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Nursing - The Humble Proffession

Being a nurse is not only about being a care giver, it is far more than that. Often, nurses are responsible for first response first aid, which may be the difference between life and death. The "day" periodically becomes the "night": Nursing is primarily shift based, and this is a fact that you cannot escape. It is not uncommon for a nurse to work twelve, thirteen or fourteen hour shifts!

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Nursing - The Humble Proffession

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  1. MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL Nursing

  2. What is a Nurse? • Nurses are often the first point of contact within a hospital. • They have become increasingly popular figure heads. • Popularity is driven by TV and big screen productions.

  3. Day to Day Activities • Nurses are vitally important and are responsible for: • Patient Records • Medicine Administration • Developing Care Plans • Advocating • Mentoring • Making Ethical Decisions

  4. Branches of Nursing • Adult • Children (Paediatric) • Learning Disability • Mental Health

  5. Adult Nursing • Fundamentally communication skills are required, as nurses are often dealing with adults patients and families. • The functions are primarily multidisciplinary in nature. • May be based in hospital or community nurses • work with a vast array of age brackets.

  6. Children • Nursing children from new-born infants to adolescent teenage patients. • In-depth knowledge of how incidents may effect growth and outcome of children becoming adults. • Need to be strong communicators and ideally excellent at handling delicate situations.

  7. Mental Health Nursing • The most complex of the nursing jobs. • There are as many as one in three suffering from mental health issues. • Often require very therapeutic individuals.

  8. Learning Disabilities • The core skill is sensitive human interaction with highly developed and flexible communication skills. • Leaning Disability Nurses usually demonstrate a great deal of patience. • Can be community based such as working within schools, residential homes or even within patients homes.

  9. Author Note • If you would like to learn more about Nursing, why not visit one of the California Nursing Schools for details.

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