Leadership For Nurses In India: A Futuristic Perspective

Rosamma Jose, Head Nursing, BLK Super Speciality Hospital, gives insights on the evolving role of nurses in the healthcare sector and the need to boost the nursing profession in India

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Nursing has assumed apivotal position in healthcare today. This profession is on the cusp of a paradigm shift. It is no more a marginal profession. However, it still occupies subliminal space and is in need of robust leadership to get a fillip and occupy centre stage in healthcare.

Nurses form the backbone of patient care in the health sector. They are engaged in the treatment, safety and recovery of ill or injured people, health maintenance, and treatment of life-threatening emergencies in a wide range of healthcare settings. Nurses may also be involved in medical and nursing research and have to perform a wide range of non-clinical functions necessary for the delivery of healthcare. They develop a plan of care, in collaboration with physicians, therapists, the patient, the patient's family and other team members.

So, nurses play a very crucial role in the medical system. The relation between a nurse and a doctor is similar to that of a general and a soldier. Like a soldier, the nurse has to do most of the work as they spend more time with patients. Nurses are the frontline soldiers while doctors are the generals.