Life Suikerbosrand celebrates International Nurses Day
Great 100 Nurses accolades to three Life Suikerbosrand nurses.
The names of three Suikerbosrand nurses are in the Great 100 Nurses of 2023.
Life Suikerbosrand celebrated International Nurses Day on May 12.
This day is named after Florence Nightingale, the Lady of the Light. It commemorates the birth of Nightingale, the foundational philosopher of modern nursing, in 1820. The event, established in 1974 by the International Council of Nurses (ICN), also highlights the role nurses fulfil in health care.
The nursing manager of Life Suikerbos, Bongi Nxumalo, opened the proceedings.
“We are here to celebrate every nurse and to thank them for their dedication to the patients we entrust them to look after,” said Nxumalo.
“We are celebrating nurses worldwide today for their dedication to their patients,” said hospital manager Kubashnee Naidoo.
“Suikerbosrand nurses are always willing to do extra to ensure that their patients are well looked after. Every nurse needs to endeavour to be the next Florence Nightingale in the way they are all pioneers in the medical industry.
“Our nurses comprise 65% of our staff contingent, and the nurses are the driving force behind the success of the hospital,” Naidoo further said.
“Each nurse needs to have five qualities – never stop learning, be grounded in facts and evidence, dare to follow their convictions, treat every person holistically, and know their strengths and weaknesses,” said Naidoo.
After the nurses renewed their pledge to the patients and patient care, Nxumalo broke the news that three of the nurses of Suikerbosrand have been nominated to be part of the Great 100 Nurses countrywide. They are Klarissa Troskie (neonatal ICU), Cordelia Wilmot (infection prevention specialist) and Hlengiwe Zwangobani (unit manager).
“The nominations are exceptional as it takes into consideration all the nurses part of Life Hospitals nationwide. To have three nurses within the top 100 is wonderful. Part of the criteria is their constant professionalism, compassion, clinical competence and leadership qualities,” concluded Nxumalo.
