Intellectual fulfillment

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I would like to hear from nurses what kind of information and knowledge they find fulfilling in the nursing career???

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

Sorry but I have never found fulfillment via information and knowledge..... only through accomplishments. "Knowing" is not sufficient without "Doing".

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Specializes in L&D, infusion, urology.

I'm not sure what you mean, exactly. I feel good when a patient comes in with something atypical, and I know how to manage their care. I am in my senior preceptorship, and taught a nurse and a patient how to use a piece of equipment the other night. I've taught ER nurses about newborn care and breastfeeding. Drawing upon knowledge is very redeeming. Is that the kind of thing you mean?

Basically, anytime you don't feel clueless is nice. :)

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Maybe English isn't your primary language, and your question just isn't being asked using the words you really mean.

Knowing what to do and say to help a patient is rewarding. It isn't fulfilling. DOING things to help someone is often personally rewarding, and (too infrequently) professionally rewarding, but "fulfilling"? Wrong word, I think.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

I don't get much intellectual fulfillment in my nursing career. For that, I go elsewhere.

However, I find some personal fulfillment in helping others -- but I wouldn't call that "interlectual fulfillment."

The culture of nursing is focused more on "doing" rather than "knowing." When the conversation turns too intellectual, most nurses turn away.

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