“I want to see this profession getting strengthened technologically. Emphasis should be laid on evidence-based nursing practices,” says Dr Jasbir, who has many national and international conferences to her credit.

Recipient of Mother Teresa award by Omini College, Canada, she has signed partnership with the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, for development of international standard nursing in Punjab.

With a masters in psychiatric nursing, she is an ideal teacher for grooming would-be nurses. Her involvement in this line has encouraged her younger daughter Taman Preet to take it up for a career, while the elder one, Kamal Preet, is a physiotherapist in Boston, USA. Her husband is the divisional head in a leading food processing company. Though quite pleased with her accomplishments so far, she aims at introducing a master’s programme and courses in cardio thoracic and critical care Nursing in her college.