Daily Duties

Hey, I'm a 6th year secondary school student in Ireland. I'm wanting to go into nursing. I've never really asked WHAT it is nurses do everyday day in day out. So I was wondering if someone could explain to me :).

Firstly DO NURSES GET STETHESCOPES??.

Depends on where you are working and whether stethoscope is required

Do you admisiter drugs?

Do you have to say what drugs to geive a patient?

Yes nurses do administer drugs and are expected to know about the common ones that ware used in the area worked.

Do you have rounds to do?

Depends whether you are the nurse in charge

Do you have say X amount of patients to look after in a day or is it a free for all?

Depends on whether the unit/ward does team nursing or named nurse nursing. Usually you are given x amount of patients to look after and where ever possible you will be their nurse for the duration on the ward/unit for continuity of care

Any other information would be greatly appraciated. I'm terrifed I'm not going to like and everyone that knows are not very willing to support me. My brother thinks that becasue I'm a diabetic (and gets tired after a mmore easily than other) that I won't be able to cope with hours. I'm mpore worried about what I'll be facing. Blood gushing? Pooh? Vomit?. I'm pretty hardy but I'm just not positive if I can stomach it all at 18 and that it'll put me off.

Thanks People :)

Where are you planning on doing your training?

Things vary on what you see whilst training but you will soon get a stomach that will manage a lot of stuff.

I knew and know several diabetic nurses who manage well.

One thing that may help is try to become a HCA or auxillary nurse and work on a ward/s and see what goes on in hospital

I would like to train in one of the colleges in Dublin, Galway or Sligo. and then maybe travel after my 4 years (if I get that far =P). What sort of subjects do you study in college? Sociology and things?

Subjects can vary from college to college. Usually the university will have a health studies section and should list how the nursing program will work

Okay thank you for your help :)