Gleaner, The (Newspaper) - May 10, 1989, Kingston, Kingston THE DAILY GLEANER, WEDNESDAY. MAY 10, 1989 Nurses told Compassion the foundation of health-care COMPASSION Is the foundation of health-care, the Revd. C Evans Bailey, chairman of the Methodist Church in Jamaica, told nurses at- tending a prayer breakfast yester- day The Revd. Mr. Bailey was guest speaker at the breakfast held at the Bustamante Hospital for Children. Arthur Wlnt Drive, Kingston, as part of the celebrations for Nurses' Week. fact In education It has been discovered and measured that when a teacher cares for a child, loves the child and shows Interest in the child, over a period of two years the Intelllgence-quotlence will Increase 30 Just out of sheer "Nursing is a" skill... you can be paid for your time but not for your compassion." the Revd. Mr. Bailey said. Compassion, he said, meant more than healing, It meant moving out Into another's pain. "Compassion must lead to action and the nurses have carried out the complete act of compassion. Today, the call is not for a com- passionate heart but also the skill to provide compassionate he said Much of the Indiscipline in the society today, the sickness of the society Is because of the lack of compassion, he said. At the function, Nurse Rita Goul- bourne was sashed as "Miss Busta- mante Hospital for Children" and nurses were presented with flowers. Nurses' Week with the theme "School Health" is being celebrated around the world.
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