2021 Yonsei International Nursing Conference
CHS and the nursing team have successfully co-organised the 2021 Yonsei International Nursing Conference with the College of Nursing, Yonsei University, in Seoul, Korea on Friday 19th November. Over 550 scholars from more than 10 countries joined the conference. The key messages given in the conference were opportunities and barriers of the nursing field with a range of topics from digital transformation to support for nurses’ health and well-being. More specifically, four obstacles in the current nursing field were pointed out:
- Public policies – Lack of policies that allow nurses to fully make use of their abilities
- Payment systems – How nurses are still underpaid compared to their scope of work
- Nursing education – Adjustments to adapt to the constantly changing needs of digital society
- Health & well-being of nurses – Lack of reasonable workload, materials and emotional support for nurses, e.g., shortcomings in support for nurses during covid-19.
The VinUni second-year nursing students, Ms. Hong Anh Phan, Ms. Quynh Anh Nguyen, and Ms. Hannah Yeboah also participated in the 2021 Yonsei International Nursing E-Conference, South Korea. Especially, Hong Anh and Quynh Anh presented their e-posters, titled “Translation and psychometric testing of the Vietnamese DREEM and RASI instruments” and “Stress levels and willingness to participate in Covid19 prevention activities of nursing students in Vietnam”, reporting their independent study results under the supervision of Dr. Hoang Lan Van and Dr. Nguyen Thi Hoa Huyen, our faculty. Congratulations for the two nursing students on their very first research achievement.
Other highlighted presentations were, for example: Prof. Hiromi Fujii on “Midwifery for Women with Special Needs on Physical and Social/ Mental Health”. She touched on a subject that is rarely brought up, which is the vulnerability and medical/ social treatment of sexual minorities. It was explained that women of sexual minorities are more vulnerable to healthcare issues including breast cancer, depression, and gynecological diseases, therefore, their right to discuss with healthcare providers should be encouraged and not limited. Dr. Jeongok Park on “Innovation in IV Fluid Monitoring Device for Quality Care” raised a need for developing a novel intravenous (IV) monitoring device that is simple, affordable and can be used remotely to maintain patient safety. She introduced a device that fits these descriptions which is the wireless medical fluid monitoring with special sensors. “Voice-assisted Technology in Gerontology” by Dr. Jane Chung also put an emphasis on the digital transformation in healthcare and indicated a growing trend for nursing research on topics related to digital health, which fits the WHO global strategy.
