What do you want from NURSES of the FUTURE?

I Want:

Nurses that care about being nurses, that are PROUD of what they do and what they can manage with all of the limits placed on them...

 

Nurses that automatically place what is best for their patient's 1st!!!. For me that should be the ultimate in basics for nursing....I have always thought that it is UHHHMMMM...Ludicrous that all of these alphabets are needed and SAD, because caring for your patient is why you are here, WHY you exist, that care, comfort, and life-saving elements ARE the basis of Nursing... I DO NOT NEED

Alphabet Soup (JCAHO, OSHA, ACHA, etc., ad nauseum) to tell me what is right for my patient's...

 

I Want...

 

Nurses that Care...I always start with the idea that I am going to treat this patient the way someone I care about should be treated. With caring and respect and my best effort to make them comfortable... Now, on another note..I would not tolerate any of my family members being an ASS and acting entitled, or that I owe them a particular type of care just because they came in today. Be a DECENT HUMAN and treat people with common courtesy (Esp your Nurse, they want to help you)..When a patient or family drops that ball, I will kick it back at them...Stress, pain, etc..DOES NOT MAKE it OKAY to be a JERK...

 

I Want...
 

Nurses that are NOT Here Just for a Paycheck, the bottom line is...that it is great to make money...but LIVES are at stake here..

My #1 Rule is..Know why you are doing whatever you may be doing for a patient, Never do anything just because you may have seen someone else do it...If you do not know ask...

 

Just a few thoughts about what I want from all of these nurses..that schools are pushing out way too fast...KNOW the reasons you are treating a patient...It will save your butt and always ensure the care of your patient.

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