– Maternal/child care emphasisedThe fact that the first 24 to 48 hours after delivery is the most risky time for a newborn and mother has been listed among the several topics that will be addressed this week as part of a continued education training programme for nurses.The programme which comes as part of the observation for Nurses’ Week (this week) was officially launched yesterday at the Liliendaal headquarters of Project Dawn, under the auspices of the Guyana Burn and Health Care Charitable Foundation (GBHCCF) and the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) from which some of the participating nurses were drawn. Other participants were chosen from various public health facilities.The participants will be exposed to nursing development courses including neonatal resuscitation, maternal and foetal wellbeing, physical assessment, infection prevention and control, foetal monitor instruction, IV pump instruction and electrocardiogram, among other issues.According to Assistant Director of Nursing Services at the GPHC,Wholesale Hockey Jerseys China, Owen John, the activity comes as a prelude to International Nurses’ Day (today) which is being observed countrywide. The nurses’ education programme, he said, is coordinated by Harry Harakh who was the pioneer of the Burns Care Unit at the GPHC and has been working in collaboration with the public hospital for the past 12 years.The Canada-based Guyanese along with his wife Pamela Harakh, a nurse for the past 24 years, had together founded the Guyana Burn and Health Care Foundation,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, a charitable organisation in Canada.Harakh,NFL Jerseys China, his wife, and a team of about eight professionals, arrived in Guyana last Friday in order to launch the continued nursing education training programme.“They offered last year to come and do this work for the nurses. They found out what our training needs were and we were able to identify a number of areas,” John revealed.The training programme commenced on Monday and is set to continue until Friday. However, according to John,China Jerseys, a trainer of trainers programme will follow shortly as part of the efforts to ensure that nurses are continually educated.According to Harakh, “we are here not because of a judgement on an institution. We are made to feel welcome and we are made to feel that our contributions are appreciated both by the hierarchy of the hospital and by the nurses.”The nurses’ education programme, he said, started about two years ago and came as a challenge to GBHCCF to further empower the nurses as part of the nurses’ week activities. It took about one year to figure the areas of priority, Harakh noted.Though he is a professional accountant, Harakh has a significant connection with a number of medical experts, whom he has been instrumental in persuading to travel to Guyana to facilitate the nurses’ education programme.“I have been able to attract them to our cause because they have a willingness to help developing countries…They responded so overwhelmingly and are so supportive…and are all here at their own expense.”In addition to launching the programme yesterday, a quantity of invaluable equipment,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, including a touch screen ECG machine, foetal monitors, defibrillators and a BP Monitor, was handed over to Chief Executive Officer of the GPHC, Michael Khan.The participating nurses,China Jerseys Wholesale, according to Harakh, will also be exposed to training that will sharpen their ability to utilise the relatively modern equipment.The equipment was handed over by Mr. Raymond Drouin, Charg? d’Affaires within the Canadian Embassy.