Nurse of the Yr for 2025, Fione Collins, might be utilizing her platform to empower girls by means of her ‘I Win’ mission.
The initiative focuses on resilience-building amongst girls who’re dealing with challenges, to strengthen them and “to allow them to know that whereas they might be hurting, whereas they might be struggling, that they’ll make it,” she stated in an interview with JIS Information.
Nurse Collins contended that when girls are empowered, they’re able to make life-changing choices to realize their targets, and uplift and encourage others to achieve their full potential.
“They can do extra and obtain extra, and after they obtain extra, they’ve that potential to help others who could also be going by means of comparable conditions. Individuals are likely to gravitate in direction of people who’ve had comparable experiences and are overcomers as a result of they’ll see what is feasible,” she identified.
Nurse Collins, who took the coveted title on the LASCO/NAJ Nurse of the Yr awards ceremony in July, stated she will even be targeted on selling wellness and inspiring individuals to take cost of their well being.
“One of many issues that I might be doing [is] participating in well being promotions and schooling classes at varied faculties, communities, service golf equipment, and in addition to interact in well being festivals as nicely,” she advised JIS Information.
She will even collaborate with the Nurses Affiliation of Jamaica (NAJ) to stage particular actions for kids.
Nurse Collins, who’s the Deputy Director of Nursing Providers on the Percy Junor Hospital in Mandeville, Manchester, stated the annual LASCO/NAJ Nurse of the Yr competitors “provides nurses a voice, permitting them to really feel valued and for others to know our price”.
“We’re not simply giving injections and drugs, however [also] we’re innovators, we’re scientists,” she stated.
The 27-year veteran of the occupation stated there’s a sense of fulfilment in serving to individuals who’re sick to get higher.
“There may be satisfaction in having somebody come to you feeling very unwell and you’ll be able to intervene and see that individual getting nicely, transferring out, and saying to you ‘nurse, God bless you.’ Generally you might be on the road, and you’ll hear that,” she advised JIS Information.
“I really feel good that I may give again to someone, help them to be able to alleviate their struggling, promote well being and permit them to return to operate of their every day actions,” she added.
Registered nurse on the Mandeville Regional Hospital, Machel Edwards-Lewis, was first runner-up within the competitors, whereas Cost Nurse on the College Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Antonette Bent, was second runner-up.
Regional Director on the Southern Regional Well being Authority (SRHA), Michael Bent, expressed satisfaction that the top-two positions within the competitors went to personnel from the well being area.
He famous that the achievement is a testomony to the area’s improvement programme, which is targeted on “not simply the core expertise but additionally the comfortable expertise”.
Final 12 months, SRHA copped the top-three positions within the competitors.
“We’ve got been doing that during the last 4 or 5 years – creating individuals. These are among the issues that may have helped our nurses to return out on high. A part of our mantra is to make sure that we assist individuals to optimise their potential,” Mr. Bent stated.
