Yet an during the International Nurses Day celebrations.<\/p>\n
Sister Marian Grobbelaar, a nurse at the Netcare Linmed Hospital, was one of six winners of the 2014 Florence Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing.<\/p>
Grobbelaar received the award on International Nurses Day (May 12).<\/p>\n
She received a R6 000 cash prize and a trophy.<\/p>
Over 2 000 people were nominated for the prestigious award, from 335 hospitals in the country.<\/p>\n
Nursing since 1975, Grobbelaar was nominated for her high level of dedication to each and every patient.<\/p>\n
Her unit manager, Wanda Pretorius, described how Marian would go out of her way to minimise the waiting times for a leukaemia sufferer who needed blood transfusions every six to eight weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarian proactively arranged an order with the blood bank, so that the patient would not need to leave work and come and wait, a process which can take between 12 and 24 hours,\u201d said Pretorius.<\/p>\n
Grobbelaar said she was destined to be a nurse.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll I want is to see my patients get better and make sure they are comfortable at all times,” said Grobbelaar.<\/p>\n
“That\u2019s my life, I was born to be a nurse.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are either a nurse or you are not.<\/p>\n
”I always wanted to help others.<\/p>\n
”I like working with people and being there for them when they need me.\u201d<\/p>\n