Speakers

Sasamon Srisuthisak, RN, Ph.D.

Senior Professional Level's Nursing Technical Officer in Nursing Division, Office of the Permanent Secretary of MOPH in Thailand

Speaker's Biography

Dr. Sasamon Srisuthisak received her doctoral degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. Currently, she is a Senior Nursing Technical Officer of Nursing Division, Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health (MOPH). Dr. Sasamon has more than 15 years of experience as a nursing lecturer at Uttaradit Nursing School. She worked as a technical public health officer at the Non-communicable Division, Department of Disease Control, MOPH, for five years. During the pandemic, she is appointed as a member of the Nursing Collaboration Center for COVID-19. Additionally, Dr. Sasamon is one of the authors of the study publication "The development of Nursing Administration Model in the COVID-19 outbreak situation of hospitals under the Ministry of Public Health" in 2021.

Topic

Nursing Attributes and Competency Uplifted in Thai Healthcare System in the Post-pandemic Era

Abstract

COVID-19 is still a global outbreak, and the country's effective management is quite essential. The Nursing Division has concerned about competent nursing management during the pandemic. Consequently, we established the nurse collaboration center (NCC) in the COVID-19 outbreak to formulate policy, direction, and collaboration among nurses as a country agency. The nurse collaboration center has been working through the chief nursing officers (CNOs) committee, which consisted of CNOs from regional and central sectors.

The four phrases of driving the nurse collaboration center:

• 1-2 months of the beginning outbreak
• 3-5 months after the outbreak
• 6-10 months after the outbreak
• 11-12 months after the outbreak

The implementation of NCC revealed three major impacts on the nursing profession and population:

• Policy formulation and direction of the nursing service management
• Notable supervision, monitoring, and collaboration mechanism system
• Various nursing knowledge and technology development and dissemination

In addition, policy recommendations were proposed to the Ministry of Public Health and the Nursing Organizations to prepare better and establish and manage "new normal" nursing service delivery in the next wave of COVID-19 outbreak.