Art of Nursing Paper

According to the English dictionary, compassion is defined as a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. It would benefit many people to have this quality for their profession. One of the most important careers to have this quality for is nursing. As a nurse dealing with sick people one always has to do their best to make sure the patient is not only feeling better physically, but emotionally as well. Many people think that care and compassion is the same thing. Care is being there for someone while they are sick and taking care of them, while compassion is having a strong feeling of sympathy for that person as well as taking care of them. Being sick is an awful feeling overall, but when there are nurses who do not show any compassion towards you it makes you feel unwanted, sad, and maybe even alone. For example in the movie Wit, produced by S. Bosanquet, the patient was terminally ill and although the nurses knew that, they treated her as though she had the common cold. Every time they would enter her room they would ask “How are you feeling today?” Yet they never really cared for a response. It sounded as though they were asking just to fulfill a requirement by their boss. I feel as a nurse, you should genuinely care about how the patient is feeling. If a person is unable to do that, or is easily annoyed with the patient, I feel that the profession may not be for them. This scenario is portrayed in this movie also. The patient was brought to get a test done and because of her condition she was not allowed to walk back to her room. During the test however, her wheelchair was taken out of the room. When the technician that administered the test had to go get Vivian, the patient, a new wheelchair she seemed extremely bothered. As a healthcare professional, I believe that no matter what is going on in your personal life you should always do your best to leave the