MAURITIUS NURSING ASSOCIATION

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MAURITIUS NURSING ASSOCIATION

• PRESENTER
• KALLOOA BAGOOADUTH
• PRESIDENT
• -
• LUBAH JAGLALL
• VICE SECRETARY

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MAURITIUSRECENT ECONOMIC SOCIO-POLITICAL
CONTEXT

• 1. National Economic Austerity
• 2. New Employment Relations Bill
• 3. National Stimulus Package
• 4. Trade Unions v/s National Pay Council
• Against 4 criteria for calculation of quantum
• 5. Unreasonable Rise in Fuel Price
• 6. Taxi Heavy Vehicles go slow
• 7. International Diabetes Conference

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MAURITIUSRECENT ECONOMIC SOCIO-POLITICAL
CONTEXT (contd)

• 8. Economic Recovery
• Recognised by the World Economic Forum 1st
  in Africa
• 9. National Budget Presentation
• 10. Salary Compensation (only 2 criteria used)
• 11. Increase in Salary Benefits For Ministers
• 12. Primary School Education Reform

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MAURITIUSRECENT ECONOMIC SOCIO-POLITICAL
CONTEXT (contd)

• 13. PM participation in the World Conference on
  Global Warming Climatic Changes- Copenhagen
• Mauritius 6th Worldwide in effort to
  decrease toxic gas emission
• 14. Abolition of Slavery
• 15. Hunger Strike by the Secretary of the
  Association for Consumers Protection
• 16. Government pedals back and accepts to demand
• 17. Coming General Election

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IMPACT ON HEALTH

• De-freezing of Projects
• 1. Construction of a New Hospital
• 2. Upgrading of existing Hospitals
• 3. Construction of a new medi-clinic
• 4. Opening of the Apollo Bramwell Private
  Hospital
• 5. Mergers of Private Clinics
• 6. Government incentives for medical tourism
• 7. Setting up of Medical Schools
• 8. National Diabetic Institute
• 9. More investment in the Struggles against
  Diabetes
• 10. Recruitment of Doctors Student Nurses
• 11. Promotion Exercises

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CHALLENGES TO NURSING

• 1. Raise Educational Status
• 2. Market the value of Nursing
• 3. Major Shift in paradigm
• Biomedical Model Autonomous Nursing
  Practice
• 4. Active involvement in
• -fights against diabetes cardiovascular
  diseases
• -fights against HIV/AIDS
• -Community School Health
• 5. Safe Staffing

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NURSING ASSOCIATION MAURITIUS

• Professional Association and a Union
• Constitution Adopted in 1955
• Recognised by the Govt in 1955
• Significant level of collaboration with
  Government especially with the MOH QL NGOs

• Professional Association and a Union
• Constitution Adopted in 1955
• Recognised by the Govt in 1955
• Significant level of collaboration with Govt
  especially with the MOH QL NGOs

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EXAMPLES OF COLLABORATIONS

• 1. Partial funding of the ICN/LFC Programs
• 2. International Nurses Day Celebrations
• 3. ICN / Merck Library
• 4. Local Training Program
• Post Graduate / Hospital Management (HUG)
• 5. Training abroad Singapore/China/India
• 6. Launching of Protocol/Workplace Violence
• 7. Collaboration of the Ministry of Arts
  Culture

EXAMPLES OF COLLABORATIONS
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NURSING CATEGORIES

• Nurses 2000
• Nurses/Midwife 700
• Midwife 100
• HealthCare Assistants 1000
• Community Nurses 115
• AIDS Specialised Nurses 60
• Nurse Educators 15
• 4000
• All categories eligible for registration with NA
• Membership Strength 3000
• Branches 2 (Mauritius Rodrigues)

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AFFILIATIONS

• Federation of Civil Service other Unions
• ICN
• SANNAM
• CNF
• ECSACON
• NONA

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COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

• NONA Workplace Violence Project
• SANNAM TOT HIV/AIDS Pretoria
• Stigma Discrimination Workshop
• Infection control
• Caring for Carers
• Workplace Violence Project(SANNAM NONA)

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NURSING REGULATIONS MNA

• National Nursing Act
• Code of Ethics
• National Nursing Strategies
• Nursing Council Act 2003
• Level of Collaboration
• Sources of Income
• Fee Utilisation Administrative Cost
• Main Challenge in Sustainability ---Membership
  fee

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OUR STRUGGLES

• 1. Gender discrimination Midwifery Course
• 2. Workplace Violence
• 3. Education Training
• 4. Socio Economic Welfare
• 5. Safe Staffing
• 6. Change of Uniform
• 7. PPE

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MAURITIUS NURSING ASSOCIATION

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