In keeping with the spirit of Nurses Week. Here is my all time favorite post concerning me and being a nurse. Thanks for visiting.
- 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
