A "Nursing Week Panel" was organized by Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department and Bolu Provincial Nursing Committee on the occasion of 12-18 May Nursing Week.
The panel held in İzzet Baysal Cultural Center Pink Hall; Rector Prof. Dr. Mustafa Alişarlı, Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Aydın Him, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Prof. Dr. Nazmiye Yıldırım Kocaman, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Prof. Dr. Muhammet Güzel Kurtoğlu, Secretary General İhsan Ağcan, Bolu Provincial Health Directorate representatives, Bolu Provincial Nursing Committee members, exhibition and panel organizing committee members, academicians, nurses and students attended. Lecturer See. Specialist The 3rd Health Education Student Materials Exhibition, consisting of the works of Nursing Department students under the supervision of Hacer Alpteker, drawing attention to current health and hygiene rules in order to raise awareness among children, has been opened. Hoping that the exhibition would be beneficial for our children, Rector Alişarlı visited the stands and chatted with the students about his work. 50 students from Paşaköy Primary School also visited the exhibition. The opening speech and moderation of the panel, which started with a moment of silence and the reading of the National Anthem, was made by Dr. Head of the Department of Child Health and Diseases. Lecturer Member Çiğdem Ceylan made it. Emphasizing the earthquake disaster that occurred on February 6, Ceylan said, “During this process, we witnessed the support of our nurse colleagues, their selfless work to heal the wounds, their volunteering to go to disaster areas and their great efforts to go as soon as possible. I am very proud to be a member of such a valuable professional group. “We share the pain of everyone affected by the earthquake.” said. “2023 Theme: Our Nurses, Our Future” Head of the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Prof. Dr. After giving information about the content of the panel, Yasemin Yıldırım Usta said that the International Nurses Union ICN determined the theme for 2023 as "Our Nurses, Our Future". "In his report published within the framework of this theme, Usta emphasized that nurses are the basic life force for health, but that our healthcare systems around the world need to take more decisive steps to value, protect, respect and invest in this valuable resource." said. Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Prof. Dr. Nazmiye Yıldırım Kocaman said, “12-18 May Nursing Week offers us the opportunity to focus on and express the obstacles to providing better nursing services to the prominent health problems of the society, solutions and what we have been able to achieve. In this context, I would like to wholeheartedly thank my colleagues who think of others before themselves and work with an altruistic approach, in the unprecedented disasters we have experienced in recent years, first in the Covid 19 pandemic and then in the earthquakes that shook our country deeply.” he said. Rector Alişarlı: “It is Important to Create Sustainable Health Awareness in the Society.” Rector Prof. Dr. In his speech, Mustafa Alişarlı pointed out the importance of creating sustainable health awareness in the society and said, “The nursing profession is versatile and one of the most important components of the health sector. "Once you buy the essential, there is nothing you can replace it with." He said, and noted that it would be wrong to remember people who provide healthcare services once a year. After the opening speeches, Department of Internal Medicine Nursing Dr. Lecturer Member Şeyma Demir Erbaş made a presentation on "ICN 2023 Theme: Our Nurses, Our Future". Erbaş said, “While nurses are the key to a healthy society, strong nations and developing economies, they also constitute the domino stones of the healthcare workforce. While determining the theme of Nursing Week, ICN sheds light on the future of nurses and discusses how nurses should be positioned within the healthcare system; He says that the workforce of nurses should be supported and investments should be made in the nursing profession.” said. “We Need Disaster Nursing.” Public Health Nursing Lecturer Specialist. Seher Zengin made a presentation on "Disaster and Society". Providing detailed information about the concept of disaster, natural and technological disasters, and the social, psychological and economic effects of disasters in the world and in Turkey on societies, Zengin pointed out the importance of the integrated disaster management system and emphasized the need for "Disaster Nursing" in Turkey. Department of Surgical Nursing Lecturer Specialist. Hacer Alpteker made a presentation on "Disaster, Disaster Preparedness of the Elderly and Their Caregivers". Emphasizing that there is at least one elderly person in every 4 households in our country, Alpteker gave information about the service model for the elderly in the environment where he lives and the fragility-vulnerability of the elderly.
Alpteker, in summary, said, “Restricting the access of elderly people who use assistive devices such as glasses, hearing aids and walking sticks to these aids, especially in disaster situations, makes their lives difficult. World Health Organization, elderly people.