THEY work hard for those in their care, but nurses are not always acknowledge for their efforts.
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On International Nurses Day, Thursday, May 12, Muswellbrook Community Health hosted a celebration to recognise the profession's workers.
Community Health nurse unit manager Jenny Boyton said theme of the day was to look back at the legacy of nursing and reflect on how current nurses would contribute into the future.
“During the morning a panel of newly graduated nurses and a panel of retired nurses provided great insight into the journey nursing has taken and recognised the wonderful work that has already happened and what is still required within the profession,” she said.
“Jessica Stokes-Parish, nursing lecturer from the University of Newcastle, then provided an entertaining and meaningful session on instructor-lead and learner-led learning and transformational learning theory.
“She challenged the nursing staff to reflect and strategise about what they could do better to ensure their voices are used to lead.”
The celebrations continued into the afternoon when the team invited a few retired nurses to share afternoon tea and the official cake cutting with them.
“The privilege of cutting of the cake was given to the longest trained nurses present, Margaret Delforce and Helen Blake, who both commenced their training in 1957; and the most recently graduated nurse, Erin Thomson, who commenced her degree in 2013,” Ms Boyton said.