation was Dr.Danis Vijay, M.Sc., Ph.D., who was a researcher with more than 15 publications of original research articles in PubMed, Scopus, and web of science indexed journals. The speaker explained on journal finder to find the appropriate Scopus and web of science journals. He also shared details of how to check plagiarism and language editing software. The session was informative and the event concluded a vote of thanks and felicitation of the guest speaker by Dr. Hepsibah Sharmil.S, Principal, CCN. A total of 14 faculty members attended the event.

Mar 11, 2021

CARE - International Women’s Day Commemoration (8 March 2021)

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Chettinad Academy of Research and Education (CARE) commemorated the International Women’s day 2021 with the theme of ‘Choose to Challenge’ on March 8, 2021. The Chief Guest of the event was Ms.Pushpa Narayan, Senior Assistant Editor, Times of India.

The event started auspiciously with a prayer. The introductory speech was given by Prof. Dr. Ruckmani, Head, Department of Pharmacology, CHRI who spoke on the history behind the celebration of International Women’s Day and the need for the attitudinal change in both men and women. This was followed by the Inaugural address by our Honorable Vice-Chancellor, Dr. T.Balasubramanian. He reminded us that every religion insists on the importance of women. He also affirmed the fact that behind every man there is a woman and talked about the contributions of Avvaiyar and Mother Teresa. He also lauded the many roles played by a woman from birth. The chief guest appreciated the institute that it has ‘CARE’ in the name. She spoke that it is the responsibility of every person in the society on women empowerment. This was followed by Dr. Merlin, Department of Anesthesiology who spoke on painless delivery.

Smt. Geetha Muthiah Labour Analgesia services was then inaugurated by the chief guest. An interesting debate was conducted with two teams of six participants from all the schools and colleges under CARE, who debated on the topic- whether women should change or men should change their attitude to prevent women oppression. Faculty and students from schools of Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Dental College, Allied health sciences, Law, Architecture, Physiotherapy and College of nursing attended the event and actively participated in the discussion on women oppression and crime against them. The chief guest concluded that women have a strong role and ability in convincing men to change for women's empowerment. Dr. Vijayashree, Head, Department of Pathology, CHRI delivered the vote of thanks. The program was ended with National anthem.

Mar 08, 2021

International Women’s day 2021 - Sports Tournament

As part of the International Women’s day, 2021 celebration at Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, the Department of Physical Education conducted a Sports tournament exclusively for all women (students & staff) on 08.03.2021. The tournament comprised of various sports events such as Lucky Corner, Tug of War, Pot hitting, and Ball passing relay. This sports tournament involved female students from all the constituent colleges/schools of CARE, to play as a team. Prof. Dr. Rukmani, HOD, Department of Pharmacology inaugurated the women’s day Sports Tournament. About 350 participants, including students and staff members, took part in the events organized. The winner of Tug of War was a team of students of I year M.Sc Psychology and Runners-up were I year M.Sc students of AHS. The winner of Pot hitting event was Gayathri. R, I year M.Sc Psychology. Lucky corner and Ball pass Relay sports winners were Nursing, Physiotherapy, MBBS, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Architecture, and Faculty of Allied health Sciences students. Dr. T. Balasubramian, Vice-Chancellor of Chettinad Academy of Research & Education was the Chief Guest and he distributed the certificates and medals to the winners. The entire campus wore a festive look during this women’s day celebration and the event ended in grand splendor.

Mar 08, 2021

Freshers Day Celebration- CCN

Chettinad College of Nursing hosted the fresher day celebration with a cultural event involving first-year BSc, PBBSc, and MSc Nursing students on 06.03.2021. During the event, the third-year BSc and PBBSc students’ welcomed the freshers- the 15th batch of the first year B.Sc Nursing, the 13th batch of P.B.B.Sc nursing, and M.Sc nursing students. The opening address was delivered by Dr. S Hepsibah, the Principal, CCN. The program had events such as singing, group dance, and talent-provoking interactive tasks by the freshers. The program had a smooth introduction of seniors to the juniors and vice versa. The juniors and seniors interacted with each other and the total participants of the event were around 300.

Mar 06, 2021

Plastic-free environment awareness campaign

NSS and Unnat Bharat Abhiyan of CARE organized a plastic-free campaign in the adopted village Kayar. Nearly 100 students and volunteers from FAHS, CCN, and CSP participated in the event. They went door to door of the villagers and collected the plastic bags and distributed cloth bags to them. This is a part of the Swacchata activity. The faculties accompanying them were Dr. Koyeli Girigoswami, FAHS, Ms. Nancy Victoria, CCN, and Mrs. Swathi, CSP.

Mar 06, 2021

Guest lecture - Mental Status Examination (MSE) and its significance in psychiatric disorders

Mental status examination and its significance in psychiatric disorders which includes aspects such as classification of mental disorders, disturbances in general appearance, mood, speech, problems in perception, disorders of thought process and impairment in cognitive functions of mentally ill patients were explained. The participants gained knowledge on how to perform mental status examination to identify the psychotic symptoms of mental illness.

Mar 02, 2021

PRIDE RE-IMAGINING WOMANHOOD

Chettinad Academy of Research and Education in collaboration with AWARE India, organized an awareness campaign on 1st March 2021 for women empowerment to commemorate International women’s day. The event was inaugurated by Vice chancellor of our university Dr. T. Balasubramanian. Women activists from the Aware India Organization addressed the students of CARE, in which they discussed on topics- Gender equality, Child abuse, Mental Health and also promoted the Women safety at Schools, Colleges and Workplaces. This event happened in mini auditorium of our campus and more than 320 female students and faculty attended.This was followed by a PRIDE RIDE Campaign, which is a bike riding event by women that starts from Chennai and Puducherry to cover all districts of Tamil Nadu. This is being done in a view of achieving the mission statement- ‘Re-imagining Womanhood’, on this International women’s day. Our Vice chancellor, Dr. T. Balasubramanian flagged off the she-riders riding campaign.The she-riders (Woman motorcycle riders club) is all set to 1 Goal will ride for 31 days to cover all the 39 districts spreading awareness about women empowerment.

Mar 01, 2021

Introduction to NABH on Nursing Excellence Certificate

A Continuous Nursing Education (CNE) Programme was organized by the College of Nursing on 26.02.2021. The speaker of the event was Mr. Venkatesan. A, Assistant Professor and HOD, Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Chettinad College of Nursing, CARE. In the CNE, the vision and mission of NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospital and Healthcare provider) was highlighted. The benefits of accreditation for health care agencies, staff, and patients were informed. Components of NABH (Nursing Excellence have 07 chapters, 48 standards, 216 objective elements) and the eligibility criteria of Internal and External Assessor were discussed. Documentation for nursing resources, induction plan, in-service education, acknowledgment of contributions, workplace safety, grievance handling system, the principle of natural justice, the confidentiality of the information, and patients’ rights were also detailed by the speaker. The program was attended by students and faculty members of CCN.

Feb 26, 2021

International Mother Language Day

The Department of Pharmacology, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute commemorated the International Mother Language Day on 19.02.2021. The event comprised of a Guest lecture and a language translation competition for the students of all the constituent colleges of CARE. The Online Guest lecture was on the topic ‘தாய் மொழியும் தமிழ் மொழியும்’ delivered by Dr.Arasendiran, Retired Professor of Tamil, Madras Christian College. The event was presided by the Vice-Chancellor, CARE and Dean, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute. Around 150 participants attended the program. The lecture was followed by a group competition on a translation of selected English words. There was active participation by the medical, dental, pharmacy, nursing, physiotherapy, architecture, and law college students in the competition. Prizes were distributed to the winners. The students expressed that the program was much useful and the competition was interesting.

Feb 19, 2021

International Street Children’s Day

Guest lecture for CARE affiliated colleges in commemoration of International Street Children Day on “Voice of Voiceless” utilizing the Zoom platform was conducted by the Chettinad College of Nursing in coordination with Mental Health Nursing Department on 05.02.2021 at 10-11am. The resource person for the above program was Ms.Shanthi Hopper, Senior Manager, Advocacy & Programmatic Campaign, World Vision India. The sessions focused on Street children and the problems faced by the children, forms of child abuse & child protection act, rights of children were added on to the session.

Feb 05, 2021

Online Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship conducted by MGNCRE, Ministry of Education

Online Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship conducted by MGNCRE, Ministry of Education, Govt Of India hosted by Social Entrepreneurship, Swacchata and Rural Engagement Cell, CARE, UBA and NSS, CARE.

Participants : 250As

a part of Social Entrepreneurship Cell of the Higher Education Institution, MGNCRE conducted an online workshop for motivating and promoting Swachhta and Social Entrepreneurship through preparation of ‘Social Enterprise Business Plans’ at Chettinad Academy of Research and Education. In this regard, Social Entrepreneurship, Swacchata and Rural Engagement Cell, CARE, UBA and NSS, CARE has conducted an online workshop for one-hour for the students with knowledge sharing including aspects of encouraging Social Entrepreneurship. The online workshop was in hybrid model with zoom participants as well as live streaming was done. The organizers were Dr. Priyadharshini S, Professor and HOD, Department of Microbiology, CHRI and Coordinator, Social Entrepreneurship, Swacchata and Rural Engagement Cell, CARE and Dr. Koyeli Girigoswami, NSS, PO and UBA Coordinator, CARE. There were 200 students and 50 faculties who attended the workshop. The workshop was very much encouraging for the students to become self-dependent by starting small business.

Jan 07, 2021

Plastic-free environment awareness campaign

NSS and Unnat Bharat Abhiyan of CARE organized a plastic-free campaign in the adopted village Kayar. Nearly 100 students and volunteers from FAHS, CCN, and CSP participated in the event. They went door to door of the villagers and collected the plastic bags and distributed cloth bags to them. This is a part of the Swacchata activity. The faculties accompanying them were Dr. Koyeli Girigoswami, FAHS, Ms. Nancy Victoria, CCN, and Mrs. Swathi, CSP.

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