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Nearly 60 nursing delegates from 20 hospitals across Mumbai and Navi Mumbai gathered at the Management Development Program (MDP) for Nurses, conducted by MBA Health and the hospital faculty and students on October 6, 2012, at Padmashree Dr DY Patil University Department of Business Management in CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai.
The sessions were conducted by Phalakshi Manjrekar, Director-Nursing, Hinduja Hospital and Dr Swati Kambli, Principal– College of Nursing, Dr DY Patil University.
Beginning the session, Manjrekar threw light on ‘Leadership Communication’, its significance and importance to nurses. “Clear communication is the most important key to a business leader’s success. So to grow as a leader and manager, you must learn how to be an effective, compelling communicator,” informed Manjrekar.
Group activity with change management were held wherein delegates were exposed to management games and helped to understand how to accept and embrace changes in the business environment. Role play was conducted by students of Padmashree Dr DY Patil University Department of Business Management to emphasise the practical aspects of the nursing profession.
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The second session was steered by Dr Swati Kambli who gave her valuable insights on management process and supervision in nursing. She mentioned, “Supervision is an accepted management principle in any complex human undertaking, that is, any undertaking in which several people work together needs unification and coordination”
Speaking on the importance of nursing, Dr R Gopal, Director and HOD – DYPDBM said, “A great Nurse Manager is an acknowledged leader, an advocate for her patients, staff and hospital. She is a powerful agent for change, a respected member of the nursing administrative team and a good fiscal manager. It’s not easy to balance the competing demands of patients, families, visitors, physicians, unit staff, etc but an effective nursing manager is flexible and organised enough to address everyone’s needs in a systematic way.”
Dr Nitin Sippy, National Convener, MDP said, “Nurses are like neurons in a hospital and nursing management is the central nervous system of hospital administration. This workshop used various pedagogies like case studies, evaluation of existing business plans, etc.”
Overall, the Management Development Program (MDP) for nurses was a huge success. The topics in the entire programme ranged from various aspects of nursing and many new ideas were mentioned. The audience particpated completely in the question and answer spells held after every session, thereby making it a thoroughly interactive programme.