FKK UNPRI Holds Public Lecture
Optimizing the Role of Nursing Excellence and Evidence-Based Practice in Palliative Nursing”
The Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Universitas Prima Indonesia (FKK UNPRI), held a Public Lecture with the topic "Optimizing the Role of Superior and Competitive Nurses in Palliative Care in the Community" and "Evidence-Based Practice in Palliative Nursing". The activity was guided by Robin Ferdiansyah Sitopu, S.Kep., Ners, M.Kep as the moderator. The activity, which was attended by 690 nursing students, was carried out face-to-face at the Main Campus Hall of Universitas Prima Indonesia, Thursday (7/18/2024).
The first resource person, Agus Setiawan, S.Kp., M.N., D.N, Dean of the Faculty of Nursing, University of Indonesia (FIK UI), General Chairperson of the Association of Indonesian Nursing Education Institutions (AIPNI), President of Sigma Theta Tau Indonesia, and Chairperson of the Nursing College Deans Forum.
Agus Setiawan, S.Kp., M.N., D.N delivered material on the topic "Optimizing the Role of Superior and Competitive Nurses in Palliative Care in the Community". The material presented covered four things, including Indonesia in context; megatrends, elderly population, and its implications, palliative care in the community, and the role of superior and competitive nurses.
In general, Agus explained that to realize superior and competitive nurses in the field of palliative care, a nurse should be able to think critically and solve complex problems of care in health services, be able to transform and adapt to digitalization, be able to communicate and collaborate with influential networks, improve digital literacy, think creatively and imaginatively, and master leadership skills and of course self-development.
Then FKK UNPRI presented the second speaker, namely Dr. Dudut Tanjung, S.Kp., M.Kep., Sp. KMB, Dean of the Faculty of Nursing, University of North Sumatra (FKep USU), Chair of the Association of Indonesian Nursing Education Institutions (AIPNI) Regional II of North Sumatra, AIPNI Central Management for Internal and External Quality Assurance of Higher Education Institutions, Sub-Division of Quality Assurance and Postgraduate and Specialist Programs, Clinical Instructor in the Orthopedic Ward at H. Adam Malik General Hospital, Medan, and Emergency Nursing & BTCLS Instructor of the Indonesian Emergency and Disaster Nurses Association.
Dr. Dudut Tanjung, S.Kp., M.Kep., Sp. KMB delivered material on the topic "Evidence-Based Practice in Palliative Nursing". The material presented included the definition of palliative care, the main benefits of palliative care according to WHO, the principles of palliative care focused on quality, why evidence-based practice is important, case studies, examples of evidence-based practice that are actualized through scientific articles published in international journals. In closing, Dudut Tanjung explained that a palliative nurse must foster a culture of literacy towards evidenced-based practice which is manifested through scientific evidence. This is needed to make better clinical nursing decisions.
The Dean of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Universitas Prima Indonesia, Dr. Tiarnida Nababan, SST, S.Kep., Ners, M.Kep explained that UNPRI is committed to routinely and consistently implementing Public Lectures, as a means of providing information and updating knowledge and information to students in the Universitas Prima Indonesia Medan environment.
