The first Breast Course for Nurses has been run without me (Jenny Edge) being there! The following is an account of the day from Sr Lieske:
The day started
with registration followed by sponsored tea and snacks. We then got
going with the day by allowing each nurse to introduce themselves. It is always
very exciting to have men in the group and we had 3! Sr Portia introduced
herself and explained how spreading knowledge is the key to saving lives.
Joanne Robinson and Michelle Bibby of Novartis
Dr Sarah Nietz presented the challenges of managing breast
cancer in Southern Africa. She mentioned that currently, Johannesburg has 3
specialist breast units but if you went according to the population of
Johannesburg, you would need over 25 of them to actually cope with the breast
cancer burden. Sr Sheila followed with introducing and giving an outline of the
Breast Course for Nurses and the PEP series.
Sr Colleen Davis of Medi-Clinic |
After lunch, we went through the clinical examination of the
breast followed by a practical session. Dr Nietz had very kindly arranged a few
patients to be “models” for the nurses to examine. A brief overview of
the patient was provided and then the nurses had the opportunity to examine the
various patients. This was an excellent session and the nurses commented on how much they learnt. Thank you to the
patients that volunteered for this.
As always, a lot of hard work goes into a course like this. Thank you to Sr Sheila Correia and Sr Tumeka Nojoko for arranging the logistics before the course. Thank you to our
sponsors: Medi-Clinic and Novartis. A very big thank you to Dr Nietz for organising
the course in Johannesburg. We are very excited to see how the nurses use the
information that they have learnt. We will return next year for the 2 day
course.
Sr Lieske
Keep up the good work, Sr Lieske and team. We eagerly await the day Botswana nurses will alsoo be able to part of training.
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