THE Georgetown School of Nursing recently benefitted from a third batch of donations made by the Guyana Nurses Association (GNA) of South Florida, United States.

In a presentation on behalf of the GNA of South Florida, Founder of the BSc Nursing Programme University of Guyana, Gwendolin Tross, said the goal of the organisation is to promote health and wellness, and prevention of diseases through education and financial support in the form of scholarships from nurses in Florida.

In a written statement directed to the Georgetown Nursing Students, Former Tutor of Georgetown School of Nursing and Member of GNA of South Florida, Joycelyn Skeete, stated that the association is committed to improving the lives of orphans in Guyana. “You are there to administer to their needs. I sincerely hope that these gifts can in some way equip you with the knowledge needed to discharge your duties with altruism and professionalism,” Skeete stated.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle, the Principal of Nursing Tutor, Cleopatra Barkoye, expressed gratitude to the GNA of South Florida for the consistent donations, as she believes it enhances the training sessions of the students. “We are most grateful. We don’t really get the things or the tools we would need as teachers to work with our students, and we have a very large student population. So every time we get a donation, we are very grateful.

“The good thing of the donation is it’s not things that persons would have used, there are new things and I feel very elated to know that there is another window or door that would have opened, to allow us as a school to benefit from persons who would have been trained or worked here,” Barkoye said.

Tutor of the Georgetown Nursing Association, Shebrena Wilson, posited, “the items donated will not only enhance the school’s learning lab, but it will also help and benefit the students since it will expose the students to more practical aspects of the teaching; they will have a hands on approach to learning.”

Among the items donated were a microscope, five blood pressure apparatus, some soft pelvis and a sum of new text books. This is said to be the third batch of items donated to the Georgetown School of Nursing by the GNA of South Florida. Previous items consisted of Two Dummies (Simon and Kerry), which the students operate on a daily basis in the learning lab, a Flat Screen TV and DVD, and text books.