Page 32 - Waterfall City Issue 6 June 2023
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Waterfall City News
NURSING
FROM
THE
HEART
The paediatric ICU
team united in
family-centred care
I n celebration of last month’s “To be a nurse, you need to have a
passion for humanity and be gentle
International Nurses Day, Netcare
and strong when caring for someone
Waterfall City Hospital showcases
one of its invaluable team
we look after in the paediatric ICU.
members: Nurse Sibusiso Xhakaza. fragile and frail like the small children
These tiny humans give us purpose;
Nursing in a paediatric intensive care even when their immune systems are
unit (ICU) is physically and emotionally weak, they have such strength that it
demanding. This vocation requires inspires us,” he says.
individual dedication, great skill and
enormous team commitment to care From a rural village to a
for children who are critically ill. nursing professional
Nurse Xhakaza comes from rural
“Nursing must be from your heart; Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal. He studied
it is challenging, and it can be nursing at the Pietermaritzburg
emotional, but it is a gratifying career campus of the Durban University of
that is about so much more than just Technology before becoming a full-
the money,” says 33-year-old nurse time maternity nurse. “As I explored
Sibusiso Xhakaza, a highly skilled more about nursing, I became drawn
member of the paediatric ICU team at to the paediatric ICU. It is a very
Netcare Waterfall City Hospital. Sibusiso Xhakaza specialised environment, and you
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