“In Praise of Nurses”

“In Praise of Nurses” From the Nytimes. By Dana Jennings, December 29, 2010. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/in-praise-of-nurses/

“It hurt. I got dizzy, nearly threw up and broke out in a cold sweat. When I told her I was going to pass out, she sheepishly went and got help.”

 “Real help. She went and got a nurse.”

Form all this reading articles and doing research on how nurses are and treat patients, I have come to love them. As I have said I have had a couple run INS with nurses. And from all my experience with them, I have to say they’re the best. From what I can tell most of all other people feel the same way towards them. “I love and admire nurses. Oncology nurses and ostomy nurses. Radiation nurses and post-op nurses. And those essential, always-there-when-you-need-them, round-the-clock nurses. (And though most of my experience is with female nurses, I admire male nurses, too.)”

I try to explain to people about how they act and work with you. About how they’re the nicest people and love their job. Do you love your job?? It’s like having a good day at work. Everything goes smoothly, which puts you in a good mood. Nurses love what they do so in the concept of it they are always happy and have a big smile when they tell you hello. “To generalize: Nurses are warm, whereas doctors are cool. Nurses act like real people; doctors often act like aristocrats. Nurses look you in the eye; doctors stare slightly above and to the right of your shoulder.”

My curiosity question was “Why do and how can we trust putting our lives in the hands of nurses?” There is no way that I can speak for everyone, but I trust them!! To start, to be a nurse you have to go thru a lot of schooling. Which means that obviously they’re not going to be a dumb ass. They know what to do when needed and how to do it.

My main point is the personality of a nurse. They’re not going to be a mean guppy person. They are kind and gentle people, who care and will sit down and talk you through what is going to happen or is happening. For them to have so much stuff to do and have that much responsibility is saying something. Especially when they still make time to talk and take their time with you even though you’re not the only patient in the hospital.