THE act of patience to invest a record time and effort to take medical care on sick patients is a commitment and vow that really sums up the obligation undertaken by the majority of medical nurses in the country. Indeed, the old century profession has served as an important pillar in Solomon Islands modern society today.
According to a long serving registered nurse, Eunice Kwanafia, the time is about right to end my nursing career after I served more than two decades in the field of medical nursing.
“Am planning to retire from my profession; I have been a nurse since 1984 up to 2017 and it has been more than thirty years since I have served the country.
“The first clinic I started my career in was in Buala hospital, Isabel province where I served for a year. After a year in Buala hospital I came to work at the National Referral Hospital (NRH). I later transferred to Kilu’ufi hospital, Malaita province and served for another eight years.
“My interest to become a nurse started after I was struck by the passion of nurses in their medical uniforms moved around to aid sick patients in hospitals and clinics. It was truly rewarding career whist seeing the trend, and it created me a strong ambition to work harder to achieve my objective,” she fondly recalled.
Mrs Kwanafia hails from the long geographically stretched island of Isabel province in Solomon Islands.
The work of nurses has made a lot of life changing experiences and differences to the health and wellbeing of the local population in the country.
Therefore, Mrs Kwanafia told Solomon Women that as a rewarding career she has also experienced few challenges whilst administering of medical services in all hospitals she served in.
“To be committed to your nursing profession, it is also as important as being devoted to your work place codes of ethic. This was my greatest challenge; I had to fight against other commitments in order to focus on my tasks and responsibilities.
“I have managed to do what was right and at the end of the day, it has really helped me to value my career till now.
Meanwhile, Mrs Kwanafia said that being a nurse, she had seen many changes taken place in hospitals and clinics in the country.
“Today, I see many new employed nurses, who are not committed to their job. Most nurses are being disturbed by unnecessary activities which has really disturb them to oversee patients who are really in need.
“Therefore, these are some of the current dilemma occurring in the nursing workforce of the country. The new tradition is very contradicting to the nursing society ethical standard and practises,” she said.
