In her keynote address at the twenty-fourth annual summer school for nurses, Miss Cislyn Lambert, RN, emphasised that true nursing care goes beyond technical skills. She urged nurses to embrace acceptance, affection, and approval as key qualities, and to lead with love and compassion in their daily work. Lambert reminded attendees that in a fast-paced world, flexibility and emotional connection remain vital to quality patient care.

Published Thursday, June 27, 1974 

Nurses summer school

The twenty-fourth annual summer school for nurses was declared open on Tuesday at Mary Seacole House, Arnold Road, by Mrs. Eli Matalon, wife of the Minister of National Security and Justice. The keynote address was delivered by Miss Cislyn Lambert, RN. Prayers were said by Rev. Major E. Schloss.

The opening ceremony was attended by nurses’ representatives from all over the island. The course, the theme of which is “Focus on Nursing Care,” ends tomorrow with a benefit dance at the Sheraton Kingston Hotel. Mrs. Matalon, herself a nurse, expressed gratitude to the nurses of Jamaica for their achievements and wished them good luck in their aspirations towards professional recognition. She reminded the nurses of their patients. At the end of her speech, she was presented with a rose by Mrs. Delores Hilton.

Miss Cislyn Lambert spoke on “What is Nursing Care.” She reminded the nurses that speed is the order of the day and that they must become more flexible in their thinking and respond more readily to change. As a retired nurse, she herself regards acceptance, affection, and approval as the three criteria for good nursing. Love and compassion must be a part of a nurse’s personality because, she said, life and death is a common factor. Moreover, good nursing does not spoil the patient, Miss Lambert said.
The vote of thanks was given by Mrs. Claire Duncan, RN.

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