On Thursday in Delhi, Firdousa Jan, originally from the Chaar-e-Shareef neighbourhood of Budgam but now residing in the Bagh-e-Mehtab neighbourhood of Srinagar, was presented with the honour.
Firdousa expressed her gratitude and joy at being honoured. “It’s a sign that people appreciate what you’ve done,” she remarked.
She is at the College of Nursing at SKIMS Soura for a year as a tutor as she works towards her doctorate degree. She was honoured for her outstanding contributions to Covid-19, her continued work in low-income communities and her advocacy for those with mental health and substance abuse problems after Covid-19.
“Right now, I am focused on my Ph.D.,” Firdousa added, “and I have organised awareness programmes in educational institutions to sensitise youth of drug addiction and also the mental stress management programmes, since in Kashmir, the incidence of psychiatric diseases are on the increase owing to stress. Several of my academic works have been published in peer-reviewed journals.
Firdousa Jan urged nurses in her message to care for their patients and do their jobs well. She emphasised the need of evidence-based nursing care, saying, “It’s not just about giving an injection to a patient.”
Since there is no limit to the demand for care, Firdousa said, nurses must be competent and educate themselves regularly to offer it. To best serve society, she suggested they pool all available resources.
On Thursday, during a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Droupadi Murmu awarded nursing professionals with the National Florence Nightingale Awards for 2022 and 2023.
In 1973, the Indian government’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare established the National Florence Nightingale Award to honour nurses and other healthcare workers for their exemplary contributions to India’s society.
A nurse who has worked at the Soura campus of the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) for the last two decades has won the Florence Nightingale award.
On Thursday in Delhi, Firdousa Jan, originally from the Chaar-e-Shareef neighbourhood of Budgam but now residing in the Bagh-e-Mehtab neighbourhood of Srinagar, was presented with the honour.
Firdousa expressed her gratitude and joy at being honoured. “It’s a sign that people appreciate what you’ve done,” she remarked.
She is at the College of Nursing at SKIMS Soura for a year as a tutor as she works towards her doctorate degree. She was honoured for her outstanding contributions to Covid-19, her continued work in low-income communities and her advocacy for those with mental health and substance abuse problems after Covid-19.
“Right now, I am focused on my Ph.D.,” Firdousa added, “and I have organised awareness programmes in educational institutions to sensitise youth of drug addiction and also the mental stress management programmes, since in Kashmir, the incidence of psychiatric diseases are on the increase owing to stress. Several of my academic works have been published in peer-reviewed journals.
Firdousa Jan urged nurses in her message to care for their patients and do their jobs well. She emphasised the need of evidence-based nursing care, saying, “It’s not just about giving an injection to a patient.”
Since there is no limit to the demand for care, Firdousa said, nurses must be competent and educate themselves regularly to offer it. To best serve society, she suggested they pool all available resources.
On Thursday, during a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Droupadi Murmu awarded nursing professionals with the National Florence Nightingale Awards for 2022 and 2023.
In 1973, the Indian government’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare established the National Florence Nightingale Award to honour nurses and other healthcare workers for their exemplary contributions to India’s society.
