"Nursing and midwifery is a vocation’’ says Mrs. Nora Yepea the chairperson of Western Equatoria State Nurses and midwives Association
"Nursing and midwifery is a vocation’’ says Mrs. Nora Yepea the chairperson of Western Equatoria State Nurses and midwives Association
By Arkangelo Rangabia
As the world commemorates the International Day of Nurses and Midwives on 12th May 2023, hundreds of health practitioners of whom the majority are nurses and midwives dressed in white, pink, blue, and green as to commemorate the day. The commemoration brought together nurses and midwives from the nearby private and public institutions and facilities around Yambio town.
Mrs. Nora Yepeta the chairperson of the South Sudan Nurses and Midwives Association called on the nurses and midwives to observe the day as a special day of their vocation adding the cadre of nurses and midwives is a vocation that aims to care for new born at birth and care for life during lifetime regardless of the nationality, race, religion and tribe. She urged the nurses and midwives to cooperate and work hard to reduce morbidity and mortality rates at all levels of the facilities.
She thanked the private Institutions for their cooperation and for being part of the Nurses and Midwives international day.
This year, the international commemoration was celebrated under the theme; “Our nurse, our future’’ and “Together again, from evidence to reality”.
Speaking during the celebration, the Minister of Health called on the nurses and midwives to observe their professional ethics which shows they should love their profession and the people that they serve despite the challenges that they may be facing. He added that hard work overturns challenges but when you remain submissive to challenges, you will remain submissive to challenges and end up with no progress in your entire life. He promises to cooperate with the health institutions to provide the necessary support and provide capacity building through continued medical education. The minister of health called on the nurses to remain updated with the guidelines in order to administer medications under the most updated medical guides.
For her part, Juliana Aninyesi a professional midwife and maternity in charge at Yambio State Hospital appreciated the task force for the celebration and encourages her fellow nurses and midwives in the nation to minimize challenges and gear toward saving lives adding that mothers should always attend ante-natal as early as the first trimester to be able to receive a comprehensive package of ante-natal care that leads to safe delivery.
She added that male partners to be responsible for accompanying their partners, especially for the first Ante-natal and be offered several medical checks as a couple to be able to manage the life of the new expected baby adding that it is a collective responsibility for both partners to cater for birth kits since the clean and safe delivery kit is essential for the newborn baby.
On the other hand, Mariatha Leopold Magianga called on the general public to understand the benefits of hospital delivery stressing that the health facilities are equipped with a high level of health practitioners able to offer comprehensive antenatal, intra, and postpartum services, administer timely and correct drugs and ready to refer to the next level of facility when required. She also called on the general public to embark on facility delivery rather than community delivery which involves a lot of complications adding that provision of delivery kits should prioritize as encouraged during health education at every Antenatal visit.
The international day for Nurses and Midwives is always celebrated worldwide on the 12th of May each year.
