Zhang Yu

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FOR Ding Xiaorong, head of the nursing department of the Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, being awarded the title of Guangdong Provincial Excellent Nurse is less an honor exclusively for her and more a credit to the cooperative effort of all 1,324 nurses in the hospital.

“It must be the team that has something worthy of recognition, not just one person’s capabilities, for me to be awarded so highly. So, I am incredibly grateful for our team,” Ding told Shenzhen Daily yesterday, the 110th International Nurses Day.

Ding is one of the 10 nurses from Shenzhen and one of the 80 in the province who received the honor at a commendation conference held in Guangzhou, the provincial capital, Tuesday. Five nursing teams from Shenzhen were among the 40 groups that were awarded as excellent nursing teams in Guangdong.

Having a 36-year nursing career, Ding has attained a long list of credentials since she graduated from medical school in 1985.

According to Ding, after graduation she was dispatched to the Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, where she worked in the neurosurgery department. The department’s high number of critically ill patients necessitated the nursing skills requirements for her and the other nurses to be quite demanding.

“At that time, our director of nursing, Zhong Huasun, was a winner of the Nightingale Award. From her, I saw the contribution and role of nurses in patients’ recovery, and it confirmed in me my confidence as a nurse,” said Ding.

Ding attributed her achievements to the opportunities provided by the Shenzhen hospital, the good team and the favorable work environment.

“Shenzhen is a city where a capable and enterprising person can be equipped to accomplish anything.”

According to the Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Ding has been insisting on visiting two to three clinical nursing units per week and attending discussions of nursing solutions for difficult cases.

(Continued on P3)