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Karina
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Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:03 pm
I am wanting to study nursing next year and would like to hear from others... What do you love most about nursing?
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PrincessDemonik
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Mar 31, 2007, 04:49 pm
For me, the best thing about nursing is the ability to develop a specialisation in an area that really interests you. In Australia, you can really develop nursing as a career path. There are opportunities to go towards education if you like teaching aspects of nursing, or clinical if hands-on stuff is your thing, or management if you like the nitty gritty of organising and running things. Research is another pathway. You also have to opportunity to explore different areas, and find the ones you really like. In addition, you can work towards becoming a nurse practitioner (my aim in nursing!). Nursing is a very unique profession, and many aspects of the expertise of the nurse are overlooked. In a world of growing medical technology and the dehumanisation of the person's experience with illness that comes with this, the nurse's role as a carer and nurturer is vitally important. It is the nurse that has constant contact with patients, who becomes tuned-into all aspects of the person. Doctors are important as well, but their model of care is vastly different from ours. Patients often turn to us to explain the mumble-jumble their doctors have just told them, and as such, we learn to communicate complex medical terminology in a way that is easy to understand. Patients trust nurses to make sure that any treatments their doctors prescribe are safe. The relationship between a patient and nurse is a very special one.
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Darren
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Mar 31, 2007, 05:07 pm
Nursing is a great pathway to many and varied different careers, both within and outside of nursing. For me it led through a path of mental health nursing, community dementia support to middle then senior management. Somehow, it ended up combining my interest in IT and nursing and resulted in NurseCentral. So definitely for me, it is the diversity that it brings no matter what your interests or goals are.
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nursemj
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Apr 01, 2007, 03:49 pm
Hi, first post here! I used to work in trauma research and were required as a condition of funding to use division 1 nurses in our research projects. Their roles varied from advising patients of a study and obtaining consents and administering new (trial) medications, to reviewing medical records for treatment errors. They mainly could command the best pay and hours of the research staff (e.g. to structure working hours around the school day etc.) so after I had my daughter I decided to commence my B.N. - the oportunities are almost endless. Good luck
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Shelana
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Apr 02, 2007, 08:25 pm
I love the teamwork...... I love the way there is always so much more to learn......I love the weird sense of humor that you develop......most of all it feels good to help a person who needs help and who appreciates what you do for them.. best wishes for the future!
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Darren
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Apr 02, 2007, 08:53 pm
Nice response Shelana. It's great to hear from nurses who are passionate about their work and share that with others.
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tropicana
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Jul 05, 2007, 06:55 pm
I think one can never as a nurse just walk out the door and leave it behind until the next day as in other jobs. The thing about nursing is that it deals with ppl. I have had to move to different areas out of my comfort zone over the last six months. I am learning about the resilience of children, and what they offer you as much as you offer them. The disabled child in particular; how is it that they are so happy in themselves? It is wonderful to watch ppl go home. It is wonderful to watch ppl take control of their lives, no matter what their state of physical health; especially those who are palliative. Oh and shift work is the best - I just had to work mon-fri for the first time in my life and feel that regular hours are over rated. This is about what I love the most...I could write about what is hard to deal with to balance the scales, but that is not what has been asked...
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tropicana
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Jul 05, 2007, 07:07 pm
Addit: Shelana - nursing humour! There is nothing like it! Totally agree!
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Rotator Cuff
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Jul 06, 2007, 05:18 pm
hi guys and girls, Yes the teamwork is the best, it is good to work with others who share the same passion and care about what they do, and show pride in the work. If there is no team work, things just fall apart. nobody knows who is doing what and where. Humour, you just got to have humour, it helps relieve tension. Isn't laughter the best medicine.
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jgeorgie33
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Jul 18, 2007, 03:44 am
Last edited Jul 18, 2007, 03:44 am
update #1
For now, I'm only working at a LASIK eye clinic, but I absolutely love my job! I get to talk to so many people and I always enjoy comforting them before they go in for laser surgery.
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Joanna Georgie
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modified: Wednesday 18 July 2007 3:46:10 am - jgeorgie33
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Molly
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Aug 22, 2007, 06:18 pm
I was thinking alot what I love most about nursing as I was a PCA for the pasted 22 years and more than 3 years now as a EEN. During this time I loved meeting and getting to now other diverse cultural background and respect each other which make it more interesting and not boring nursing during his/her meal breaks or tea/coffee breaks you get to know a team/staff member and talk about nursing humour, being dedicated to what you do by helping and caring others, have the ability to fit in quickly and effectively with any team member, be dedicated and passionate in nursing and not think about were is there other place that pays you much more then the place were you are working. I love working in a place were nursing has family friendly and flexible hours, lots of nursing humour and laughter is the best medicine. You need to love Nursing to do Nursing not because it is other job, other day and it for the money I need. I love Nursing and everyday I go to work thinking I am going to work as a second home I love. Hope this will help you Karina ?
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