What I Love About Nursing Is....

hereigoagain · Feb 19, 2009

We support, nurture and care for the sick, the wounded, the dying. Age, caste, creed or sex no bar. People at often their worst points in their lives - we work at setting them all right again.
The awesome responsibility that is ours alone to bear of being the patient advocate.
Where each day brings forth a new challenge. A new puzzle. A new case - or maybe a familiar old one. Never a dull moment.
How we are reminded from time to time (sometimes painfully) that despite our best efforts - we are only human and that there is only so much we can do. And that this is not necessarily a bad thing.
That there is as much love and happiness in this world as there is grief and sadness.
All this and much more - are the reasons I am proud to be a nurse.
cheers,
:)
PS: Besides, how many professions do we say "And let us not meet again anytime soon" as a parting farewell?

I love your post!!!:redbeathe

hereigoagain · Feb 19, 2009

I LOVE my little 9 bed hospital....I have worked larger places where you have 7 pts a piece, cna's to do the baths, RT, PT, OT, code teams, IV teams, etc!! Here in the madison valley, WE NURSES ARE IT!!! We are the code team. We are housekeeping. We are the IV team. We are RT!! When you come to work for your 12 hour shift and you and your only other nurse (yes, we staff with 2 on the floor) have 6 patients, all with IV's, 3 with foleys, one chest tube, 4 are TOTAL CARE and one in the croup tent andthe you have a 2 vehicle MVC come in the ER doors, you really learn to work as a TEAM and pull it together!! I cannot imagine doing anything else!!!

This sounds like a dream job! I have came across a job recently in Kentucky, where they say nurses don't want to be, because it is a small place, but I would have been so happy to go there, I like having responsability just like you describe at your job. Of course, I couldn't get the job, it was a rapid response assignment and someone else got it. Where is Madison Valley?

Straydandelion · Feb 22, 2009

Illness/disease/accident is the most stressful thing in a person's and family's life. To be able to make this time easier in even a small way is a joy. I love the constant learning and improving your knowledge and the knowledge of others...the teaching, the variety...and no day is ever alike. Best of all, there is the intense feeling of accomplishment at the end of the day....even on a "bad" day something is learned, something is resolved, a smile made someone life just a little easier.

TheSingingNurseNY · Feb 23, 2009

i love nursing because i am able to use my music background to teach my patients about healthy living.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz4wwzo9pfe&feature=channel_page

check out a fun song my para patient and i wrote that promotes regular bowel movements. we laughed until we cried and learned as we did it. enjoy!

mybelle3221 · Feb 24, 2009

As a soon to be graduate....

I LOVE being called a NURSE!

cardiospec · Mar 6, 2009

Where did you get your cool avatar??

baleyja · Mar 19, 2009

A genuine and loving smile in the morning from my patients...:loveya:

The appreciation and credit that money cannot buy....

The opportunity to help those in need..... :hrnsmlys:

SATISFACTION !!! :up:

:hanukkahstar:

hereigoagain · Mar 20, 2009

i love nursing because i am able to use my music background to teach my patients about healthy living.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz4wwzo9pfe&feature=channel_page
check out a fun song my para patient and i wrote that promotes regular bowel movements. we laughed until we cried and learned as we did it. enjoy!

very nice video!!! you are one nurse that really loves her patients. good job!!!

how about going into teaching? we need instructors so bad and you would be exceptional.:heartbeat

KatieIowa23 · Mar 27, 2009

The challenge!

rnmi2004 · Mar 27, 2009

I love patient education and advocacy.

LesMonsterRN, ADN, RN · Mar 27, 2009

The interaction with people - the smiles from patients and families that makes all the other crap melt away. I love the art and technologies of nursing, as well, but this is one profession where even just a small thing can make a difference to someone.

stellina615 · Mar 27, 2009

I love teaching my pts! It feels great to help someone feel more informed and comfortable with their condition/plan of care, and even though healthcare professionals never stop learning, it feels good to know that I have enough knowledge in my head to be able to impart something new to someone else every once in awhile :nurse: