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(TNAI)
The
Trained Nurses Association of India is the national body of
practitioners of Nursing at various levels. The main idea behind
the establishment of the Association was to uphold in every
way the dignity and honour of the Nursing profession and to
promote team spirit, apart from enabling the members to represent
their grievances and express their point of view to concerned
quarters in events of problematic situations.
While the stress is on orientating the members to the real needs
of the profession, the regular activities of the Association
are organised in such a way that those associated with them
have a sense of participation in all the programmes of direct
professional relevance along with treating the Association as
a major source of inspiration and provider of title delights
of life occasionally.
While
members at some of the Branches and Units are more active in
their participation in the TNAI activities than those at others,
the Association has undoubtedly come to be recognised as a major
link between the vast number of Nurses in various parts of the
country, and even some abroad.
RAPPORT WITH GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
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(i). Government Recognition as Service Association:
The Association is considered to be on a par with other service
organisations. A copy of the letter from the Ministry of Health,
Government of India to all the State Governments communicating
recognition of the TNAI as a Service Association on par with
other Associations is given.
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(ii). Issue of Railway Concessions:
In 1991 Railways granted concession to TNAI members and
the Association was authorised to issue certificates to members
for getting concession. Previously, the concession was available
in all classes of railway compartments. In the 1980s the Government
reduced the extent of concession and its rate for all categories.
For Nurses it was reduced from 50 per cent to 25 per cent and
it is now available in second class only. This in a way is serving
as a financial relief to many Nurses. Students are given 50
per cent concession for educational trips.
2. Affiliation with Government Committees
and Councils
The
Government of India has all along appreciated the importance
of TNAI as the National Association of Nurses and following
the formal recognition in 1950, it was involved in all governmental
endeavours in the field of Nursing and given the opportunity
to put across its point of view on all matters of consequence.
This was largely due to the great interest of Rajkumari Amrit
Kaur in nursing, the first Minister for Health in independent
India. The committee and investigative bodies launched by the
Central Council of Health to study problems and prospects of
the profession consult the Association on various matters and
give weightage to its viewpoint.
The contribution of TNAI to the findings of Bhore Committee
and Mudaliar Committee as well as to other similar bodies has
been considerable. Its views have been considered as the most
authentic for the nursing profession in processing the findings
of such official committees. TNAI played an important role in
the High Power Committee on Nursing and Nursing Profession (Report:
1987).
The Central Council of Health (CCH) has also been drawing on
TNAl's experience for its recommendations on various aspects
of the profession. It can derive ample satisfaction from its
role in setting of norms and professional standards in our field
of activity in cooperation with the CCH.
The
Indian Nursing Council (INC) which was actually mooted by the
TNAI has been doing work in the field of nursing education and
establishment of professional norms at different levels. The
TNAI is associated in most of its activities and its links with
the INC have given rise to a number of endeavours for the promotion
of Nursing education and other aspects of the profession.
3. Affiliation with Other Organisations
The
activities of the Association cannot be of proper use to the
society unless it takes an interest and participates in the
work of other agencies concerned with the total welfare of the
community.The TNAI, therefore, keeps itself informed of developments
that take place in many areas of health activity. It is an associate
member of many other associations and societies doing welfare
activities in their own fields. These societies are: Indian
Red Cross Society, Indian Public Health Association, Association
for Social Health, Indian Hospital Association, Federation of
Delhi hospital Welfare Societies, Tuberculosis Assocation of
India, Indian Leprosy Association and National Institute of
Public Cooperation and Child Development. These associations
and institutions too involve themselves in the activities of
TNAI on a reciprocal basis.
The TNAI takes part in the activities of important social organisations
devoted to the welfare of women, especially National Council
of Women in India, National Federation of Indian Women and All-India
Women's Conference. The Association is invited to all important
deliberations of such bodies and effort is made by the TNAI
representatives to keep these organisations informed of the
problems of practising nurses.
In 1936 Nurses' Auxiliary of the Christian Medican Association
(CMA), known as Christian Nurses' League (CNL) since 1954, was
affiliated to TNAI. Another organization with which TNAI is
associated or affiliated is : Catholic Nurse's Guild of India.
4. Affiliation with International Council
of Nurses (ICN)
A Landmark was TNAI's affiliation with International Council
of Nurses (ICN) in 1912. Both ANSI and TNAI united for this
purpose. TNAI was among the first eight National Nurses' Associations
(NNAs) which joined ICN and was represented first time at its
Congress at Cologne. Miss Dora Chadwick (President, TNAI: 1933-
41) was appointed to ICN's Education Committee in 1930. The
first Indian Nurse delegate who attended ICN Congress in Rome
(1933) was Miss B.J. Singh. In 1957 for the first time the President
and Secretary attended the ICN Congress in Rome as official
delegates. In 1973 for the first time four Indian students attended
ICN Congress in Mexico.
Affiliation
with ICN offered many opportunities for broadening the professional
horizon and bringing forth newer ideas. The 'Nursing Abroad'
programme of ICN assisted Indian Nurses in their work and study
abroad. In recent years the ICN sponsored a Socio- Economic
Welfare Project (1989-91) through which about 300 Nurses from
different parts of the country received Training in Leadership
Development and Management Skills. Mrs. Rita Sarkar was appointed
Coordinator of the project. Mrs. Narender Nagpal, the Secretary-General,
TNAI, attended during 1990-91 ICN workshops in Seoul and Tokyo
on Nursing Regulations. Her participation in these international
workshops has been useful in bringing about amendments in Indian
Nursing Council and State Nursing Councils acts to follow up
workshops for the Council Registrars in collaboration with INC.
This was in pursuance of the Association's objective of raising
the standard of Nursing education and practice through necessary
regulations. In these long years of affiliation TNAI representatives
often got elected to the ICN Board of Directors as Area Members
from time to time and also as Vice- President. Some ICN officers
visited TNAI Headquarters and also some of them attended TNAI
Conferences: Barbara Fawkes, Executive Director (1977), Miss
Constance Holleran, Executive Director (1985, 1986), Miss Martha
Quivey, Vice-President (1991). Their visits provided for mutual
sharing. However, there has been a set back in the continuity
of TNAI affiliation with ICN in recent years due to financial
constraints. Since May 1995 TNAI stands disaffiliated from the
ICN.
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Affiliation with Commonwealth Nurses Federation
Around 1974 the TNAI became a member of the Commonwealth Nurses
Federation (CNF). The association with CNF has been fruitful
in many ways.
Presently
Mrs. Reena Bose is the President of CNF. She is the first Indian
Nurse who has been elected to the post of President of CNF.
Dr.
(Mrs) S. Krishnan, Mr. C.P.B. Kurup, Sr. Francesca Vazhapillyand
Mrs. Narender Nagpal have served as Vice-President and/or Area
Member on the Federation.
6. Affiliation with Scholarship Funds
One of the ways in which the TNAI carries out its educational
objectives and serves the cause of nursing, is by being the
Trustee for various scholarships. These are listed below and
the rules and regulations regarding application and contractual
agreements connected with them appear in this section.
6 (i). Kapadia Memorial Scholarship
Fund: This fund was created in 1946 by the School
of Nursing Administration, Bara Hindu Rao, Delhi in memory of
'Pestonjee Nowroji' and 'Roshan Postonjee' with an initial donation
of Rs. 500 by Miss G. Kapadia in March, 1946. The Fund was entrusted
for the purpose of administration to the Trained Nurse's Association
of India. It was to be built up gradually through collections
from the school, and it was proposed that when the income from
its interest would become sufficient, a scholarship could be
awarded to any deserving nurse for higher studies in India in
nursing administration.
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(ii). Margaret Jehan Scholarship Fund:
This fund was created with an initial donation of Rs.
12,000 and subsequent donations made by Dr. G. Stapleton, W.M.S.,
in 1944. The objective of the fund was to provide a scholarship
for nine months every year to enable a nurse, preferably from
Hospital for Women and Children in India, to take the Sister
Tutor's Course at the Delhi Postgraduate School of Nursing.
6 (iii). Ajmer Minto Sister's Scholarship
Fund: This fund was created with an initial donation
of Rs. 25,300 made by the Rajputana Branch of the Lady Minto
Nursing Association in 1946. The fund was named "AJMER MINTO
SISTERS' SCHOLARSHIP". Out of the income from interest,
scholarship of the value of Rs. 900 per year is awarded to a
candidate for four years for doing B.Sc. (Hons.) Degree Course
is Nursing in the College of Nursing, New Delhi. The selection
of the candidate is made by the College of Nursing and recommended
to TNAI for award of the scholarship.
6 (iv). Lady Linlithgow Scholarship
Fund: This fund was created in October 1943 through
a generous gift of Rs. 23,400 made by H.E. Lady Linlithgow on
the eve of her departure from India. This scholarship is given
for the training of nurses for administrative and teaching posts
in hospitals and schools of nursing in India.
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(v). Rajkumari Amrit Kaur & Miss Adranvala Scholarship Fund:
This fund was created with the donation of Rs. 4,214.50
in 1954, Rs. 2,189.50 in 1955, and Rs. 833.62 in 1956 totalling
Rs. 7,237.62 made by various institutions in India for awarding
scholarship in the name of the former Union Minister of Health.
T.N.A.I. contributed Rs. 1,000 per year from 1960 to 1963 and
Rs. 500 per year from 1964 to 1966. The original intention was
to establish a scholarship for Public Health Nursing, but now
a grant out of the income from interest of this fund is to be
awarded to a nurse for research, in any aspect of nursing.
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(vi). Tata Memorial Scholarship Fund: This fund was
created in 1947 with an initial donation of Rs. 15,000 received
from the trustee of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust as Tata Memorial
Scholarship Fund. Out of the income from interest a scholarship
is to be awarded to a nurse for post-basic or post-graduate
studies in College of Nursing, New Delhi.
6 (vii). Lady Minto Nursing Scholarship
Fund: This fund was created from India's share of
the funds of the Lady Minto Nursing Association with an initial
donation of Rs. 1,65,848 in 1949 with a second instalment of
Rs. 11,529 received in 1950.
6 (viii). Military Nursing Service Scholarship
Fund: This fund was created in 1943 with the donations
and collections made by the Military Nursing Service reserve
mess account, for awarding scholarship (out of the income from
interest) for higher studies in Nursing to any nurse of the
Military Nursing Service.
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(ix). Florence Nightingale Fund for Research in Nursing:
This fund was entrusted some time in 1942-43, to the Trained
Nurses Association of India by the Indian Red Cross Society.
In the early years the income was utilised for scholarships
for study in U.K. but in view of the high costs for the courses
to be undertaken in U.K., it was decided to use the income for
research in Nursing.
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(x). Rules for Scholarship in India:
(a) Courses of Study: Teaching and Administration, B.Sc.
(N) Post-Basic and M.N. degree programmes.
Public Health Nursing or any other post-certificate course given
in an institution recognised by the Indian Nursing Council.
(b)
General education :
The candidate should meet the requirements of the institutionl,
but ordinarily, it would be Ten Plus Two or an equivalent examination.
(c). Professional education Registration as a general
nurse and midwife. In case of men nurses, evidence of having
training in a special subject instead of midwifery.
(d) Professional experience: A minimum of two years
bedside nursing experience in an institution for Ward Administration
course; three years experience for a Tutor's course, and five
years for a course in Nursing Administration. In all cases the
requirements of the institution should be met.
(e) Applications Applications will be invited through
The Nursing Journal of India in December/January every
year.
(f) Selection Selection will be made by the Committee
appointed for this purpose as per the information obtained from
the application form and confidential reports.
(g) Scholarship The student will receive the scholarship
through the head of the institution to which she/he is admitted
for study.
(h) Agreement An undertaking to continue in service
for two years within three months of completion of the course
or to refund the amount paid to her/him in case of default will
have to be executed by the student on the prescribed form.
(i) General The candidate should be a member of the
TNAI for at least three years, preferably a Life-Member. The
candidate will have to seek admission directly in the institution
she/he proposes to join and a!so make her/his own arrangement
for getting leave from the institution in which she/he is employed.
The
information of the award will be communicated to the candidate
by the Secretary of the Scholarship Committee to whom the Selection
Committee will give report.
The Secretary of the Scholarship Committee will request the
Hony. Treasurer, TNAI, to make payment to the institution after
the student has joined it.
The Secretary, Scholarship Committee, will submit an annual
statement on whether the Students who had secured the scholarship
contine to hold posts in institutions for the period required
in the agreement. A report on their work will also be called,
for from the institution in which they are employed.
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