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Continuing education being embraced by GPHC
…as Nurses’ Week is observed
In light of the need for continuing education for nurses, a primary aspect of the celebration of Nurses’ Week, which is currently being observed, has been to expose nurses to a number of edification sessions. Moreover, nurses, at various levels, were yesterday gathered in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), absorbing a number of presentations aimed at helping them to improve their practice.
In its quest to ensure that nurses are kept abreast with the continued evolution of the profession, Assistant Director of Nursing, Owen John, revealed during an interview with this publication yesterday that “we have a number of plans
Nurse Victor Van Buckley (standing) making a presentation to a group of nurses yesterday as part of the observances for Nurses’ Week.
to do just that.”
One strategic move he pointed out is to take full advantage of the knowledge of those nurses who would have completed the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at the University of Guyana. Both the BSN and the Master of Science Degree in Nursing were conceptualised and introduced by a nurse of many years, Sister Gwendolyn Tross, who first functioned as the Coordinator of the programmes at UG.
Moreover, John noted that nurses who have been so qualified will be placed in leadership positions at the hospital with a view of them helping other nurses to improve their performances.
“Nurses are a force for change and so we believe once we empower them through education there will be more change for the better,” John assured.
A symposium earlier this week saw a number of nurses in attendance being enlightened in four particular areas of focus including: Critical Thinking Nursing, Evidence Based Nursing, Concept Mapping in Nursing and Empowerment of Nurses. This interactive engagement, which saw a number of presentations from resource professionals, was yet another tactic towards the edification of nurses, John underscored.
“At the end even the nurses in attendance said that they were feeling empowered with the wealth of information they received,” the Assistant Director said.
And according to him there are plans being streamlined to ensure that nurses are continually afforded nursing education sessions, as part of the efforts to ensure that they are kept at a level of professionalism that is on par with the rest of the world.
As part of the continued observance of Nurses Week too, nurses of the GPHC on Wednesday left the familiar hospital space to reach out to children at three schools in the city.
This saw them descending on the St Angela’s and Winfer Garden Primary Schools as well as the Christ Church Secondary School to share informative health information. And according to Nurse Somati Parmanand, the focus at the primary schools was that of puberty, while at the secondary level adolescent health was extensively discussed. However, she noted that at both levels of schools the children exhibited keen interest in the subject matter and were only too eager to interact with the nurses.
Moreover, Nurse Parmanand noted that requests were made by school teachers for nurses to have sustained health talks at the schools rather than only during Nurses’ Week.
“We want a relationship with the schools, because one of the approaches to health is preventative care rather than curative care…So if we can teach them at that level there is a likelihood that there will be less transmitted diseases, since we would have been able to persuade these young children not to experiment thereby preventing them from contracting all kinds of diseases,” Assistant Director John emphasized.
Activities to commemorate Nurses’ Week are currently being observed countrywide, some of which are being undertaken in collaboration with the Guyana Nurses’ Association.
Nurses’ Week is being observed under the theme “A force for change: a vital resource for health.”
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