CARING for people of all ages is the passion of 21-year-old, Davida Fleming, a Second-year professional nursing student of the Georgetown School of Nursing.
As a little girl, she would spend most of her time with her great grandmother, who taught Fleming how to care for others.

“She took care of me and later I took care of her…she always encouraged me to take my education because I guess she saw something in me that I didn’t. With the time I spent with her, I enjoyed taking care of her and I grew wanting to help others,” she said.
By pursuing the nursing profession, she placed herself one step closer to helping people and satisfying her curiosity of examining and learning about the human body.

Her goal, which she said is a simple one, is to achieve her Registered Nurse Licence. Although the goal might be simple, she said the life of a nursing student is tough.
“But working on the wards, helping patients, seeing them smile, knowing I am trying to bring them comfort and hearing the simple words ‘thank you’ really keeps my colleagues and I going,” said Fleming.

She never knew that the words “thank you” would have so much meaning to her until she started to work on the wards; just hearing a patient say those words kept her going.
With the continued support, she hopes that within the next five years she would be preparing to continue her studies to become a Cardiac Nurse.

“While in my teenage stage my life was a bit challenging. I made numerous decisions that were not so good, one of which I decided to leave secondary school. I spent a few years working as a salesgirl at a variety store and photo studio. It was a customer that came to me and said you’re too smart to be here. From that day on I made inquiries, started lessons, got my CXC subjects and here I am,” she said.

So her advice to young people is to never give up and always keep trying to achieve their goals.