Traditional medicine nursing - the right arm of the doctor

Nurses at Kien Giang Traditional Medicine Hospital check a patient's blood pressure. Photo: MI NI

The Nursing Department, Kien Giang Traditional Medicine Hospital manages more than 100 people working in nursing in 11 clinical and paraclinical departments. Mr. Pham Duc Khang - Head of Nursing Department said: "The Department has gradually affirmed its role, position and importance in the treatment and health care of patients. Every year, the Department advises the Hospital Board of Directors to organize training courses, competitions... to update knowledge and improve skills for nurses, technicians and physicians. At the same time, we pay attention to innovating service style and attitude, bringing satisfaction to patients and their relatives."

In 2020, the Nursing Department conducted 100 inspections and supervisions of professional quality, increasing to 220 in 2024. The supervision content was on the implementation of technical procedures for nursing, safe use of drugs, recording of medical records, counseling, health education , thereby detecting errors for timely correction, ensuring patient safety. In 2020, the department organized training and practice for 60 doctors and nurses to participate, increasing to 113 in 2024. "The department also focuses on organizing inspections of nursing activities in clinical departments, periodic and unscheduled examination departments. Through the inspection work, it has recorded, corrected, proposed to consider emulation, and learned from experience for nurses who made mistakes, maintaining the quality of patient care," said Mr. Pham Duc Khang.

Every two years, the Nursing Department advises the Board of Directors of Kien Giang Traditional Medicine Hospital to organize a competition for excellent nurses to foster professional knowledge in treating and caring for patients; and practice skills in performing professional techniques. Through the competition, the professional capacity of each nurse is assessed and a training plan is developed.

Most of the patients of Kien Giang Traditional Medicine Hospital are people with chronic diseases, difficulty in walking, daily activities, weak or paralyzed limbs, so the ability to recover is slow and requires time to persevere in treatment. When caring for and performing rehabilitation techniques for patients, nurses always encourage patients and their families to stay optimistic and feel secure in treatment to improve and enhance the quality of life.

Ms. Ngo Thi Men (52 years old), residing in Phu Quoc special zone, suffered from sequelae after a stroke nearly 2 years ago and regularly went to Kien Giang Traditional Medicine Hospital for rehabilitation treatment. Ms. Men shared: “At first, I had difficulty walking and needed someone to help me. After a period of treatment, my health gradually recovered and I was able to walk and do daily activities on my own. Thanks to the doctors and nurses who took good care of me, treated me kindly, and constantly encouraged me to maintain treatment so that my health would improve day by day. Now I go to the hospital alone, and if I have any difficulties, the nurses will help me and I can rest assured during the treatment.”

Every month, the Nursing Department organizes hospital-level patient council meetings to listen to opinions and suggestions from patients and relatives, then promptly report them to the hospital leadership to improve the quality of the hospital. At the meetings, nurses instruct patients' relatives on how to support, exercise, and care for patients with stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, bronchitis, etc. when discharged from the hospital; and promote and educate patients and their relatives about common diseases.

Dr. Lam Thu Thuy - Deputy Director of Kien Giang Traditional Medicine Hospital said: "With the spirit of solidarity, the Nursing Department strives to complete its tasks well, achieving targets and tasks higher than the previous year. Nurses are the bridge between patients and hospitals, are the right-hand man of doctors, contributing to improving treatment effectiveness, so the hospital always pays attention to fostering nursing work to train a team of nurses with solid expertise and professionalism and improve medical ethics."

Thanks to the contributions of the nursing team, the patient satisfaction survey results in the first 6 months of 2025 reached 98%. The Nursing Department was awarded a certificate of merit by the Director of the Department of Health for its outstanding, exemplary, and typical achievements in the 5-year patriotic emulation movement for the period 2021 - 2025.

MINI

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