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A total of 96 first-year B.Sc Nursing students of the 2021-2022 batch have attended the session and the session was coordinated by Mrs Jeyalakshmi K, Assistant Professor & Dr Malathi G Nayak, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Nursing, MCON, MAHE, 必威体育betway888.