| |9 December 2019HIGHERReviewNurses provide and monitor patient care, educate patients and family members about health conditions, provide medications and treatments, give emotional support and advice to patients and their family members during the crisis.Currently working as Chief Executive Officer at Yashoda Super Speciality Hospitals, Upasana Arora has also served as Director for more than a decade in Yashoda Super Speciality Hospitals. Upasana has offered services as Assessor in the National Accreditation Board of Hospitals & Health Care Providers and CII (Confederation of Indian Industry). Being a strong leader in the Healthcare Sector of India Upasana has bagged many recognized awards such as `Arch of Excellence' and `Gem of India' in 2010, `Women Leadership and Innovation Award ­ 2013', `Leading Women in Healthcare' and the list goes on.Because of huge differences in salary packages and growing charm for foreign assignments, every year, a large number of nurses are leaving the country for greener pastures abroad. Giv-en the size of the population, India needs more nurses to run healthcare smoothly.As the world is taking shape of a global village due to digital technology, Nurses find it very easy to explore job opportuni-ties abroad and they don't feel the pinch of homesickness due to the availability of cheap internet service to maintain a link back home during their careers.Upasana Arora, Chief Executive OfficerI feel guidelines to make nursing colleges should be flexible and the government should encourage those who want to start nursing colleges as well as there should be more super specialty courses for them to meet any exigencies in emergency wards.Nurses provide and monitor patient care, edu-cate patients and family members about health con-ditions, provide medications and treatments, give emotional support and advice to patients and their family members during the crisis. Nurses are the first contact point for patients and attendants so we should give good communication training also to nurses. There should be some courses for nurses they should be recognized and many more.They also work with healthy people by provid-ing preventative health care and wellness informa-tion through various training programs that are held even in rural swathes.As the government's health plan, Ayushman Bharat, is catching up, more hands are needed to cope up with building up pressure on the health-care facilities due to the ever-increasing num-ber of patients and provision of cheap treatment under the plan. With advanced courses and training, they will be more confident and professionally empowered enough to handle a complex situation. Many times, Paramedics' training and availability gain more significance in the wake of non-availability of ex-perts what doctors describe as a golden hour to save patients.
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