If you are interested in the nursing field, this article is for you. It talks about what nurses do on a typical day, where they work, how you can become a nurse and finally, what are the danger of the job. If you want to learn more about what I just mention, keep reading.
The nurses job is to help to avoid illnesses and to take care of diseased and injured patient, but it doesn't stop there. Nurses do a lot of different things because many sectors of specialization exist. For example, some nurses decide to work with children and their parents, like obstetric-gynecological nurses or neonatal nurses, others prefer to work with other specialist like surgical nurse and nurse anesthetists. Also, some of them decide to become a teacher in a nursing school or become the supervisor of their department. The areas of specialization are infinite.
There are several types of nurses. Some of them work during the day, others in the evening and finally some of them work at night. I'm going to explain the day in a life of a daytime nurse. Usually, daytime nurse start working at 7 a.m. so they woke up really early in the morning. The first thing they do when they arrive at their place of work, is to check in. Once they are checked in, they get information from the night nurses. It is during that time that they review everything about their patients and schedule test if needed. It is also during that time that they do their inventory. Then, they start their morning rounds. During that time, they check all the patients vital signs and give them medication if needed. They also help them with any type of task. Then, they have their lunchtime. For a nurse, lunchtime doesn't always happen, most of them just eat snacks to keep their energy up. After lunchtime, it is the afternoon rounds. Afternoon rounds are really similar to morning rounds. The nurses do a check-in to see if some patient have been discharge or if other patient has arrived. It is also during that time that they check if the patient health status changed. Also, during the afternoon the family can visit and the nurses job is to inform about the patient. Lastly, is the check-out. The daytime nurses give information to the night nurse. After that, they prepare for their next shift. That is all the things that a nurse does in a day.
A nurse can work in many places depending on their specialty. For example, private duty nurse works in the patient's home, occupational health nurses work in places that gives health education to the community, psychiatric nurses work in hospitals. Also, some nurses want a more normal lifestyle, so they prefer to work in clinics where they have more regular work hours and others don't mind working in the hospital where you can work evening and night shift. They are many places that a nurse can work as you can see.
Many ways are possible to become a nurse. The fastest way is to become an LPN which only takes 1 year. The second fastest way is to go to community college. It only takes two years. After, there is the diploma program that is provide by a hospital or a school and takes three years to complete. Finally, the longest one is given by university and is called BSN program. It takes four or five years to complete. Once you finished studying, you need to pass a national licensing exam to be able to practice the profession.
Sometimes nurses work really long hours, for example, it is common for a nurse to work 10 to 12 hours shift.
To conclude, after I read about what nurses do in a day, I would love to become one. I think this job is very versatile and human. I am sure that this job is for me and that I am going to love it.
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