In hospitals, there is a group of people who are the doctors' “eyes,” the patients' “guardians,” and the “sentinels” on the medical front line. They are nurses.
Recently, our hospital welcomed the new leader of the Nursing Department — Head Nurse Chen Huirong, who came from West China Hospital to our hospital. This nursing career spanning thirty-six years now writes a new chapter.
Thirty-Six Years of West China Craftsmanship, All for the Entrustment of Life
Over thirty-six years, Head Nurse Chen Huirong devoted the best years of her life to the nursing profession at West China Hospital. From clinical practice to management, from teaching to team building, she accumulated rich experience and honed a solid professional foundation.
When asked why she chose to join our hospital at this new stage of her career, her answer was sincere and firm: as a specialized oncology hospital, our hospital's focus on minimally invasive and interventional treatment provides a specific professional field for nursing practice. Head Nurse Chen Huirong said she looks forward to practicing and passing on the nursing spirit she cherishes here... She hopes to carry forward the “West China nurse” spirit she has upheld throughout her life — unity, rigor, self-discipline, truth-seeking, and innovation — and to share her experience with the team without reservation, contributing to the development of a more outstanding nursing team and jointly safeguarding every patient.
Strict Standards and Warm Care Are Never a Choice Between Two Options
In her nursing philosophy, “strict standards” and “warm care” are not alternatives, but a balanced whole of strength and gentleness, like a lighthouse that needs both a solid tower and warm light.
She said, “Strong professional competence is the bottom line of safety and the first layer of protection we can give patients.” At the same time, she regards “humanistic care” as the soul of nursing: “We must listen with our hearts and accompany with emotion. Only by being managers with warmth can we lead teams with warmth.”
This is not only her management philosophy, but also the original aspiration she has never changed over thirty-six years.
She firmly believes that true “quality nursing” lies in achieving the “three closenesses” — being close to patients, close to clinical practice, and close to society — thereby gaining the “three satisfactions.” She is committed to promoting the idea of “returning time to nurses and returning nurses to patients,” because this ultimately points to a warm destination: allowing every act of care to return to the original human-to-human compassion.
Future Blueprint: Building a Nursing Team with Height, Depth, and Warmth
Her blueprint for the team can be summarized in one sentence: “Protect life with professionalism and warm the journey with care.” She is dedicated to cultivating a nursing team that is “skilled in technique, benevolent at heart, and good at collaboration.” Through cooperation among diverse roles, the team will provide patients with “full-course and all-domain” care from treatment to rehabilitation, ensuring that strict standards and warm attention are never separated.
One choice carries the hospital's pursuit of excellence; one entrusted responsibility relates to the hopes for life held by countless families.
The joining of Head Nurse Chen Huirong injects strong professional strength and rich nursing culture into our hospital. We believe that under her leadership, our hospital's nursing services will reach new heights, protecting life with professionalism and illuminating hope with warmth.
