CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Guides and mentors students.
- Keeps professional knowledge up-to-date.
- Coordinate the elective module on stress management.
- Participate in innovation activities organized by the institution, or MAHE.
- Counsels academically poor students
Mrs Geena Louis Dsouza supervises and imparts knowledge to the students in the classroom and clinical settings.
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
| Subject | Semester / Year |
|---|---|
| Nursing Foundation | I & II Semester BSc Nursing |
| Elective module on stress management | VII Semester BSc Nursing |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSc Nursing | OBG Nursing | Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal Academy of Higher Education | 2015 |
| BSc Nursing | Nursing | Bapuji College of Nursing, Davangere (RGUHS) | 2011 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manipal College of Nursing, MAHE, Manipal | Lecturer | July 2024 to till dae | |
| Health and wellness centre, Kananjar Primary Health Centre, Bailoor | Community Health Officer | 2022 - 24 | |
| CSI Lomboard College of Nursing, Udupi | Assistant Professor | 2020-21 | |
| New City College of Nursing, Udupi | Assistant Professor | 2015 - 20 | |
| Father Muller School of Nursing, Mangalore | Assistant Lecturer | 2012 - 13 | |
| Vaidyanath Institute of Nursing, Maharashtra | Assistant Lecturer | 2011 - 12 |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Obstetric and Gynecological Nursing, Nursing Research
Area of Expertise
Obstetric and Gynecological Nursing, Nursing Research
Area of Research
Reproductive health and breast feeding
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
Certificate Courses
- Master class Lactation Counselling accredited advance diploma programme, NHCA, Singapore in August 2023
- Certificate Programmme in Community Health, RGUHS in March 2022.
Awards and recognitions:
- Awarded for the BEST scientific oral presentation for the topic, "Effectiveness of early initiation of breastfeeding on maternal satisfaction, LATCH score and breast engorgement," held at the National Conference on Make Pregnancy Safer on March 8, 2016, at the Father Muller College of Nursing, Mangalore.
Conference Presentations:
- Scientific oral presentation on the topic "Effectiveness of early initiation of breastfeeding on maternal satisfaction, LATCH score and breast engorgement" held at the National Conference on Make Pregnancy Safer on March 8, 2016, at Father Muller College of Nursing, Mangalore.
- Scientific poster presentation on "Effectiveness of early initiation of primiparous and multiparous mothers and their newborn dyads" at the Indo-German conference on ART on March 19, 2016, at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.
- Thematic poster presented on the title "Be bold for change" at the National Workshop on "Save a mother, Save a family" held at Father Muller College of Nursing, Mangalore, on March 8, 2017.
Effectiveness of early initiation of breastfeeding on sleeping pattern of newborns – An evaluative study.
2017-01-12 Pratibha Dr Sonia Rosaline Blanch D’Souza
Medico-Legal Update. 2017 ; Vol. 17, No. 2. pp. 248-252.
Nurse-led early initiation of breastfeeding on the LATCH scoring system.
2018-01-01 Dr Sonia Rosaline Blanch D’Souza Pratibha Lewis L E
Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development, 9(1), 417 421. https://doi.org/10.5958/0976-5506.2018.00077.3
Undergraduate - BSc Nursing
I, II & VII Semester