INTERNATIONAL NURSING CONFERENCE

INTERNATIONAL NURSING CONFERENCE

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biennial international nursing conference tahun ani yang ke-8.banyak nurses2 yang berpangkat atau berkelulusan tinggi datang untuk bagi speech..kana adakan di gadong.tempat riscun.sibuk lah jua..tapi kdiaku....jeng jeng jeng..di mana kah aku berada..hahahaha...

Nursing conference addresses collaboration through partnership

By Syafiq Affendy & Zasika Musdi Hj Julaini delivering his keynote. International and local officials attending the conference. Officials taking down notes. - PHOTOS: SYAFIQ AFFENDY Nursing students gather for a group photo.(KURANG ASAM KEMANAKAH AKU PADA KETIKA INI) The 8th Biennial International Nursing Conference 2008 continued yesterday with keynotes delivered by various international and local speakers in sessions held throughout the day at The Rizqun International Hotel in Gadong. The conference witnessed discussions on the meaning of 'Collaboration In Care Through Partnership' and to develop the process through partnership in nursing and midwifery. Effects and impacts of collaborations in care through partnership in practice, education, management and research on client or patient outcome were also evaluated and disseminated. The event saw Professor Kader Parahoo, Director of the Institute of Nursing Research University of Ulster, Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, delivering his keynote entitled, 'International Collaboration and Partnership in Research and Education To Enhance Nursing and Healthcare Practice'. He gave a comprehensive overview of the meaning of collaboration and partnership, looking particularly at the differences and challenges between cultures, as well as exploring collaborative imperatives in the moral, economic and professional context and acknowledging the collaborative power of nurses as a force for good. Possibilities and current real-life situations were visited, looking at what the nurses can do and learn from each other and other relevant groups. Professor Kader also stressed about thinking beyond national boundaries. In another session, the topic 'Clinical Mentorship: Collaboration in Nursing and Midwifery Education - Brunei Darussalam Perspectives' was delivered by the Principal of Pengiran Anak Puteri Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah College of Nursing Hj Julaini Hj Latip in which micro-issues of collaboration and partnership in the context of pre-registration nurse education was looked into. A useful overview of the context was provided, followed by an account of a study carried out in Brunei with the results presented visually and discussed. Hj Julaini expressed his satisfaction towards the present mentorship strategy, with an acknowledgement that the mentorship is context and culture bound. Results of this study are likely to have important implications for nursing education, administration, management, organisation, practice, knowledge and research. Meanwhile, Claire Goodman, a professor of Healthcare Research, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care at the University of Hertfordshire, delivered her keynote entitled, 'Unravelling the Contribution of Nursing to Chronic Disease Management in Primary Care Collaboration Through Partnership'. According to her, older people with chronic disease - a disease that is long lasting or recurrent - and complex needs, who live at home often receive their care from a range of professionals, care workers and family members. However, little is known about how the nursing contribution is defined and negotiated or how different approaches and configurations of professionals working together impact the health and well-being of older people and their family carers. Nevertheless, she argued that health policy and research consistently identify the nursing contribution - such as being experts in disease or problem management, being brokers and intermediary through organising services or as providers of skilled care - as being keys to identifying need, achieving continuity of care, coherence of service input and maintaining the quality of care. She also argued that by understanding the range, heterogeneity and complexity of what nurses achieve for older patients with chronic diseases in the community, it is possible to identify what is contextually dependent and the nursing contributions for patient benefit that transcends setting or culture. She concluded that the heterogeneity of nursing means that different approaches achieve different outcomes, such as partnership with patients, patient confidence and an improved quality of life (in terms of comfort, not cure). Discussions will end today with a closing ceremony held in the afternoon.