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By Neha Pansare
The tradition of nursing started in the past time by the ever remembered Florence
Nightingale. A nurse symbolizes service and humanity. Her time is spent in the service of
humanity. She has a keen sense of duty. It is the noblest profession. She is required to do the
white uniform with a cap on her head. She is very punctual in her work. As she reaches the
hospital she takes charge of her ward from the other nurse and soon she is busy with her
notes down the temperature of every patient on the chart. She gives the medicines and
injection provided by the doctor. Her words of sympathy, love and hope are a big relief to the
patients. She is supposed to be with the doctor when he is on round of the ward to tell about
the condition of each patient. She notes down the medicine and other precautionary measures
as prescribed by the doctor. She is to follow the doctors instructions very carefully. She sees
that the food served to the patient is according to doctors advice as she is also responsible for
the patients diet. She never allows any change without consulting the doctor. If the condition
of any patient demands an immediate action, she at once informs the doctor. She is to
prepare a chart of medicines and other things consumed during her duty hours. If there is
some time she relaxes by taking a cup of tea or by reading a magazine. She gives charge to
injured. Nurses work with doctors and other health care workers to make patients well (not
sick) and to keep them healthy. Nurses also help with end-of-life needs and assist other
a person must train and what kind of training they need. In some places, nurses may train for
three to five years or more before they get a license as a nurse. Nurses work in many places.
Nurses work in hospitals, in doctor's offices, and in the community, and they even visit
people at home.
A Nurse
Clad in white shirt, skirt, socks and a white cap on her head a nurse with her smiling
face surely gives an impression of a live human being whose heart overflows with
compassion for those numerous patients who come to the hospital from different directions.
The tradition of nursing started in the past time by ever remembered Florence
Nightingale, a British nurse, who dedicated her life to the care of the British troops during the
are big or small. She remains very attentive to her duties. She is noble and affectionate to all
patients.
A nurse like other service holders too has to give eight hours' duty daily, but in her
case time of working not fixed. Sometimes she has to perform night duty, which she does
with same sincerity. She reaches the hospital at required time, takes charge of her ward from
injections as prescribed by the doctor. She maintains a chart, notes down patient's temperature
and condition of short intervals. A doctor depends on her work to a great extent.
She is supposed to be with him or her when he/she is on round of the ward so that she
may give details of the patients to him/her. All this help in quick recovery of the patients. In
the operation theatre too we see the nurse by the side of the doctor helping him/her in many
ways.
A nurse is a true picture of hard and selfless work. She is very particular for the
patients' diet. She never allows those foods which are not prescribed by the doctor. In this
she feels like that, she never let it come on her smiling face. She like a loving mother never
becomes angry. If her patient is non-cooperative or rude to her, she simply let it go.
Thus, a nurse always gives priority to her duties bound to the patients. She plays a
very important role in the society. It is her loving care and touch that give immediate relief to
the patients. She is a respectful figure in the society for her selfless work.
It should not be taken as a fashionable profession. It is directly related to the service
a nurse because I enjoy being around people in their times of need and I get internal
satisfaction by serving those that need help. I remember when I did some volunteer work for
a hospital and that is when I realized my passion for nursing. I believe that the cure for many
of the people's ailments is not just in medicine, it is in the care that they receive as patients in
hospitals and their homes. This is where I believe that I can make a great difference in
of a person is all in the mind. A person is only sick if he/she thinks they are sick. This is kind
of a caring theory that I believe in, which is that there would be no patients if everyone
around them would just understand what they are going through and what is needed to help
them. I believe in caring for the patients in a way so as to bring about a transpersonal caring
relationship between the patient and the nurse/caretaker and the caring occasion/caring
moment. I believe in this philosophy since it describes the various health and caring related
environment that is conducive to his/her recovery. It is important to keep the room of the
patient a place where he/she feels the soothing and healing effects from the environment. I
also believe that it is important for the nurses to understand their own selves so that they are
able to better treat their patients. I believe that spirituality holds a very significant role in the
profession of nursing. In fact, the care of the soul is the most powerful aspect of the art of
caring in nursing.
I have a very unique outlook on health. I think of "health" as being the simple absence
of disease in the body. The health of the person includes the harmony and the balance
between the mind, body, and soul of a person. Thus, I believe that all patients should be told
good and nice things about their health and this would enable them to feel good about
themselves and feel better and cured. For example, a person would feel more healthy if
he/she believes him/herself to be healthy. If the person is told by the other person, say a
doctor or a nurse, that he/she is unhealthy, than the person might begin to feel unhealthy as
well. It is only if the patient thinks that he/she is healthy can he/she really become healthy. I
believe that the ability of experiencing one's real self would pave the way for the person to
find the balance and harmony within the mind, body, and spirit/soul, and this would facilitate
a higher amount of health present in the person. This is my philosophy, and one that I hope to
believe that there is some art to nursing as well, other than all the education and science
involved of course. I believe that that caring is the essence of nursing, and that it should be
viewed by the nurses as their moral ideal of preserving human dignity. This is to be done by
helping the patients in finding some deeper meaning to their illnesses and suffering so that
they are able to understand themselves better and are able to restore and promote their
personal harmony and balance between the mind, body, and soul. Thus, I believe that nurses
have to be consciously engaged in caring for the patients if they are to connect and establish