“I really feel proud after they have a look at me and name me a frontline hero”
Khadija Hasan Alamasi has been a excessive achiever in her life. She beams with pleasure speaking about her profitable journey on the highway much less travelled by Emiratis. Searching for to serve the neighborhood, she selected to be a nurse, encouraging and attracting extra Emiratis to comply with the trail.
In her profession spanning 14 years, she has made her mark, gained a number of finest nurse awards, and considerably from the beginning of 2022 has been shining within the aggressive personal sector job via her laborious work and dedication.
Speaking about breaking stereotypes, Khadija underlined that her motivation got here from the imaginative and prescient set by the UAE leaders and the inspiring tales of daring girls she heard as a toddler.
“I made a decision to turn out to be a nurse after a well being emergency occurred in my household. That incident made me realise the worth of being a nurse. Additionally, I grew up listening to from my grandparents that nurses are angels on earth with out wings. I used to be enamoured by this concept and in addition impressed by the compassion and care of the founding father of this nation,” Khadija instructed Khaleej Occasions forward of Emirati Girls’s Day.
In 2009, she began her profession within the authorities sector with the Ministry of Well being and Prevention (Saqr Hospital and Saif Hospital) and bagged a number of finest worker awards. In 2013, she moved to Sheikh Khalifa Medical Metropolis in Abu Dhabi the place she gained a number of honours, together with the ‘Finest Emirati Nurse’ throughout all SEHA amenities, the ‘Particular person with Innovation’, an award for venture implementation, and received recognition from the UAE Nursing and Midwifery Council too. Mid-career, she took up a second problem to shift from her comfy authorities job to a non-public sector place.
Since becoming a member of Abu Dhabi’s Burjeel Medical Metropolis this January, she has excelled in her job. She can also be the primary Emirati nurse in Burjeel Holdings.
“As a nurse, you’re right here to serve the folks and will must undergo troublesome conditions. However your ardour will aid you overcome the challenges.”
Khadija, a nursing high quality supervisor at Burjeel Medical Metropolis, famous that the work tradition and folks’s attitudes in direction of the occupation have considerably modified.
“Earlier, some folks thought {that a} nurse’s obligation was simply to provide injections. Now the scenario has modified. I really feel proud after they have a look at me and name me a frontline hero,” she mentioned and identified that the modifications are due to the initiatives and consciousness created by the UAE leaders to empower girls and healthcare employees.
She praised the federal government’s Nafis programme to encourage UAE nationals to go for personal sector roles.
“The continued Nafis programme and the federal government’s initiatives to encourage the nursing occupation are attracting extra skills to the nursing sector.”
Nursing in highlight throughout Covid-19
Khadija mentioned the Covid-19 pandemic performed a vital function in highlighting the significance of nursing as a occupation. As an Emirati lady, who has impressed many to decide on nursing as a occupation, Khadija feels proud when folks from her neighborhood admire her.
“For girls, the UAE is the very best place to comply with their ardour. UAE and its management provide many alternatives to discover. Be pleased with what you’re selecting. Observe your goals and be the girl you’re,” mentioned Khadija.
Whereas thanking the visionary management of the UAE for empowering and guiding the choices of the youth, Khadija, a mom, appealed to the subsequent technology to “discover the unexplored, as it is a nation that turns challenges into alternatives.”