- Did you know I had formal schooling, including college course education?
- Did you know I took a National Certification Exam?
- Did you know I am a licensed professional?
- Did you know some of us are men?
- Did you know some of us are younger? Some of us are older?
- Did you know the only place you’ll find a ‘naughty nurse’ is either in your dreams or on the internet?
- Did you know we don’t just work in the hospital or physician’s office?
- Did you know the all white outfit is not the standard uniform anymore?
- Did you know we don’t wear the nursing caps anymore?
- Did you know I am not just the physician’s hand maiden or subordinate?
- Did you know I am an independent healthcare professional that is the physician’s colleague?
- Did you know I have to possess a working knowledge of Pharmacology and how it impacts your care?
- Did you know it’s my job and responsibility to critically evaluate every aspect of your care?
- Did you know I am required to have a sound understanding of Human Anatomy and Physiology?
- Did you know I have to be well versed in Microbiology and how it affects the human body?
- Did you know I have to be cognizant and well studied on a plethora of human disease processes?
- Did you know it’s my job to assess, monitor and treat not just your illness, but you as a person?
- Did you know I can and do possess specialty certifications that require thousands of worked hours just to qualify for consideration?
- Did you know I command and perform critical thinking skills that require me to make life-saving decisions in a blink of an eye?
- Did you know I am a highly trained professional with skills that demand sharp attention, a keen sense of prediction and a caring attitude?
- Did you know I am in charge of equipment that monitor your health from inside your beating heart?
- Did you know I am in charge of equipment that assist in your recovery treatment from inside your brain?
- Did you know I am responsible for titrating and administering medication you receive that can induce and resist almost all your normal physiological actions and reactions? And that these medications are life-saving and life-sustaining?
- Did you know I am also a professional stress-juggler, and all the care you are receiving I am also providing to all my other patients?
- Did you know it’s my responsibility to coordinate your care between all the services contributing to your treatment process?
- Did you know I am educated on the grieving process and that I am here to help you?
- Did you know I am an educational resource for any and all information related to your better health?
- Did you know I care?
- Did you know?
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This is AWESOME.
This list knocks several stones. The public (generally) does have a deranged and uneducated view of nursing. It’s a shame, because I don’t think people realize just how critical nursing is in preventing and treating diseases.
And I’m glad you pointed out that nurses work in diverse fields.
What a list! Bravo.
@ Phil Baumann Thank you so much. It’s near and dear to my heart.
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Well said!!!
@ frogeyes10 Thank You.
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WOW. I can’t believe I’m not within your 100th visitor. *guessing*
I was in my kids’ school all day that’s why.
You wrote a very good and well thought-of list.
I voted.
I pasted my favorites:
Did you know I command and perform critical thinking skills . . .
Did you know I am a highly trained professional . . .
Did you know I am in charge of equipment that monitor your health from inside your beating heart?
Did you know I am in charge of equipment that assist in your recovery treatment from inside your brain?
Did you know I am responsible for titrating and administering medication . . . that . . . are life-saving and life-sustaining?
@ Karin RN THANKS I honestly thought this post up last minute. It’s one of my favorite now.
I think you hit this on right on the money. After 20 years and some of nursing people still call me male nurse. I typically respond to them that I am a nurse, period. By the way, no, most of them don’t know what we do, what we learn, what we are responsible for – that goes for patients, families and physicians.
@ Mike Thanks! And yes you are right. We’ve only just begun.
What a great list! It was right on the money and well thought out.
@ NP Thank you very much.
Great Post. Love the coverage of what we are capable of!
@ rdjfraser Thank you. We need to get the word out there.
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Wow! Fantastic! Thanks for sharing!
@ Mark As always thank you for visiting and leaving comments.
Yes I did!! And I’m grateful for you and all the wonderful nurses that I have had the pleasure to work alongside of for years!
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@ Dr. J Thank you very much for your comment. Thanks for stopping by!
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Fantastic! I did not know you are a nurse! absolutely cool! I’m currently doing my prereqs for Med school
@ Fitarella Congratulations and thank you!
Yes, yes, yes and yes.
I wish the general public had a better understanding of the true nature of nursing. This list should be required reading for anyone being admitted to the hospital!
@ Wanderer Thank you, and I agree.
Happy New Year
@ Mark The same to you my friend!
Have an awesome weekend!
Being a nurse – thanks for the post. And you seem to be a good example of living healthfully as we often tell our patients to do.
However, I found such incongruity between that post & your avatar. Maybe it’s because I wonder at the irony of your sixth statement had it been juxtaposed with a barely clad female torso.
@ Joy. I’m sorry you feel that way.
Great post. Simply great.
@ NurseExec Thank you.
Impressive post!
There’s a lot of odd notions surrounding some of us healthcare professionals.
It’s little wonder the public have no idea, some doctors don’t have much of a clue either!
@ Melanie Thomassian Thanks! And yes you are correct unfortunately.
Hi,
I LOVED this Post. Very Creative !! I’m going to post to my twitter account https://twitter.com/HEARTSTRONG1 so more people will read it….
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Very creative blog about nursing…….
@ Heartstrong Thanks for visiting and commenting. And thanks for linking the post!
We need more nurses with your spirit!
Keep it up..
@ tranquility Thank you for visiting and commenting!
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Great list! Thanks! I think I’ll print this off the next time some ignorant person tells me that nurses only empty bedpans.
@ ButtercupRN You are VERY welcome!
Thank you soooo much for this! I’m printing it out & handing it to people in my family that think a nurse is just the physician’s hand maiden!!
@ Heather You are welcome. Thank you for visiting.