KUCHING: Normah Medical Specialist Centre (NMSC) yesterday invited orphans from Lembaga Kebajikan Anak Yatim Laila Taib here to join its celebration of the International Nurses Day.
The theme of the celebration was “NURSES: A Voice to Lead, Achieving the Sustainable Developments Goals”.
The orphans were invited to the hospital for the health education and awareness session.
Various activities were also organised by NMSC for its nursing personnel including a high-tea gathering and zumba exercises.
Executive Director of Nursing, Nadzrah Basri graced the celebration held at the hospital auditorium here.
She thanked the nurses for their dedication and hard work and reminded them to continue providing quality patient care with compassion at all times.
“Nurses, through the profession they have chosen, make sacrifices day in and day out to help others. We are often regarded as angels, role models, kind-hearted, giving and caring people. So how much more can we really do?
“Nurses must change their mind-sets and wherever you work and whatever your role, have a voice that can lead this change.
“It is up to us, each and everyone of us, to be a voice to lead others, our patients, our colleagues, our communities and our hospital to better health,” she explained.
Nadzrah added that as frontliners, nurses collaborated with patients and used their influence to empower them to make positive changes themselves.
“Not only do nurses influence others in their day-to-day work but they have expert skills in the art of persuasion, a process that involves relationships and negotiations.”
Nurses, according to her, enjoy the greatest satisfaction in their careers when there is positive improvement in the people they treat.
