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I've been a "doer" and a "watcher".
It does go both ways, you need both. The so called "watchers" are there to provide best practice for the doers, guideline which allow you too keep your licenses in good standing and so much more.
the "watchers" are "doers" too, even though they may not me physically touching patients.
KeepItRealRN, BSN, RN
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The nursing world is divided into one of two groups. Watchers and Doers.
Doers = Nurses who's hands actually touch the patients
Watchers = Managers, Supervisors, CNS, etc
Why is it that it always seems like becoming a watcher is considered "moving up". It seems to me that nurses who acturally touch patients are looked upon as the ditch diggers of the nursing world.
Realize this, patients are in the hospital because they need help. The kind of help they need requires hands touching them. If they didn't require hands touching them, then they wouldn't need to be in the hospital. That is where the rubber meets the road and the real "service" they are there for.
The service could continue with half as many watchers, but without Doers there is no service.