Nightingale challenge is a great initiative towards the year of the nurse and the midwife to strengthen and empower the nursing profession at the global level. Indian nursing fraternity is doing well to make this event successful in India. As a part of this initiative, we conducted a Symposium on 1st November 2019 on the theme “ Nurse -a Healthcare professional from Womb to Tomb”. There were 130 healthcare professionals including doctors, Nurse Administrators, Nurse Managers, Academic nurses, Clinical nurses and Nursing students. The program was started with topic “Nursing-the basics”. There were 12 interactive sessions on roles and responsibilities of Nurses in various clinical areas to enhance the knowledge and skills of the nurses. The outcome of program was evaluated by pretest and posttest. It was a successful event and all the nurses enhance and update their existing knowledge. The program was also impactful in term of exploring the role of nurses in global health and achieving universal health coverage. This initiative was appreciated by local and zonal nursing and medical professionals.
30 nurses have been enrolled onto the development programme.
