Daar word dikwels verwys na verple\u00ebrs as \u201cdie vrou met die lamp\u201d, vanwe\u00eb Florence Nightingale wat as die grondlegger van moderne verpleegkunde beskou word. Daarom juis word Internasionale Dag vir Verple\u00ebrs op haar geboortedag gevier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In die hedendaagse w\u00eareld het ook al hoe meer \u201cmans met die lamp\u201d hierdie beroep betree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Patrick Hennies is \u2019n bekende by Mediclinic Paarl en is uiters trots om hierdie beroep al langer as 30 jaar te beoefen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Patrick is afkomstig van Knysna waar hy in 1982 sy skoolloopbaan voltooi het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy vertel dat hy arm grootgeword het en dus was daar geen geld vir universiteit nie. N\u00e1 matriek moes hy noodgedwonge werk soek en hy het vir \u2019n boukontrakteur begin werk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kort hierna doen hulle verbeterings aan die huis van \u2019n verpleegkundige in Goodwood en sodoende ontdek hy sy toekomstige loopbaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDi\u00e9 man het aan my voorgestel dat ek by die Conradie-hospitaal gaan aansoek doen vir werk, omdat hulle juis na manne gesoek het om as verpleegkundiges op te lei.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hier het Patrick vir \u2019n maand lange proeftydperk gewerk om eers vas te stel of dit regtig is wat hy wil doen. Die verpleeggogga het wel gebyt en hy het met my opleiding as staf-verple\u00ebr begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Patrick het vir \u2019n paar jaar gewerk as staf-verple\u00ebr, waarna hy die oorbruggingskursus tot professionele verpleegkundige gedoen het. Daarna het hy die psigiatriekursus deur die Universiteit van Stellenbosch voltooi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tussendeur maak hy \u2019n draai by Beaufort-Wes-hospitaal as staf-verple\u00ebr, Nelspoort-rehabilitasiesentrum as psigiatriese verple\u00ebr, en terug Kaap toe na die Lentegeur Psigiatriese Hospitaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Met sy aptyt vir leer het hy by \u2019n privaathospitaal gaan werk, waar hy sy passie vir noodverpleging ontdek. Hy leer dus verder en verwerf sy sertifikaat in noodverpleging deur Technikon SA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As noodverple\u00ebr begin sy loopbaan by Mediclinic Stellenbosch waarna hy by Mediclinic Paarl aangesluit het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sedertdien het Patrick nooit teruggekyk op sy beroepskeuse nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy ouma het altyd ges\u00ea daar is drie plekke waar \u2019n mens moet gelukkig wees. Eerstens by die huis, tweedens jou kerk en derdens jou werk. Jy moet jou passie uitleef, want ons bring meeste van die tyd daar deur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOmdat ek verpleging as \u2019n roeping en nie as \u2019n werk beskou nie, geniet ek elke aspek van verpleging. Ek hou daarvan om ander te bedien en te versorg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk voel net goed as ek in die aande huis toe ry en introspeksie doen en besef dat ek vandag vir iemand iets beteken het \u2013 of dit is om vir iemand \u2019n urinaal aan te bied of \u2019n persoon wat baie siek is se pyn te verlig, of \u2019n bekommerde familielid van \u2019n pasi\u00ebnt n\u00e1 trauma gerus te stel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDaar is baie hoogtepunte in die beroep, en dis hoofsaaklik wanneer jy iemand se lewe gered het en hulle kom bedank vir jou.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Patrick s\u00ea vir die jonger geslag dat \u2019n mens sonder opvoeding niks in die lewe kan bereik nie, so dit is van kardinale belang om die regte grondslag te l\u00ea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy beskou verpleging as \u2019n roeping vir jong mans wat hul medemens wil help en sodoende aan \u2019n produktiewe loopbaan wil bou. Hy raai ook skoliere aan dat indien jy in \u2019n verpleegkundige rigting wil gaan, jy wiskunde en wetenskappe as vak tot in matriek moet doen. Hy wys daarop dat in verpleging is daar verskeie rigtings wat gevolg kan word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn verpleging hanteer ons elke mens holisties en ek moet dikwels optree as \u2019n vaderfiguur wat hulp verleen, luister na klagtes, probleme oplos en rigting gee wanneer iemand moedeloos is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie kort van alles wat ek vir enige jongman sal s\u00ea, is, \u2018if you can dream it, you can do it<\/span>\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs jy droom om \u2019n verpleegkundige te word, kan jy dit word. In verpleging kan jy jou liefde vir jou medemens en jou ambisie en dissipline uitleef. My doelwit in die lewe is om ander te hanteer soos ek hanteer wil word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOm \u2019n verpleegkundige in die noodeenheid te wees moet jy altyd op adrenalien werk, met ander woorde verwag die onverwagte. Jy weet nooit wat of wie by die deur instap nie. Die beste manier van motivering is om te lei deur jou voorbeeld. Gee ook jou liefde vir alles.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Daar word dikwels verwys na verple\u00ebrs as \u201cdie vrou met die lamp\u201d, vanwe\u00eb Florence Nightingale wat as die grondlegger van moderne verpleegkunde beskou word. 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