tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223864951409239173.post7052537411494842648..comments2023-05-21T04:54:12.334-04:00Comments on Hanging smart: I could almost be a nurse!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223864951409239173.post-46391309576899776222012-09-26T09:08:58.146-04:002012-09-26T09:08:58.146-04:00Thinking, like that described in “I could almost b...Thinking, like that described in “I could almost be a nurse” is a prime example of lack of awareness of what nursing is. Media portrayal of nurses has a role to play in shaping people’s perceptions. I am sure you must also meet people who say that they wanted to be something else eg doctor, physiotherapist etc, but realised that these professions are much more academic and because “I am not very academic”, therefore thought of joining nursing instead. These statements are worrying. I always encourage such people to have a look at the nursing curriculum or description of courses to ensure that they understand what they are committing to. How would someone who doesn’t like academic work or thinks nursing is less academic survive in nursing? It is an academic field and requires many of the skills of these other professions<br />In fact, nursing is a more challenging field than many others as nurses act as a central point and link with all these professionals while providing care to a patient and therefore are required to have an understanding, not only of their own field, but other related professions which, some people consider, more academic than nursing. <br />It is important to improve the image of nursing and to ensure that the general public, especially those interested in joining the nursing profession, understand that there is academic work which is an important element of nursing and, without skills such as critical thinking, problem solving and decision making-required by all other professions, becoming a nurse is impossible.<br />Parveen Alihttp://www2.hull.ac.uk/fhsc/aboutus/staffcontactlist/parveenali.aspxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223864951409239173.post-10244275789418342782012-09-23T14:13:08.475-04:002012-09-23T14:13:08.475-04:00Roger,
I had a waitress try to explain to me tha...Roger, <br /><br />I had a waitress try to explain to me that as she was cleaning her dogs ears, she thought "I could like totally be a nurse". <br /><br />I just smiled and thought it was a good thing that she was not a nurse. <br /><br />Great Blog Post!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12318019124743935144noreply@blogger.com