Nursing not just a job for Kevin Morrison, it’s his purpose
KINGSTON, Jamaica — As one of the few male nurses in Jamaica, Kevin Morrison sees his profession as more of a calling and not just another job.
He highlighted that he has always had a passion for helping people, which gives him a sense of purpose and belonging.
The 27-year-old registered nurse told OBSERVER ONLINE that when he realised that nursing would put him in the midst of helping those in need of care to get back to health, he knew this was where he needed to be.
“Growing up I always wanted a profession that would bring me to help people and I realised that nursing was one of those that would put me at the bedside with people. I am there from birth to mid-life to death. experience every single stage of life in nursing,” he noted.
“There is also a feeling that I get from helping people; I am helping my community and one of the greatest feelings for me is having a patient and that patient gets to go home to their family and then you see them on the road and them hail you, ‘Yow nurse’. Trust me there is no feeling like that one,” Morrison said proudly.
Though nursing is not typically seen as one that males usually flock to in Jamaica, Morrison told OBSERVER ONLINE that the number of male nurses is gradually growing. He said that currently, at the St Ann’s Bay Hospital where he works, there are at least seven male nurses, which he said has made him proud.