As a child, Ros Nagorcka liked to dress up in a nurse\u2019s unform and hat and knew from a young age where her working career was headed.<\/p>\n
Today, after 47 years in the nursing profession, Portland District Health\u2019s Executive Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Aged Care is 100 per cent content with her career choice.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was always destined to be a nurse and my family has photos of me as a child in my nurses\u2019 apron with my nurses\u2019 hat,\u201d she said. \u201cIf I had my time over again, I\u2019d still be a nurse. It\u2019s the best job in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
As she leads Portland District Health\u2019s celebration of International Nurses Day 2023 on May 12, Ms Nagorcka says the profession opens many doors for people.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the best career path and the sky\u2019s the limit,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are so many things you can do when you\u2019re a nurse; you can specialise in whatever appeals to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Describing herself as a \u201creal bedside nurse\u201d, Ms Nagorcka started her training in 1976 and worked as a spinal nurse for 12 years and managed PDH\u2019s drug and alcohol service before becoming Director of Nursing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I trained in 1976 it was different because you started in the pan room cleaning pans and bowls, something that today\u2019s nurses don\u2019t do.\u201d<\/p>\n
But some things still ring true. \u201cIt has changed in many ways but the more it changes the more it stays the same,\u201d Ms Nagorcka said. \u201cIt\u2019s still about caring for your patients. People come to you when they are unwell and you work closely with doctors to make sure they are cared for and comfortable and get better. That hasn\u2019t changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
PDH will host an afternoon tea to celebrate the contribution of nurses to mark International Nurses Day.<\/p>\n
\u201cInternational Nurses\u2019 Day is a day to think about nurses from all parts of the world and how they provide care for people who are sick,\u201d Ms Nagorcka said.<\/p>\n
The theme for International Nurses Day 2023 is Our Nurses. Our Future.<\/p>\n
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Our team of amazing nurses: (Left to Right) Noah Deane, Mallory Nelson, Harvey Ubungen,\u00a0 Ros Nagorka, Janice Baynes, Michael Ashby, Hannah Blythman, Natalie Herbertson and Cassie Jewel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5477,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdh.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/5474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdh.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdh.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdh.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdh.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}