YES WE CAN

Do you desire to be a game-changer in your field? I think for me it is at the top of my bucket list. As I had highlighted in a previous blog titled Noble Truths (https://lilylovelong.blogspot.com/2019/12/noble-truths.html) I desire to explore and maximize the potential within me. As some of you may already know or guess, I work in the healthcare industry. I am a nurse by profession and  I am very proud of it. Competent nurses can offer a very unique perspective on a patient which may otherwise be missed out. As nurses, we play a key role in the collaborative management of patients. This is through our unique roles and responsibilities. It may not be notable here in Africa as per now, hence the rapid brain drain of our skills, but soon enough the lack of us, will be felt if it has not yet happened and it shall hit home hard. This is unless there are drastic changes in our systems, sooner rather than later. The moment we as nurses realize what we deserve we shall demand more from our governments, our institutions, our colleagues and most importantly ourselves. Otherwise, this may never come to pass. We should quit with the hullabaloo we often create and rather use more constructive methods to drive our core points home. This is key because;




Is the change necessary? Of course, it is.

Its time we challenge the pre-existing ideologies and seek to do things differently. Seek not to follow the set path but rather create a new one. A revolution in nursing is coming. Do you want to be a spectator or an active participant? Any form of change is uncomfortable but change is inevitable and for us to be successful or more successful we should never underestimate our capability. We are meant to do so much in this life hence we should not settle to merely roll with the punches. Sir Thomas Buxton once said that "With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.

Recently my zeal to create change was re-awakened and I now believe it is time I shift from being a talker to being a doer. I have been trying to read books on the same and it has been an empowering journey so far. One of my current reads is a book titled Attitude is Everything: Change your Attitude by Jeff Keller. I love that its concepts are well explained and it has few pages so it is a fast read, I implore all of you to read it and you can then see what it is I speak off.

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Below is a very brief list of ways in which we can begin to effect change

1. Initiate the process and remain committed to the cause

Mary Crowley once said that "One person with a commitment is worth more than 100 people who have only an interest." Once this has registered in your mind begin learning of the process of change, and slowly start formulating a plan on how to implement it.

2. Maintain a positive attitude through it all

"You have control over the pictures that occupy your mind." Jeff Keffer
You can only create change when you unequivocally believe in the concept you are putting forward. Seek to always choose to think of that which is beneficial to your end goal.


3. Try and re-try

Do not lose hope, whenever it doesn't pan out on the first try just go back to the drawing board retrace your steps and try a second, third and a hundredth time if you have to. Eventually, it shall work out. Sounds fictitious if you have never tried it, but believe you me its the most gratifying feeling when it works out.

As I conclude, being that the World Health Organization already declared 2020 as the year of the nurse and the midwife, it is officially time to get out of our comfort zone. For we now have the world listening. Whatever struggle we encounter along this journey lets remember that  "Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit". Napoleon Hill
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