THE President of the Caribbean Nurses Association, Hopina Samuel, and Director of the Guyana Nurses Association, Audrey Corry, yesterday deemed the one-week training session for nurses, hosted at the Regency Hotel, a success.

According to Samuel, the nurses were open to the programme offered, and it was a twofold project which allowed both parties to be more educated on what is expected of a health worker.

“While we were educating and sharing with them on our ways and practices from back home, they imparted some amount of knowledge into us too,” said Samuels. “We were able to provide them with some amount of expertise in certain areas.”

She said that the nurses were very knowledgeable about delivering efficient services; there were some shortcomings in the area of electronic documentation, which is a very effective tool in the 21st century.

Further, she recommended that nurses speak with one voice and speak up against health care issues so that they can earn a standing reputation to their profession.
She said, “Every nurse is a leader in her own right, and nurses should work effectively so as to live up to their abilities.”

Sessions on several areas, including maternal health, communication and customer services, were delivered as part of the training.    .
Over 100 nurses from the entire region took part in the programme.
Last Wednesday, Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy and a number of local nurses had welcomed the visiting delegation of nurses from the Caribbean Nurses Association to Guyana, to mark the commencement of the training session.