According to a nursing enthusiast‚ “Nurses dispense comfort‚ compassion‚ and care without a prescription” (Saintsbury). Instead of majoring in teaching‚ I should major in nursing. Nursing is truly a rewarding and incredible career to pursue because of the praise you receive from saving lives for a living. Teaching can be rewarding‚ but is often not worth the stress throughout the career. The annual salary‚ stress and opportunities are the major positive and negative paraphernalia for these two majors
Premium Education Teacher School
Me and my nursing career As a child‚ a nurse wearing a white uniform and a doctor wearing white coat fascinated me. My cousin was a nurse and often when I visited her‚ I felt a force pulling me or attracting me to that white uniform. Never realized until I became a nurse that it was not a dream‚ I was destined to be a nurse. Today we call Florence Nightingale pioneer of nursing and Mother Teresa the epitome of love and compassion (‚ 2010‚ p. 1). These women choose to do what was in their heart‚
Premium Nursing Nurse Florence Nightingale
At the age of six‚ I knew that I wanted to find a career where I would be working with kids for the rest of my life. This was a time when my oldest niece was born and was diagnosed with a mild case of down syndrome. When she was an infant‚ my mother and I would babysit her and I would care for her as if I was a mother figure in her life. I consistently fed her bottles‚ changed her diapers‚ rocked her to sleep‚ and taught her how to read as she grew older. Whatever she needed‚ I would provide as much
Premium Nursing Developmental psychology Nurse
nurse what he/she may go through each shift fascinates me‚ as my nan work as an A/E nurse I love hearing about what kinds of things she has to deal with and the amount of people that respects her makes me extremely proud and sparked my interest in nursing the amount of people she has helped is amazing and I would love to follow in her shoes and help others as she has. Also having already done work experience within a busy hospital on a maternity ward I get an idea of what is expected and the conduct
Premium
Reflection of Nursing Career Reflection of Nursing Career As I complete my first two weeks of class‚ I am learning how important an educational focus is towards advancing my career. After our assigned readings I realize that a nursing education has a very significant impact on career advancement and professionalism. A nursing career offers many choices for practitioners and demands accountable and competent practice. Nurses are key members of the healthcare team‚ striving to provide excellent
Premium Nursing
Nursing is a second career for me. It is one I have approached gradually‚ over a long period of time. I might have chosen it as a first career if I had been a better student when I entered college‚ or had people in my life who were involved in healthcare careers when I was growing up. As it was‚ I had a longstanding interest in health and the human body‚ but nursing seemed very foreign‚ and the idea of touching strangers made me uncomfortable. So when I came to UNC as a freshman in 1982‚ I declared
Premium High school College Education
Part of managing your nursing career is choosing goals for yourself; maybe you want to continue your education further. How far do you want your education to go? Also‚ think of a timeframe in which you want to your get your specialty degrees in nursing completed‚ write them down‚ and keep focused to get it done. Think about if this goal is realistic. A nurse who wants to further their education needs to have time for their family‚ job‚ and other activities. Keep focused on what you may want to do
Premium Nursing Nurse Health care
life since I have ever thought of nursing as a career‚ I have received many demeaning responses from family members and friends. Not many of my family members and friends really approved of nursing as a career choice in the beginning. I was always asked “But...of all things why choose nursing”? This all had to do with none other than the image of nurses. It took a long time before my family actually started respecting my career choice. Nursing is known to be one of the most trust
Premium Nursing Florence Nightingale Nurse
Nursing is a career filled with a variety of options‚ it is an exciting career field that helps to take care of people. When I was growing up it was essential that I became something that everybody needed and becoming a registered nurse was my ultimate my goal. A registered nurse is a nurse graduate that obtain their license and met all the obligations in order to maintain their state license. The oxford dictionary describes as a nurse as someone who provides care to others in a hospital setting
Premium Nursing Nurse Health care
Registered Nursing as a Career Registered nurses are medically trained individuals who care for patients in different settings. Registered nurses implement the patients’ care plan. Nursing duties include dispensing medicine‚ recording patients’ past medical history‚ and observe reactions to treatments – not parallel/see pg. 24-26 in FAQs (US Department of Labor‚ 2008). According to Tracy Ingram (personal communication‚ October 29‚ 2008) registered nurses are not legally not permitted to change
Free Nursing