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Na­tion­al Nurs­ing Ad­min­is­tra­tor in the Min­istry of Health Sher­ma Alexan­der-Camp­bell is chal­leng­ing po­ten­tial en­rollees and ed­u­ca­tors at the St Au­gus­tine Pri­vate Hos­pi­tal (SAPH) De­part­ment of Health Ed­u­ca­tion pro­gramme to show com­pas­sion for pa­tients and their fam­i­lies.

“I want to re­mind us and en­cour­age us to have com­pas­sion run­ning through our train­ing so that in­di­vid­u­als that pass through this de­part­ment can re­al­ly make a dif­fer­ence to those that they touch ... to be re­spect­ful and re­spond with em­pa­thy, hu­man­i­ty, and kind­ness to each oth­er’s emo­tions and needs,” she said.

Alexan­der-Camp­bell, who spoke at the launch of in­tro­duc­to­ry cours­es for sur­gi­cal scrub and anaes­thet­ic tech­ni­cians, told par­tic­i­pants they should make time for their pa­tients and give care that pro­motes re­cov­ery.