NURSE
CRISIS
Pros and
Cons of
Becoming A
Nurse
Tip!
Registered
nurse jobs
require a
lot of
patience
and
dedication,
as a
registered
nurse will
be
promoting
good
health,
prevent
disease,
and helping
patients
through
times of
illness.
Registered
nurse jobs
also
require you
to be
detail
oriented
and have
decent
writing
skills.
The truth is
that if you are
considering a
career in the
nursing field,
this should be
a decision
based on
conscious
consideration
of a variety of
factors. First,
you should know
that nursing is
not for
everyone. You
must be
prepared to
work hard.
Nursing is both
physically and
emotionally
challenging and
draining.
Actually, with
the exception
of a few areas,
nurses provide
care to those
in need, almost
around the
clock 24 hours
7 days a week.
Dividing their
schedules into
shifts of 8 or
12 hours,
nurses work
long hours,
including
nights,
weekends and
holidays.
Nursing is a
profession
focused on
assisting the
people in need
of special
types of
treatments. The
main goal of a
successful
nursing service
is for the
patient to
attain and
maintain an
optimum level
of health,
while
increasing his
or her ability
to function as
independently
as possible. In
many cultures,
nursing is
considered to
be something
between a hard
profession and
a meaningful
cause. Focusing
on promoting
life and
improving the
quality of
living for
millions
of people
around the
globe, nursing
has evolved
from the
special care
and treatment
nuns and
military
services
offered, to a
high-quality
personalized
service in a
variety of
institutions.
Nurses can be
considered as
the
contemporary
community
support agents
since they are
an essential
part of every
society,
conducting
health
education,
counseling and
performing
practices that
aim to relieve
patients from
pain and
suffering. In
short, since
nursing
involves
altruistic
behavior,
it is a
profession that
requires the
nursing
candidate to
dedicate time,
personal effort
and most of
all,
determination
in caring for
peoples'
well-being.
In almost
all countries,
nursing
practice is
defined and
governed by
law; so
for the interested
individual to
enter the
profession, he
or she has to
successfully
complete the
necessary
education which
is regulated by
national,
state, or
territorial
boards of
nursing. But,
apart from the
academic
background one
has to build,
those
interested in
developing a
nursing career
have to
understand that
they might be
missing family
events, and
sometimes have
to work late
hours. In some
fields nurses
have to be
on-call
twenty-four
hours a day.
Not
surprisingly,
nurses have to
deal with
unhappy
patients and be
able to handle
the demands of
concerned
family members.
This can be
easily
understood, if
you can
remember the
feelings you
had the last
time you had to
stay in bed,
even for a
simple cold.
Unhappy
feelings and
low self-esteem
do not create a
very promising
environment for
anyone.
As nursing
is the most
diverse of all
healthcare
professions,
nurses have to
deal with
blood, sputum,
feces, urine,
vomiting, and
ugly smelly
wounds. But
nursing is a
universal role
appearing in
some form in
every culture;
and it is one
of the few
professions
that focus on
helping others
in a time of
need. Actually,
nursing is all
about taking
care of people;
and this is the
main
concentration
during a
typical day's
work. As
practitioners
themselves have
stated,
"Nursing is
about combining
the art of
caring with the
science and
technology of
today's health
care
practices."
Tip!
Compared to
other
professions,
this job
has a good
salary
structure
and assured
job
security. A
registered
nurse is
expected to
have a wide
knowledge
of the age
specific
needs of
people of
all ages
and
backgrounds
- from
newborn
babies
through to
the
elderly.
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