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Seven nurses have graduated from the Graduate Diploma in Community Health Nursing programme, the first part-time post-graduate course in Singapore allowing working nurses to study for credentialisation in community healthcare.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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The graduates (in NUS tee-shirt) are (from left): Clarissa Vashti Atchiah, Norhafizah Binte Tajut Din, Wang Jingying Regina, Mas Rizalynda Binte Mohd Razali, Liu Shuai, Ng Thiam Gek Faith and Bettina Lim Wan Sieng. With them are programme manager Terence Seah and programme director Associate Professor M Kamala Devi. (Photo taken in April 2019)<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Nurse clinician and patient navigator at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) Mas Rizalynda Mohd Razali, 43, has more than 20 years of nursing chops under her belt. Assistant nurse clinician at the National University Polyclinics Bettina Lim, 29, has eight. The two community nurses, who are at different points in their careers, are among the diverse first cohort of seven nurses who graduated from the Graduate Diploma in Community Health Nursing programme in June this year. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

The part-time post-graduate programme, targeted at nurses with a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Nursing with at least a year\u2019s working experience in a community setting, was launched by the NUS Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies in 2019. It allows working nurses like Ms Mas, Ms Lim and their fellow classmates to gain formal qualifications in community health nursing by pursuing flexible, part-time study. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Accredited by the Singapore Nursing Board, the course provides students with a strong foundation in community health nursing, an emerging area in Singapore\u2019s nursing landscape given its fast-ageing population.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe are very proud of our graduates for their hard work and effort in finishing the programme despite having to serve the nation during a pandemic,\u201d says Associate Professor M Kamala Devi, the programme\u2019s director.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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Ms Mas was one of SGH\u2019s first batch of patient navigators \u2013 ward-based nurses who guide patients through the healthcare system and help them develop appropriate care plans.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Ms Mas describes the course as a \u201csteep learning curve\u201d. \u201cA major highlight of the programme was learning how to perform advanced clinical assessments during home visits,\u201d she says. \u201cCommunity nurses usually visit patients in their homes without the presence of doctors, and these examinations help us administer the right interventions for our patients,\u201d she explains.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ms Mas, who was working as a community nurse during the course, recalls the first time she was able to apply her clinical decision-making and management skills. \u201cMy confidence in assessing my patient\u2019s signs and symptoms increased and I was able to make immediate clinical decisions on whether the patient could be managed in the community safely or should be sent to the Emergency Department,\u201d she says.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ms Mas\u2019 community nursing journey started much earlier, as one of SGH\u2019s pioneer batch of patient navigators (PN). The PN scheme, introduced by the Hospital in 2014, allocates <\/span>trained nurses to help patients and their families coordinate treatment plans, navigate the healthcare system, and ensure continuity of care provision from an acute to a community setting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cMoving to the PN role after 16 years as an oncology nurse in the ward allowed me to see the continuation of care provision even after a patient was discharged. I understood how planning a patient\u2019s post-discharge care as early as the day of admission could reduce the number of readmissions,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A firm believer in constantly updating her clinical skills and challenging the status quo in her nursing career, in 2017, Ms Mas transitioned to the Hospital\u2019s community nursing team after completing a strategic development nursing programme and visiting Sweden with a team of nurses and PNs to observe its community nursing practices.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cMoving into community nursing allowed me to venture further beyond the hospital setting. At the patients\u2019 homes, I could consider their living environments and community resources to nurse them better,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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Ms Lim has been a community nurse with the National University Polyclinics since she graduated with a Nursing diploma in 2013.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Unlike Ms Mas, Ms Lim has been a community nurse since she graduated with a Nursing diploma in 2013. \u201cI strongly believe prevention is better than cure, and community nursing focuses on that, putting the patient and the patient\u2019s family at the centre of care delivery,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ms Lim feels that community nursing has helped her become more resourceful, stay connected and embrace change. \u201cCommunity nursing has created opportunities for me to deliver holistic and comprehensive patient care,\u201d she adds.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Like Ms Mas, Ms Lim is also a lifelong learner with an illustrious record of continuous learning. She completed her Bachelor of Nursing degree in 2014, and then her Master of International Healthcare Leadership in 2017. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

In 2019, she enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Community Health Nursing course. She believes that the knowledge she has gained from the course will allow her to deliver better care for her patients. \u201cAs I am also a clinical instructor at Bukit Batok Polyclinic, I am now more confident in guiding and teaching my fellow nurses and nursing students,\u201d she adds.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

To learn more about NUS Nursing\u2019s Graduate Diploma in Community Health Nursing programme, visit<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>here<\/i><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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