The Department of Fundamentals of Nursing organized an effective alumni engagement guest lecture (series 4/2023) on April 14, 2023, from 10.30 to 11.30 am at Manipal College of Nursing (MCON), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) through MS teams online platform for 2^nd semester BSc Nursing students. 

The session was deliberated by Mrs. Divya KY (MSc Alumna 2007-09 Batch), who is presently working as a Lecturer, at the Department of Community and mental health, College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman. The topic– ‘Stress Adaptation’. The beneficiaries were a total of 140 undergraduates of MCON, MAHE, and Manipal. She stressed the importance of one being aware of the various stressors and the reaction to the same in the form of general adaptation syndrome (GAS) and local adaptation syndrome (LAS). She also discussed, how a student nurse can handle the various stressful experiences faced by them. The students participated very actively in the session.