Thursday, March 13, 2008

9th Post Graduate Course: Pedia Redefined

The Pediatrics Department of Zamboanga City Medical Center as spearheaded by Dr. Fortunato Cristobal and Dr. Bernadette Chua-Macrohon, held its 9th Post Graduate Course with the theme "Pediatric Nurse: Redefined" from February 8-9, 2007 at the Garden Orchid Hotel. About two hundred forty nursing participants from the academes and from the hospitals all over Zamboanga City registered for the event.

The seminar covered several topics including Nurses Redefined, Spirituality in Medicine, Health Consumer Management (ER Setting), Complementary Feeding in Infants, Legal Rights of Nurses, Role of Nurses in ER, Caring of the Family, Handling Doctors, 6th Vital Sign, Good Grooming and the Filipino Nurse Practitioner. Among the speakers were Milabel E. Ho, RN, MAN, Ed.D., Fortunato Cristobal, MD, FPPS, Nadah Ahmad-Abutazil, MD,DPBP, Grace Uy, MD, Atty. Giovanni Luistro, Bernadette Chua-Macrohon, MD, FPPS, Crispin Dalisay, MD FPPS, Cesar Jeffrey Masilungan, MD, FPPS and Ms Brenda Pajaron (Fuller Life Representative).

On the second day of the event, there was an open forum on the problems of nursing practice as hosted by Honorable Congressman Erbie Fabian. Among the panelists that were challenged from different angles were Lorna Paber, RN, MAN (Dean College of Nursing in ADZU), Pilardo Ledesma RN, MAN (former Dean College of Nursing WMSU), Agnes Fernandez, RN (DOH Representative), Lourdes Alvarez, RN (ZCMC Head Nurse) and Rudyard Abarquez, RN. Important issues such as the Magna Carta for Health Workers, Ethical Issues, Exodus of Nurses, Standard Education and Nursing in the Global Market were tackled down.

The two day seminar provided an in depth discussion of the nursing issues. Each event in the seminar was projected in two big screens that were erected at both sides of the room. In addition, the lectures were distributed to the participants in a cd-rom format.

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