Change, Personal Agency, and Wellness -- Celebrating Nurses Week 2018

As Nurses Week begins, what does the idea of nurses and nursing conjure for the majority of people when they think about nurses? Obviously, the public trusts us immensely (the Gallup Poll confirms that every year), so there ' s a lot behind who we nurses are and why we ' re so special.Photo by Aditya Romansa on UnsplashThe Heroism of NursingClinical nursing may be largely task-based, but I ' ll add that it ' s very much touch-based. From the care of premature newborns to the midwifery of the dying in hospice, nurses ' ability to physically touch their patients is central to both nursing identity, nursing practice, and patient healing.In our fast-paced and overworked healthcare environment, nurses are often stretched beyond their capacity to provide the compassionate, personalized care that lies at the center of the essence of nursing. However, many nurses soldier on and still provide excellent care under suboptimal working conditions, and this is nothing short of heroic.Speaking of heroism, nurses rescue injured mountaineers from helicopters, care for the homeless and destitute, and provide increasingly complex care to students at all levels of education. From the Magnet hospital NICU to the locally owned home health agency, nurses are the very mitochondria of the healthcare system.Mention that you ' re a nurse to someone you meet at a cafe or supermarket, and you will often hear a story of how a nurse so wonderfully touched the lives of them or someone they lo...
Source: Digital Doorway - Category: Nursing Tags: career healthcare National Nurses Week nursing nursing careers Source Type: blogs