FMC KEFFI OBSERVES PERI-OPERATIVE NURSE'S DAY

The peri-operative Nurses federal medical center keffi, join their colleagues nationwidewide to observe the national day for the peri-operative Nurses.

The 7 days event which began on Monday 8th November will run through to Friday the 14th November.

Speaking to nursingdetails the chairman National Association of Peri-operative Nurses, (NAPON) Nurse Comrade Charles Ilegbameh said this years event is been observed low-key due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He however said the association was able to lend a helping hand to patients on admission in the wards of the hospital by providing some of their consumables.

The week long event he said, will be climax with a lecture on Friday, themed " Emerging Technology and Perioperative Nursing in Nigeria, Implication For Nursing Practice"

He called on members of the association, Nurses as a whole and the entire members of the hospital, medical and non medical professionals to be in attendance for the lecture, stressing however that COVID-19 protocol will be observed.

Bellow are some pictures from the day's celebration

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