Nursing care at Cedar ward

I was admitted on the 25 June inst. I was met by a friendly and knowledgeable receptionist. She allayed any feelings of anxiety that I may have displayed. The young man who accompanied me to Cedar ward is also a wonderful ambassador who would do the hospital proud. I think that his name was “Caleb”.

The nurse in Cedar, who admitted me I think that she was “Athem”(sic). She instilled in me a sense of calmness as she went about explaining everything to me. Yes, there was a pronunciation problem with her coming from Congo, but she knew what nursing is and should be all about.

The cherry on the cake for me was Ntombi who to my mind went beyond the call of duty. She frequently checked up on us in Ward 10 and nothing was too much for her. Ntombi displayed the wonderful virtues of what the nursing profession should be all about. Her other colleagues here in Cedar can take a leaf out of her book. Ntombi espouses the core values of a Florence Nightingale. Others, may take nursing as a job, Ntombi embraces it as a calling.

The Night Sr was friendly and she displayed a cheerful disposition. To my mind she displayed what humility in nursing is all about. I had a simple request and instead of asking a nurse-aid lower down in rank. When I asked her, she spoke so profoundly by saying, irrespective of the rank displayed on her epaulettes she is a nurse.

With the staff mentioned above the profession would be much richer if all could consider it a vocation and not just another job.