I was the Head of the Nursing Services Dept of one of the leading hospitals when I was recruited to lead the Nursing Divison in an upcoming multispecialty hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. That was two (2) years ago and my memory of those beautiful days still linger .
The hospital building , all of 16 foors, was in its last stages of construction and in preparation for its grand opening to the Bangladeshi public and others alike, we were then in full swing recruiting the staff for all services.And what a recruitment it was! We wanted to recruit localy-trained nurses ...there's nothing like a culturally compatible staff ...that was the ballgame. To our great disappointment, we found that a few really met the quality that we were looking for in a nurse. As we studied the barriers to quality nursing, we found that the written English language( which is ?universally adapted in medical care settings and the educational preparation for a course as tough as nursing were lacking. What was not lacking was the hunger for knowledge and the enthusiasm to perform as good as their counterparts in other parts of the world.We took up the challenge and developed a very comprehensive training program to match that hunger and enthusiasm. And boy! weren't we pleased with the efforts. For at the end of a long training, they have proven indeed that they be as good as any nurse can be. Their English conversation became their second language, and their nursing and communication skills had tremendously improved.
The hospital is now in full swing, and the nurses , barring a very few, stayed behind serving their people as they should with pride and honor .
I am pleased. I am very pleased of their accomplishments . I am pleased that I was, in small way, a part of those accomplishments.
To those nurses...I salute you all!!
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