Picture: Nurses during Prayer’s Day in Vryburg
By OBAKENG MAJE
Nurses at Joe Morolong Memorial Hospital in Vryburg said they will continue to prove expertise and high care to patients with diligence. On 30 November 2023, the nurses convened a Prayer’s Day at the hospital to introspect and appreciate their selflessness in rendering quality health care in the district.
The acting Director of the Provincial Nursing Directorate, Syntheria Mendela said, the prayer serves as a celebration to appreciate the work nurses do and to give them strength, especially looking at the kind of work nurses do such as taking care of the patients.
Mendela further said the interaction of the nursing directorate with nurses in various districts through prayer is to support nurses to improve the quality of nursing.
“It is a way of identifying gaps that need to be closed so that they can do more and to support them in everything they do and solve problems they encounter.
“Nurses should make use of their provincial office when faced with challenges and also help them eradicate negative stereotypes always associated with nursing. The prayer served as a thank you to God for safeguarding nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic,” she said.
Mendela further said Nurse’s Prayer Day is to acknowledge the unwavering resilience projected by nurses. She added that it is time to reflect on the importance of nurse’s well-being and also to applaud them for offering solace to patients.
“Nurses’ roles range from direct patient care and case management to establishing nursing practice standards, developing quality assurance procedures, and directing complex nursing care systems,” said Mendela.
Offering the word of God, Pastor Veronica Jantjie shared the same sentiments. Jantjie said nurses are helpers (e.g help the sick, comfort the bereaved, and help the suicidal through counseling.)
“Nurses are spiritual beings in the context that their spirituality is inclined to saving lives. Your job as a nurse is to lift up patients spiritually when they are frustrated and those who are bedridden.
“The role of nurses and their obligation to patients is not to limit themselves. So, I would like to advise them to do good for other people not for the benefit of self. The nurses also had an opportunity to watch a role play, which taught them what to do in the performance of their duties,” she said.
The Guardian 