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When Nadeem joined the nursing profession in 1988, he was treated no better than a “sweeper” and ward boy, sometimes he was even asked to make tea.
In order to improve his image, Nadeem continued his education. At first he obtained a nursing diploma in 2001. Then he pursued a career in teaching. He is now a grade 17 lecturer at Institute of Nursing (IoN) Ojha campus of Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) after completing his BSc Nursing there in 2008. He intends to do a masters and Ph.D.
“I left a public-sector hospital after 19 years of service as a male nurse because I was not getting promoted to a higher grade,” he said.
He doesn’t intend to go abroad because his children are here and he feels good in his own country. “What would be the use of studying here if we go abroad,” he opined.
Rashid Ahmed joined a private hospital as a nurse in 1997, and received a nursing diploma in 2000. While in 2008, he completed his BSc nursing.
“There is no awareness about the role of nurses in this country. Even educated people seem indifferent about it. However, a change is taking place gradually,” he explained.
At IoN, he directly acquired 17 grades and became a regular employee as a tutor. According to him male nurses are treated like orderlies and ward boys. “When I did my diploma from Liaquat National Hospital, I had about 100 classmates. Out of which 65 have gone abroad where they are paid salaries worth 0.2 to 0.3 million rupees. In addition, the image of a nurse is better there.”
Ahmed intends to go to the West for higher education but he doesn’t want to work there.
Ms Shahida Yaseen joined Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) in 1999 as a nurse and later joined Sindh Institute of Urological Transplantation (SIUT). Then she joined Aga Khan University (AKU) where she stayed for three years.
In 2003, she passed her examination at Sindh Public Service Commission and once again became a nurse at CHK as she “prefers government jobs, though it costs her in monetary terms and transport facility”. She did her BSc Nursing in 2008. She continued her education as she had the support of her family.
“If you are a good person and focus only on your patients then even bad people tend to support you. Although, the atmosphere for nurses is so typical at the hospitals,” she said.
She believes the concept of nurse at AKU is “different” as the nurses were working under a separate nursing authority instead of doctors. She said she sought education for her personal mental growth and now she gets to learn more because she is a teacher. Yaseen intends to do her masters in nursing later.
“Recently one of my colleagues who did her BSc Nursing with me got a job in Canada. If I was given an opportunity for a job abroad, I may think about it as everyone has a right to consider a better future,” expressed Yaseen.
Rubina Hafeez became a nurse at AKU in 1991 but she left this profession after marriage. In 2006, she got an admission for BSc Nursing and became a nurse tutor at IoN. Recently, she did a Pathophysiology course from AKU and intends to do her masters in mental health.
She is also conducting a research about knowledge of nurses for HIV/AIDS. Since she belongs to Aga Khani community, it is a tradition in their community to send educated and hard working girls into the nursing profession, she informed. She opined teaching is also a service to humanity besides “one should not stay at the same place as this profession has to move forward.”
The above mentioned individuals are nurse tutors who were selected among 47 BSc Nursing students at IoN.source
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posted by blogger @ 04:04
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