What I Love About Nursing Is....

nursegottabe · Dec 30, 2008

I am an LPN. I haven't been able to practice yet except for clinicals but I love nursing because of the smile and can put on a patients face. And you know what the money isn't so bad either.

porshiamiguel · Jan 5, 2009

i love nursing coz every day is a diifrent day...

opeyemi · Jan 5, 2009

i have a pt in my ward which am always grateful to God for her life bcos the healing God did through my hand was marvellous,she had burns 4rm road traffic accident.she is getting better now.

opeyemi · Jan 5, 2009

:typing:typing:yeah::heartbeat:mad::p am grateful to for making me achive my goal in nursing.am in position of taking care of my family:heartbeatam the family nusre now

Mahage, LPN · Jan 5, 2009

Yep me too, and I learn something every single day! That is such a great feeling. Had a nasty patient the other night but had 3 other folks, one who was non-communicative due to head injury but even he made me know why I am here. I am known as such a compassionate person, the other nurses think I am a woose I believe but the nasty guy got po'd at me because I would not let him go out to smoke in the middle of the night and he was a new admit. Then he talked the tech into taking him out and I still said no, boy was I mean. Guy was on a truckload of pain meds, new pt and I just wasn't going to let him go. The tech had work to do. I also think it could have been dangerous for him to be out with just the tech. Never know on that load of drugs what would have happend so I stuck with it. My NM backed me up though he complained to her! OH well!

I love nursing.

Mahage

caregiver86 · Jan 6, 2009

I'm a nursing student from South Korea, planning to study graduate school abroad !! (still making an enormous effort to meet the admission requirements for the school) ㅠ.ㅠ;;

The most favorite part of being in the Nursing major is that I can keep studying

what I love. The field of Nursing has so many different routes to develope my ability as being a specialist in this field, and it makes me heartbeating !!

Although I'm still short in English and have more things to prepare for entering the graduate school but the reason I can keep on my study is....

I love studying Nursing !!

I have a dream to become a specialist in this field~~ !!

nhowze · Jan 8, 2009

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nhowze · Jan 8, 2009

Being able to have a skill that can be utilized any where I go in the world, with all nationalites,family members, and friends. This profession allows you to really see that we all are created equal. If you do not believe that you should not be in this field. This is not just a profession, this is way of life. Only the strong survive, and i plan to be the best! This a helping and healing field, and I can't see myself doing any other career.:redbeathe:redbeathe

nursegottabe · Jan 8, 2009

praise God and bless you

nursegottabe · Jan 8, 2009

Well, I'm a bag of nerves. I start back in nursing School Monday. They like to give you a math test in the beginning of each semester and the last time I took it I had to retake it. But, I did pass. Thank God. I'll be studying peds. Wish me luck.

Virgo_RN, BSN, RN · Jan 9, 2009

Last night I took care of an otherwise healthy, active patient with virtually no medical history, admitted with chest pain, who subsequently had a positive stress test. I gave her first dose of metoprolol, her first (loading) dose of Plavix, and her first dose of Zocor. I explained the indications and most common side effects of each medication, and though I could see she had reservations, she took them. Then I asked her if she had any questions about the angiogram she was scheduled for the next day. She couldn't think of any, since she had seen the video, but I explained to her how she would be sedated for the procedure, how, if there were any significant narrowings in her coronary arteries, they might place a stent or two, and that when she got back to our floor, she would still have a sheath in her femoral artery and how she would have to lie flat for two hours after the sheath was removed. I explained what a sheath is and why it's important not to bend the leg, and I told her that we would do everything we could to keep her comfortable, and all she had to do was let her nurse know if she needed anything. I told her that her vital signs would be continuously monitored, and her nurse would be checking on her frequently. She signed the consent, but I could see she still had some doubts. I said "We are the biggest cardiac facility between ******** and ******, and we do thousands of these every year. We do this all the time, and you are in very good hands.". She said "Thank you for telling me that. It really helps.".

Today, when I came in, she still had her sheath in and we had to pull it. As I stayed with her, loosening the clamp, she told me some things, things like how the day she came into the hospital with chest pain was the anniversary of a loved one's death, and how scary this all would have been had she not been told what to expect.

After she had been up and walked, I went in to give her her meds. I talked to her again about the metoprolol, the Plavix, and the Zocor, and I explained to her that while her total cholesterol was less than 200, her LDL was too high, and this was why the cardiologist had increased her dose of Zocor. After all was said and done, I said, "Well, I won't be here tomorrow when you get discharged, so best of luck to you.". She hugged me, and thanked me sincerely for everything I had done for her, for explaining everything to her, and for making her feel at ease, knowing that she was being watched over the whole time.

That is what I love about nursing.

nhowze · Jan 9, 2009

I wish you the best! With God on your side, anything is possible! Just ask and believe!