SRI RAMACHANDRA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE Deemed to be University

SRI RAMACHANDRA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE Deemed to be University Porur, Chennai-, Tamil Nadu, India FACULTY OF NURSING Cordially invites you for e inauguration of e INTERNATIONAL NURSES CONFERENCE Theme: 'Better Heal Care: Exploring e Possibilities' on Wednesday, January at. a.m. at Basement Auditorium, Faculty of Dental Sciences, SRMC Dr. S. S. PRABHU DEVA Former Dean, Rajiv Gandhi University of Heal Sciences Bengaluru, Karnataka Inaugurates Dr. S. ANI GRACE KALAIMATHI Registrar Tamil Nadu Nurses and Midwives Council, Chennai Delivers Special Address Dr. P. V. VIJAYARAGHAVAN Vice-Chancellor SRMC Releases e Souvenir Delivers Presidential Address Dr. MAHESH VAKAMUDI Dean of Faculties SRMC Delivers Keynote Address Dr. S. J. NALINI Professor Principal I c Faculty of Nursing, SRMC Welcomes

PROGRAMME Invocation Lighting e Kuuvilakku DIGNITARIES Welcome Address Dr. S. J. NALINI Professor Principal I c Faculty of Nursing, SRMC Keynote Address Dr. MAHESH VAKAMUDI Dean of Faculties, SRMC Souvenir Release Presidential Address Dr. P. V. VIJAYARAGHAVAN Vice-Chancellor, SRMC Special Address Dr. S. ANI GRACE KALAIMATHI Registrar Tamil Nadu Nurses and Midwives Council Chennai Inaugural Address Dr. S. S. PRABHU DEVA Former Dean Rajiv Gandhi University of Heal Sciences Bengaluru, Karnataka Vote of Thanks Dr. S. SANTHI Professor, Faculty of Nursing SRMC Mc: Mrs. A. Manjula Lecturer, Faculty of Nursing

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 10.45-01.15 pm. 10.45-11.25 a.m. SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY (Declared under section 3 of e UGC Act, 1956) Accredited by NAAC wi 'A' Grade (CGPA 3.62) PORUR, CHENNAI - 600 116. FACULTY OF NURSING 14 Who can attend? Faculty members of schools and colleges of nursing, nurses working in hospitals and community in all cadres and oer heal care professionals Call for Paper Presentation Interested candidates are invited to submit research abstracts for podium presentation on e eme/ sub eme (one page A4 size) as per e enclosed template. Best research papers will be awarded.the abstract can be e-mailed to e Conference Chairperson on or before 10.12.2017. e- mail ID: incsru18@gmail.com INTERNATIONAL NURSES CONFERENCE Conference Registration Details Early Bird Registration - ` 500 /Spot Registration - ` 500 /Lunch & Refreshments - ` 300 / for two days (faculty& Staff) THEME : BETTER HEALTH CARE: EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES Registration fee is not refundable. The registration fee and oer charges should be sent in advance rough a Demand Draft, in favour of Sri Ramachandra University payable at Chennai. Arrangements for stay will be made in respect of only ose delegates who submit eir registration forms along wi required charges before e deadline, December 10 2017. A/C double room - ` 1635/- per day (including tax) Dormitory - ` 300/- per day /person Contact Details Dr. R. Revai Conference Secretary, Faculty of Nursing Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai - 600 116 Ph: 044-45928785 / 45928784 Mobile No.: 093441 01173 E-mail: incsru18@gmail.com, Website:www.sriramachandra.edu.in Date 10 & 11 January 2018 Venue Basement Auditorium Faculty of Dental Sciences Sri Ramachandra University Tamilnadu Nurses and Midwives Council, Chennai Credit Hours will be awarded

CHIEF PATRON Thiru.V. R.Venkataachalam Chancellor, Sri Ramachandra University PATRONS Thiru. R.V. Sengutuvan Pro chancellor, Sri Ramachandra University Dr.T. K. Para Saray Professor of Eminence & Chief Advisor, Sri Ramachandra University Dr. S. P.Thyagarajan Professor of Eminence & Dean (Research), Sri Ramachandra University Dr. P.V.Vijayaraghavan Vice-Chancellor, Sri Ramachandra University ADVISORY COMMITTEE Dr. Mahesh Vakamudi Dean of Faculties, Sri Ramachandra University Dr. Col. A. Ravikumar Dean Education, Sri Ramachandra University Dr. K.V. Somasundaram Academic Advisor,Sri Ramachandra University ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chairperson Dr. S. J. Nalini, RN RM, Ph.D, Principal (I/c), FON, SRU Secretary Dr. R. Revai, RN RM, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, FON, SRU Joint Secretary Dr. R. Poongodi, RN RM, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, FON, SRU Treasurer Mrs. P.Vijayasamundeeswari, M.Sc., RN RM, Lecturer, FON, SRU Joint Treasurer Mrs. A. Manjula, M.Sc., RN RM, Lecturer, FON, SRU 14International Nurses Conference Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute was established by Sri Ramachandra Educational and Heal Trust in e year 1985 as a private not-for-profit self-financing institution and dedicated to serve e society as a centre of excellence wi emphasis on medical education, research and healcare. The Trust achieved e task of establishing is Institution as a "Centre of Excellence" under e leadership of Late Shri. N. P.V. Ramasamy Udayar who was e Founder and Managing Trustee of e Trust and also e first Chancellor of e Deemed University. Shri. V. R. Venkataachalam is currently e Chancellor of e University and is also e Managing Trustee of e Trust. Over two decades, Sri Ramachandra University has transformed into a full fledged University wi nine constituent colleges/faculties and have around 100 courses in e heal care sciences.the refreshingly green University campus is spread over 150 acres and houses more an 4000 students wi all teaching and training facilities under one roof. The multi specialty tertiary care hospital wi 2280 beds and wi largest ICU facilities provides comprehensive healcare. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council has accredited (Cycle-2) Sri Ramachandra University wi "A" Grade wi a CGPA of 3.62 on a 4-point scale, e highest to be awarded to a private medical University in India. The Joint Commission International (JCI) has accredited e University teaching hospital, e first teaching hospital in India to obtain such accreditation from JCI. Faculty of Nursing is located in an exclusive four level building wi e entire infrastructure required to learn e full spectrum of nursing care. The college offers B. Sc. Nursing (Basic), B. Sc. Nursing (Post Basic), M. Sc. Nursing and Ph.D in Nursing courses. Academic collaboration wi e University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, USA, University of Washington, Seattle, USA and University of Sydney,Australia is our streng. Nursing makes a significant contribution to e heal maintenance, heal promotion and well-being of individuals, local communities and populations. The healcare environment is rapidly changing, and e forces of healcare reform may create even more change. Today's nurses require an expanded skill set at includes knowledge of science and medical technology to function and manage in a highly complex patient-care environment. As a critical component of e healcare workforce, nursing profession must keep pace wi changes in e healcare environment to ensure e continued delivery of high quality, safe and effective patient care. Worldwide, ere is a dramatic shortage of nurses. An increase in e migration of nurses from eir home countries to recipient countries is having a global effect on e healcare system. This turnover has an impact on e performance and profitability of healcare organizations. Effective management practices are necessary to tackle e issue of nursing migration and turnover. Nursing education is experiencing many changes. From e traditional classroom to web-based clinical instruction, e transition continues. Accompanying is transition are e challenges at nurse educators must identify and remedy. Nursing educational processes continue to experience revision, modification, refinement, and innovation in response to changes at occur in e broader educational environment as well as in e healcare delivery system. Nurses conduct research, use research in practice, and teach about research. Leadership and innovation are keys to deliver and implement research based evidences to provide quality nursing care. Nurses need motivation to innovate and disseminate em. These innovative practices improve patient experiences, heal outcomes and nursing practice. Dissemination of research findings is paramount to build nursing body of knowledge. Perfect blend of nursing education, service and research will help e nurses to promote e quality of nursing care and to update eir knowledge and skills wi practice innovations in any heal care agency Aim of e Conference This nursing conference aims to bring individuals togeer who have an interest in different fields of nursing and explore e advances in nursing practice, reformations in nursing curricula, developments to create caring leadership and existing realities in nursing research. Conference Theme ~ Better Healcare: Exploring e Possibilities Subemes 1.Advancing excellence in clinical nursing 2. Reforming nursing curricula 3.Research in nursing: Realities and solutions 4.Caring nursing leadership Objectives 1.Establish networking relationships wi national and international colleagues for e long-term to learn best practices concerning leadership, practice, education, research, and quality management. 2.Prepare nurses to meet e challenges in clinical practice. 3.Create awareness on curriculum reforms and innovation. 4.Empowernurses to innovate, research, disseminate research results and utilize evidence based practices in clinical care. 5.Develop and nurture a nursing culture at values innovation in nursing care.

Introduction Research Abstract Template Abstract Title Auor Name 1 and Auor Name 2 1-Designation, Dept., Name of organization (acronyms acceptable), City, Country 2-Designation, Dept., Name of organization (acronyms acceptable), City, Country Write a brief introduction and state your study objectives and e conceptual framework adopted (if any). Meods Write your study design, setting, sampling, sample size, sampling criteria, instruments, data collection procedure and statistical meods used. Results State e major findings of e study and e status of hypoeses if applicable. Conclusion Conclude e study briefly wi implications. Keywords write ree to four keywords in italics wi semicolon in between and bold it Note: Your abstract should be only a research paper. The total abstract word limit is 350 and only one page of A4 size is permitted. Please take note of e spelling and grammar. Style: The heading and text should be in Times New Roman, 12 font size wi single spacing. Use 10 font size for auor details and 9 font size for keywords. For abstract details contact: Prof.Dr. S. Sani- 9444278281

Sri Ramachandra University TH 14 INTERNATIONAL NURSES CONFERENCE Date : 10 & 11 January 2018 BETTER HEALTH CARE: EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES Registration Form 1. Name in Block Letters:... 2. Designation :... 3. Institution:... 4. RN No:...RM No... 5. Address for Communication:...... Mobile No. :... e-mail ID :... 6. Do you need accommodation : Yes / No 7. If yes, indicate period of stay From...To... 8. Wheer presenting paper : Yes / No 9. Details of registration fee DD No... Date... Bank Name and Place...or by cash Signature of e delegate Note : Registration form can be photocopied.