A question for all nurses out there?
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I'm a senior RN student (recently, so it's exciting to say that out loud!) and I'll tell you that it's EXTREMELY fulfilling and statisfying to come back from clinicals and feel that you've learned something and eperienced something new and helped a person out in some way that day..
On a regular day you'll be tending to patient's needs, not just medical, but physical, emotional, environmental (this is anything from getting an extra box of tissues to sitting down and talking with patients about thier disease.)
In any given day, you are a nurse, an advocate, a physician's assistant, a psychologist, a therapist, a teacher, a guide, a friend, a hand, a heart.. so many hats and they all interchange so well that you barely know you've changed them..
You'll argue with doctors over the best care for the patient, you'll decide who gets what care when and how - You'll lead your team (nurse aides, other nurse's, PT, respiratory, x-ray, lab techs, they're all your team) to care for the patient, you'll advocare for your patient sot hat we recieves the best care possible because YOU ARE THE NURSE.. you'll be smart and respected and mistreated - and you'll love every second of it...
and you'll have to know everything the doctors knows plus where the bedpans are kept..
it's a beautiful thing.
I'm not personally a nurse but I've seen some tasks of what they do and can include evaluation and assessment of the patient's mental/awareness status and overall condition, starting IV's (intravenous lines), dispensing medication both orally and thru the IV, lifting and repositioning patients, bathing, dressing and feeding which may be done by cna (certified nursing assistant) or lpn (licensed practical nurse) but RN (registered nurse) may also have to do those tasks if no one is around) answering questions of patients and/or their families, discharge planning. Your best bet is to talk with a nurse working in the field (just call up and ask if you can talk with a nurse about their profession or if there is a better time to do so as they may be busy or preoccupied ;) either at a hospital or long-term care facility/nursing home and see what they say about the field.
yes it is a very hard job to do and very tyering.you take blood take them to toilet get them what they need prepare them for surgery etc. :)
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