Immigrant’s child aspires to be a male equivalent of Florence Nightingale

Inspired by Florence Nightingale who organized care for wounded soldiers during the war, Zhang Ting Wei (張庭維) – whose mom is from China – decided to be a nurse because he likes to give others a helping hand since he was a child. He is now studying in his fifth year of nursing, and he upholds standards of professionalism and patience while serving as an intern.

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Zhang is also an ambassador of the National Immigration Agency (Taipei City Service Center). As a person who likes to assist others, he decided to choose a career that matches his personality.

Zhang shared that when he was doing his Orthopedic Internship, he got to know a female patient who encountered a car accident. As a male nurse, Zhang asked a female intern to attach herself to him while performing clinical tasks of the urinary catheter. This was to reduce the female patient’s unease and fortunately, the task was successfully done. 

With this experience, Zhang further understood that it’s not easy to be a male nurse but it’s worth doing the job.

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The director of Taipei City Service Center, Su Hui Wen (蘇慧雯), stated patients recognize Zhang’s professional attitude. He studies hard and wishes to pass the national examination for nursing after graduation this year. In the future, he aspires to open a nursing institution that will benefit more patients.