- Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:24 pm
#351
February 20, 2011
Jane Arnold WorldLegacy Graduate
Leaflet Seven from Gaborone, Botswana
We are in the middle of summer here. The weather is dry. The temperature is usually in the 90’s. I have cactus that bloom well on the windowsill from the western exposure. My window also looks out on the hospital.
The hospital is in a dire financial situation and has been taken over my two trustees appointed by the court. Sequestration is the formal British name for such an operation. Many staff have been let go(re-trenched). Many have left on their own. I remain, having gone through 2 re-entrenchments, and have a week-to-week contract. In the LDRP(labor delivery recovery and postpartum) we have banded together with a fierceness that defies blame and looks only to moving forward doing whatever it takes. Having gone through WorldLegacy Trainings in Morrisville, NC I have the determination that allows me to continue. I have always believed we would survive and still do ……”the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient”.(Francis Peabody, 1925).
In caring for mothers, I often know nothing. Multi-tasking is mandatory. Care for the birthing mother, care for the newborn, move to the theatre (OR) if necessary and care for the mother and newborn. We have no luxuries in the sense of specialties and I am slow to adjust. Often I cloak myself in academic tasks when equipment checking, staff training and orientation and my own update of skills is what is needed. I, again, am learning to be a nurse, an opening I have longed for. I am pushing my boundaries again and again. My respect for the midwives here grows with each day. Making a difference is in degrees of contribution. We all must contribute and be accountable.
For fun I am growing plants, making cards, and traveling to Mashatu Private Game Reserve in the northeast part of Botswana. The Reserve is untouched by humans. The guides have lived on or near the Reserve for many years and have their ears to the ground. They translate the heartbeat of the Earth.
The time is late here and I am going to bed wishing you all sweet dreams wherever you are! With much love!
Jane Arnold
Legacy Leadership Graduate NC90, NC95 and PHD 8
more at http://www.worldlegacyextremegivers.com
Jane Arnold WorldLegacy Graduate
Leaflet Seven from Gaborone, Botswana
We are in the middle of summer here. The weather is dry. The temperature is usually in the 90’s. I have cactus that bloom well on the windowsill from the western exposure. My window also looks out on the hospital.
The hospital is in a dire financial situation and has been taken over my two trustees appointed by the court. Sequestration is the formal British name for such an operation. Many staff have been let go(re-trenched). Many have left on their own. I remain, having gone through 2 re-entrenchments, and have a week-to-week contract. In the LDRP(labor delivery recovery and postpartum) we have banded together with a fierceness that defies blame and looks only to moving forward doing whatever it takes. Having gone through WorldLegacy Trainings in Morrisville, NC I have the determination that allows me to continue. I have always believed we would survive and still do ……”the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient”.(Francis Peabody, 1925).
In caring for mothers, I often know nothing. Multi-tasking is mandatory. Care for the birthing mother, care for the newborn, move to the theatre (OR) if necessary and care for the mother and newborn. We have no luxuries in the sense of specialties and I am slow to adjust. Often I cloak myself in academic tasks when equipment checking, staff training and orientation and my own update of skills is what is needed. I, again, am learning to be a nurse, an opening I have longed for. I am pushing my boundaries again and again. My respect for the midwives here grows with each day. Making a difference is in degrees of contribution. We all must contribute and be accountable.
For fun I am growing plants, making cards, and traveling to Mashatu Private Game Reserve in the northeast part of Botswana. The Reserve is untouched by humans. The guides have lived on or near the Reserve for many years and have their ears to the ground. They translate the heartbeat of the Earth.
The time is late here and I am going to bed wishing you all sweet dreams wherever you are! With much love!
Jane Arnold
Legacy Leadership Graduate NC90, NC95 and PHD 8
more at http://www.worldlegacyextremegivers.com