Nursing...a profession or just a job

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Hello. I am a nursing student and I have been given an assignment to write a 1500 word essay about whether I think nursing is a profession or just a job. I know how I feel about it, but I have to have sources to back up my statements. Anyway, I would love to use this website as a source and was wondering if some of you could share your opinions with me.

Thank You!

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When I graduated from school, I gave the farewell speech...and one thing I said in my speech that will forever be in my mind was that "I will remember that every patient I have is someone's mother, father, brother or sister....and the day that I forget that, is the day that I leave this profession". So in my opinion, it's a career and a profession and they day that I get up and say "I don't like my 'job' " or "I can't do this another day" is the day I walk away from nursing and find something else. I can't see that coming any time soon, but it is something that I will hold to until the end of time.

Jen

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When I started nursing school I was doing it because I could get a job anywhere in the United States..there has been a nursing shortage for a long time..since I was going to do alo of traveling this was important. However, my first day walking in the hospital on my first job as a RN I was saying a prayer. The great thing about nursing is tht it can be just a job or a great career but the best ones are the ones that enjoy what they are doing and feel like they can make a difference.

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There are days when it is "just a job" but then there are days when you've worked your heart out and a patient says thanks and it makes it more than that. My Dad has always said that a nurse is just made that way and that if you haven't got "it" then you should find something else to do. I don't know if that's true but it makes me feel good!

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Hello. I am a nursing student and I have been given an assignment to write a 1500 word essay about whether I think nursing is a profession or just a job. I know how I feel about it, but I have to have sources to back up my statements. Anyway, I would love to use this website as a source and was wondering if some of you could share your opinions with me.

Thank You!

Consider also that you can have opinions as sources or you can have objective facts...or both.

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Specializes in 5 years peds, 35 years med-surg.

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i was a hospital nurse for 40 years and i got to the point of "i can't do this another day" about 20 years ago. i didn't leave because i felt trapped knowing that i wouldn't be able to get another job with the same pay and benefits. now that i'm retired and just do part time home health, i finally feel like a nurse who can really give her pts excellent care. i'm happy going to work for the first time in my life :yelclap:

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Nursing itself is a profession. Where you work and what you do day to day is a job.

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

definition of a profession - wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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