A Little Game: 10 Words or Less

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

Use the letters of nursing to describe what nursing is to you. It can be silly, serious, sentimental, or quarky. Doesn't matter, just use your imagination! For example:

Not

Understanding

Reasons

Some

Individuals

Normally

Give

...for not taking their routine medications.

OK, admittedly that was a little weak, but it's 6:14 AM and I'm coming off of my second 12 hour night shift. You get the point. Let's have fun!

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Specializes in SICU.

Not

Understanding

Reasons

Some

Individuals/

Nurses

Go .... Into the profession in the first place...

Sorry. I have had a month or two of a few choice coworkers that do "Too much critical thinking" to look at their patients as people or address family concerns. Makes me crazy!

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Nurses are:

Needed

Under-appreciated

Respected by most

Sometimes abused

Inspired to help others

Never stop giving

Greatest profession

Things I experience in a shift:

Never get to sit down until I clock out.

Unbelievable stress.

Running to pass meds on time,to answer the phone and call lights.

Smiling at my residents and coworkers.

I love and hate this place.

Need more staff and more time to get everything done.

Go home feeling exhausted, guilty for not doing more, pleased about what I did to make a residents life a little better.

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

Needing more resources

Unloved by administration

Running into obstacles

Sitting down is a luxury

I must've been insane when I chose this career

Not sure how much more I can take, but I'm still

Giving it all I've got.......and then some.

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Specializes in Ortho, Neuro, Detox, Tele.

New to the profession

Understanding I know very little but the basics

Realizing what a honor it can be to care

Seeking some way to regain my lost sanity

Induring myself to wonderful preceptors

Nervous about having a "real" career

Going to give it all I got and kick butt!

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Specializes in Mostly: Occup Health; ER; Informatics.

The nursing career:

Now

Under

Real

Stress;

It's

Now-and-then

Gratifying.

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Specializes in Cardiac Tele, MICU RN.

New to the field

Under a lot of pressure

Rely on positive people

See a lot of codes

Intelligent nurses go far

Never disappointed in my decision of becoming a Nurse

Giving it all that I got

And that's real! :nurse: Class of 2007 'RN' and keep on moving:nuke:

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Specializes in ICU, Cardiology, Mother/Baby, LTC.

Nurturing

Understanding

Reasoning

Sensitivity

Intelligence

Nasty :D

Grueling

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.

Nurturing

Understaffed

Resourceful

Sensitive

Empathetic

Intelligent

Necessary

Grates my nerves sometimes

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needed

under all conditions

regardless of the case

since we're trained to help

everywhere you go

it's the same thing

necessity of the job is

goodwill to man

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Never

Underestimate

Rectal

Sounds

Involving

Noxious

Gas

Leave it to me to bring things down a notch or two.

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Specializes in ICU, Telemetry.

Never

Understand

Rectal

Stimulation

Involving

Nervous

Gerbils

Actually had one of these this week. Gerbil didn't make it.

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