“I was a paramedic in the Singapore Civil Defence Force. After seeing a nurse in action when we were both volunteering in Aceh after the tsunami in 2004, I made a mid-career switch.

I saw how the victims’ wounds quickly improved thanks to her nursing care, and I wanted to have that kind of knowledge and skills to help people too. Then 29 years old, I enrolled in nursing school with sponsorship from Ren Ci Hospital. Upon graduation 2 years later, I took care of patients in the ward before becoming a nurse educator in 2011.

To help foreign nurses cope better in the wards, I take time to hold remedial classes for them. I also help to translate nursing terms into Chinese for trainees from China.

Nursing is a physically and emotionally demanding job. We can prevent burnout by looking out for one another.”

Pauline Ang
Nurse Educator
Ren Ci Hospital
Winner of the Superstar–Nursing (ILTC) Award, Singapore Health Quality Service Awards 2017