Dr. Venkita S. Suresh

Group Medical Director, Kauvery Hospitals, India

Dear colleagues

The Nightingales shall fill the skies on 22 Mar 26!

We launch this issue of the NIGHTINGALE with Sushma, Cath lab in charge at ECB, nurses Shalini and Vijayakumari who write on “Cardiac Arrest”.

Pushpa, OT in charge at Heart city, Trichy, along with along with her colleagues at OT, Anitha, Rathika and Bharathi, write on “Surgery on   ASD with Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage”.

Muthu Sankari, HIC Nurse, Kauvery Hospital, Tirunelveli, along with Angel Roselin., DNS, Nellai, write on “Quality Improvement to improve patient safety and satisfaction: Effective whiteboard communication tool.”

From Dr. Yamini, Manager, Department of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics & Team, Alwarpet comes two solid studies-

“A comparative study on dysphagia management & optimization of nutritional status among acute stroke patients” and “Clinical case study on management of glycemic variability in gestational diabetes mellitus, diet as a primary therapeutic tool”.

Subin, Nursing Supervisor, Critical care, Hosur writes brings to light “A rare case of multiple large bowel perforations following air blast injury through the rectum”.

Sahaya Saranya and Priya, Staff Nurses, Hosur, report on “Carcinoma of the lower esophagus managed by video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy”

FOUR elegant reports come from Vadapalani!

Selvi., Shanmuga Priya and Divya, stalwart Nurses from NICU, Vadapalani bring you “A tale of two twins: A detailed case presentation of preterm neonates with divergent clinical courses”.

Rajeswari., DNS, Kalaivani from Vascular Access Device team and Sabari Divya Nandhini, Nursing Educator, write “From fragile lines to fortified care: A nursing-led revolution in iv dwell time”.

Bharathi, Monisha and Nursing Supervisor Ramya from CTICU, Vadapalani describe “Navigating the two-stage elephant trunk procedure (CET): A nursing case study on postoperative vigilance and multidisciplinary care”.

Devapackiam, General Manager- Operations, Clinical & New Projects, Avila Jeyashyla, NS. Rajeswari, DNS and  Divya Nandhini, Nurse Educator,  write on their “ The 3C initiative: weaving a stronger fabric of care through monthly connection” .

Doctors do not write from Salam, never! But Sai Kumar S, Physiotherapist at Salem reports on “ACL reconstruction rehabilitation in an adolescent athlete and Sivagami, ANS writes on “Myasthenia Gravis”.

From ECB, come THREE more reports!

Vincent Mary, NICU In-Charge, Shalini H, Chief Nursing Officer, Shwetha and Vijayakumari highlight “Comprehensive care for Preterm & Low birth weight babies”

Vijaya Kumari, Nursing Educator and Shalini H, CNO report on their “National Cardiac Life Support (NCLS) workshop”.

Vincent Mary. NICU in-charge, Shalini H, CNO, Nursing Educators Shwetha H and Vijayakumari present “Strengthening institutional commitment to patient safety: Report on a structured training workshop.

Cantonment Trichy presents two reports.

P. Snekapriya, N. Bhuvaneshwari, Clinical Dietitians, present “Dietary management for the RTA with polytrauma”.

Maha Lakshmi, NS, Subathra Dev, Nurse Educator, and Arockia Suba, Nurse In-Charge, Kauvery Hospital, Cantonment, Trichy, report on “Successful staged Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) in a patient with cardiogenic shock and triple vessel disease”.

Maa kauvery, Trichy, bring to us two reports.

Akilandeswari, Staff Nurse, Malathi, Nurse in Charge, Sonya Mercy Anbu, ANS and Ruby Ravichandran, Senior Deputy Nursing Superintendent, focus on “Early infantile developmental epileptic encephalopathy”.

Aruna. T, Staff Nurse, Pooranima In Charge, Sonya Mercy Anbu, ANS and Ruby Ravichandran, Sr DNS report on “Peutz Jeghers Syndrome”.

From Tennur comes two reports.

Anandhi, Nurse in Charge, Arputha Mary, ANS, and Esthar Rani, NS, report on “Emergency nursing management of a patient with? Meningitis and spinal abscess”

Lucy Grace, Nurse Educator and Esthar Rani, NS, report on their Continuing Education (CNE) program on “Prevention of Nosocomial Infections: The Primacy of Nursing Care”.

Clinical Pharmacists Shirlin and Vignesh from Heart City, supported by Madhumitha, Group Clinical Pharmacist, highlight “Dual lipid-lowering therapy: Maximizing IDL-C reduction through complementary mechanisms”.

Johnson A, Group Clinical Pharmacist, reports on “Management of Calvarial osteomyelitis and persistent cerebrospinal fluid leak following transcranial resection of an invasive pituitary macroadenoma”.

The Journal Scan from the Chief Editor’s desk brings you ten diagnostic images.

A Tamil poet among us, Devi from Vadapalani, proudly sings out on “என் செவிலிய பணி” and rings the curtain down on this momentous, power – packed edition of the NIGHTINGALE.

Do sing with the Nightingales

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