Hi. I’m the Nurse. We’ve Never Met.
Posted by Sean on November 6, 2008
- 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?
Carpe Diem
Medicaid Doctors said
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Heather said
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!!
Sean said
@ Heather You are welcome. Thank you for visiting.
Heather said
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!!
Sean said
@ Heather You are welcome. Thank you for visiting.
Strong One said
@ ButtercupRN You are VERY welcome!
Strong One said
@ ButtercupRN You are VERY welcome!
ButtercupRN said
Great list! Thanks! I think I’ll print this off the next time some ignorant person tells me that nurses only empty bedpans.
ButtercupRN said
Great list! Thanks! I think I’ll print this off the next time some ignorant person tells me that nurses only empty bedpans.
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Strong One said
@ tranquility Thank you for visiting and commenting!
Strong One said
@ tranquility Thank you for visiting and commenting!
tranquility said
We need more nurses with your spirit!
Keep it up..
tranquility said
We need more nurses with your spirit!
Keep it up..
Strong One said
@ Heartstrong Thanks for visiting and commenting. And thanks for linking the post!
Strong One said
@ Heartstrong Thanks for visiting and commenting. And thanks for linking the post!
Healthcare Today said
Hi. Im the Nurse. Weve Never Met. | My Strong Medicine…
Very creative blog about nursing…….
Heartstrong said
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….
Heartstrong said
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….
Strong One said
@ Melanie Thomassian Thanks! And yes you are correct unfortunately.
Strong One said
@ Melanie Thomassian Thanks! And yes you are correct unfortunately.
Melanie Thomassian said
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 said
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!
Strong One said
@ NurseExec Thank you.
Strong One said
@ NurseExec Thank you.
NurseExec said
Great post. Simply great.
NurseExec said
Great post. Simply great.
Strong One said
@ Joy. I’m sorry you feel that way.
Strong One said
@ Joy. I’m sorry you feel that way.
Joy said
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 said
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.
Mark said
Have an awesome weekend!
Mark said
Have an awesome weekend!
Strong One said
@ Mark The same to you my friend!
Strong One said
@ Mark The same to you my friend!
Mark said
Happy New Year
Mark said
Happy New Year
Strong One said
@ Wanderer Thank you, and I agree.
Strong One said
@ Wanderer Thank you, and I agree.
Wanderer said
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 said
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!
Strong One said
@ Fitarella Congratulations and thank you!
Strong One said
@ Fitarella Congratulations and thank you!
Fitarella said
Fantastic! I did not know you are a nurse! absolutely cool! I’m currently doing my prereqs for Med school
Fitarella said
Fantastic! I did not know you are a nurse! absolutely cool! I’m currently doing my prereqs for Med school
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Strong One said
@ Dr. J Thank you very much for your comment. Thanks for stopping by!
Strong One said
@ Dr. J Thank you very much for your comment. Thanks for stopping by!
Dr. J said
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!
Dr. J’s last blog post..Dr. J on doctors and angry patients
Dr. J said
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!
Dr. J’s last blog post..Dr. J on doctors and angry patients
Strong One said
@ Mark As always thank you for visiting and leaving comments.
Strong One said
@ Mark As always thank you for visiting and leaving comments.
Mark said
Wow! Fantastic! Thanks for sharing!
Mark said
Wow! Fantastic! Thanks for sharing!
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Strong One said
@ rdjfraser Thank you. We need to get the word out there.
Strong One said
@ rdjfraser Thank you. We need to get the word out there.
rdjfraser said
Great Post. Love the coverage of what we are capable of!
rdjfraser said
Great Post. Love the coverage of what we are capable of!
Strong One said
@ NP Thank you very much.
Strong One said
@ NP Thank you very much.
NPs Save Lives said
What a great list! It was right on the money and well thought out.
NPs Save Lives said
What a great list! It was right on the money and well thought out.
Strong One said
@ Mike Thanks! And yes you are right. We’ve only just begun.
Strong One said
@ Mike Thanks! And yes you are right. We’ve only just begun.
Mike said
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 said
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.
Strong One said
@ Karin RN THANKS I honestly thought this post up last minute. It’s one of my favorite now.
Strong One said
@ Karin RN THANKS I honestly thought this post up last minute. It’s one of my favorite now.
Karin RN said
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 said
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?
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Strong One said
@ frogeyes10 Thank You.
Strong One said
@ frogeyes10 Thank You.
frogeyes10 said
Well said!!!
frogeyes10 said
Well said!!!
Healthcare Today said
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Strong One said
@ Phil Baumann Thank you so much. It’s near and dear to my heart.
Strong One said
@ Phil Baumann Thank you so much. It’s near and dear to my heart.
Phil Baumann said
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 said
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.