I personally think it will be good for me, as I am extremely curious. Taking my kids to the peds and gettign the drs diagnosis is never enough. I always go home and research it more. Or when my mom was in the hospital with mrsa pneumonia. I wnated to know EVERYTHING that was going on and was incredibly frustrated that I didnt know what teh nurses and drs knew. (I ended up talking to a friend who works with MRSA research.)
I am not squemish.
While at home I tend to be a bit scattered, when i was at work I was very detail oriented. Yes, I worked retail(God help me!) but if it called for checking dates on specialty foods, I had all the expiration dates for a few months written down so i knew exactly when I needed to take soemthign off the shelves. When i had to front items, they were fronted very orderly. Stock was properly rotated. Too bad I dont do this at home! lol
I hate being bored. I honestly hated it at work when no one was in line, and I had no stock to put away. I had to just sit there,a nd it drove me crazy. i preferred being short staffed and extra busy to just sitting there!lol (time goes too slowly when its slow!)
I tend to deal well with people and could even keep my cool when they were yelling at me. Not that I didnt go off to friends when they were gone!lol
Oh, and I dont cry easily!
Anyhow, I think my curiosity and like for being busy will be an asset, but since i have never been a nurse, I dont know!lol I did have to volunteer in the ED once, and it was pretty enjoyable, although I manly did stuff like taking down lab samples, pickign up O2 tanks, getting some meds, cleanign beds, wheeling patients to and from xray, takign linens to laundry, gettign patients blankets, cleaning out bedside tables. And I hated anytime there was nothing to do. During that experience, one night some guy came in having cut his wrists again(apparantly he was a frequent visitor, all the nurses knew him by name) and I was only 16, and I handled it ok.lol
Yeah, I know world of difference!! But from a nurses perspective, what are good traits to have?
I think you have to be assertive, caring, empathetic but able to separate yourself, have excellent time management skills, good memory, mathematical ability, physically strong, able to focus even when tired, hungry, overworked, able to tolerate BS from co-workers and management, know how to stand up for yourself, and it really doesn't hurt if there is an inner BOSSY COW! Know when to call a spade a spade, and don't be afraid to call your patients on some of their behaviours.
I personally think it will be good for me, as I am extremely curious. Taking my kids to the peds and gettign the drs diagnosis is never enough. I always go home and research it more. Or when my mom was in the hospital with mrsa pneumonia. I wnated to know EVERYTHING that was going on and was incredibly frustrated that I didnt know what teh nurses and drs knew. (I ended up talking to a friend who works with MRSA research.)
I am not squemish.
While at home I tend to be a bit scattered, when i was at work I was very detail oriented. Yes, I worked retail(God help me!) but if it called for checking dates on specialty foods, I had all the expiration dates for a few months written down so i knew exactly when I needed to take soemthign off the shelves. When i had to front items, they were fronted very orderly. Stock was properly rotated. Too bad I dont do this at home! lol
I hate being bored. I honestly hated it at work when no one was in line, and I had no stock to put away. I had to just sit there,a nd it drove me crazy. i preferred being short staffed and extra busy to just sitting there!lol (time goes too slowly when its slow!)
I tend to deal well with people and could even keep my cool when they were yelling at me. Not that I didnt go off to friends when they were gone!lol
Oh, and I dont cry easily!
Anyhow, I think my curiosity and like for being busy will be an asset, but since i have never been a nurse, I dont know!lol I did have to volunteer in the ED once, and it was pretty enjoyable, although I manly did stuff like taking down lab samples, pickign up O2 tanks, getting some meds, cleanign beds, wheeling patients to and from xray, takign linens to laundry, gettign patients blankets, cleaning out bedside tables. And I hated anytime there was nothing to do. During that experience, one night some guy came in having cut his wrists again(apparantly he was a frequent visitor, all the nurses knew him by name) and I was only 16, and I handled it ok.lol
Yeah, I know world of difference!! But from a nurses perspective, what are good traits to have?
goldenscroll:
Yes, one would think that "intellectual curiosity" would be a very good trait for nursing, particularly since research is constantly telling us new things. My experience, on the other hand, is that any kind of curiosity will get you in trouble. Theres the "right way, the wrong way and the nursing way." Argh!
nurseinlimbo
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I think you have to be assertive, caring, empathetic but able to separate yourself, have excellent time management skills, good memory, mathematical ability, physically strong, able to focus even when tired, hungry, overworked, able to tolerate BS from co-workers and management, know how to stand up for yourself, and it really doesn't hurt if there is an inner BOSSY COW! Know when to call a spade a spade, and don't be afraid to call your patients on some of their behaviours.