Tuesday, 11 December 2012

History of KNF


“Karnataka nurses forum” is an association evolved to stand for Nurses. It started in Mangalore with the brave pg students on the sole view to fight against injustice prevailing in the site. In the year 2010, M.sc nursing results had been devastating. Students from the best colleges in Karnataka failed with very less marks which was a shock to bright students. Dishearted by the tragedy, a student group in Mangalore lead by Mr. Anoop Abraham, Mr. Joshan PM, Mr. Jansen, Mr. Anooj Aravind,etc (many others too)  gathered many students and moved to high court. When the court refused the case, the students formed a group in facebook provide a platform to publicize the issue and provide justice to the suffering. Then this little spark ignited  a light of hope among thousands of students across the state. 


At this same moment students of Bangalore region jumped into the protest. The leaders in this region were Mr. Govindraj RH, Mr. Suresh Babu GO, Mr. Khadir, Mr. Mubash, Mr. Shabeer, Mr. Ajo, Mr. Kenneth Sajjan, Mr. Sathish,Mr. Prasanna, Mr. Halaswamy etc (many others too).  Then there was unified effort by the “Karnataka Nurses Forum” to fight for injustice. After much hardship, finally the “Karnataka Nurses Forum” tasted the first success by getting grace marks for the needy candidates which saved them from the stigma of failure.




“Karnataka Nurses Forum” continued its efforts whenever there was injustice in the state for nurses. “Karnataka Nurses Forum” has successfully worked as a voice of Karnataka Nurses and determined with the clear-cut solution of rooting out corruption and to address irregularities and injustice happening to Nursing fraternity. 

“Karnataka Nurses Forum” has brought many transformations in the Rajiv Gandhi Health University examination and evaluation system especially in Nursing. The changes were implementation of best of 2 in the evaluation criteria, centralised evaluation, and cancellation of limited attempts. Now “Karnataka Nurses Forum” is continuously striving for the upliftment of the profession.  The members had raised voice against appointing a doctor in the Karnataka Nursing Board. The members attended Think India program for the development of leadership skills. “Karnataka Nurses Forum” participated in the Rajiv Gandhi University Senate elections. The leaders campaigned for the candidates who were from nursing field. We gave a tough competition with members of other field. 



The leaders attended an International Symposium “Strengthening Health Care Delivery and Improving Health Outcomes in India, Linking Nursing, Medicine and Public Health”. In the symposium leaders met Secretary of Union ministry of health and family welfare, Mr.PK Pradhan; President of INC, Dr. Dileep Kumar; Chairman of Narayana Hrudhayala, Dr. Devi Shetty; Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Nursing Director, Bri. Sai Bala, CEO of Manipal health system, Dr. Rajen Padukone; Nurse practitioners of Minnesota university, United states; Nursing heads of Amrita, Appolo, Manipal, Jayadeva, Narayana Hrudhayalaya. Leaders requested for the implementation of Nurse Practitioner course and also explained the current scenario in nursing field.




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