Next Saturday, May 12th, International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world—a vital profession essential for guaranteeing people’s well-being and ensuring good health. Perhaps, like all endeavors linked to caregiving, this profession does not always receive the recognition it truly deserves, despite contributing to protecting and improving public health, safety, and well-being, preventing disease and its consequences, and supporting healthcare system sustainability. Nurses are experts in providing care to meet the health needs of individuals, families, and social groups across all stages of the life cycle and in health-related situations, identifying their strengths and establishing support systems to compensate for limitations, guide them, support them, educate them, and foster an environment conducive to their development.
May 12th marks the birthday of Florence Nightingale, considered ‘the mother of modern nursing’. In her seminal written work, Notes on Nursing, she outlined her core concepts of the profession. One recurring feedback point highlighted by nurses attending our training programs is our ability to empower this profession. This strikes us deeply because, in our view, teams that work together in the field should have the opportunity to train together on shared challenges. By doing so, members learn to put themselves in their colleagues’ shoes, gain clarity on everyone’s role during interventions, and understand how each person’s skills contribute to achieving the team’s common goals.
At EmergencyStaff, we have a large nursing team working in both clinical assistance and training. We would like to share a significant statistic from our medical interventions across the main nightlife venues where we operate: Our teams treat a drug intoxication case every 100 minutes. Over our 10+ years working in nightlife settings, our teams have treated 40,000 people, and over 97% of them did not require transfer to a hospital. This is no minor statistic; besides preventing ER overcrowding in hospitals and health centers, specialized nursing care—particularly in drug intoxications—saves lives on the spot. Without a specialized nurse treating, for example, hyperthermia caused by amphetamine consumption at that exact moment, the patient would face certain death.
Knowledge, evolution, innovation, empowerment—these concepts are deeply woven into the nursing profession. Thank you for your incredible work!
En el sector del ocio, la formación continua es la mejor herramienta de prevención.
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