Shouldering the responsibility of a certain profession is not always limited to minding the list of must-to-do tasks and duties. Rather, it sometimes goes beyond that, especially when it comes to a profession of taking care of humans’ health or life. Case in a point, nursing, as a relevant example of professions, means to administer care in a painstaking and knowledgeable way without causing harm to others. Nurses are committed to providing care and nurturing of both healthy and sick people, individually, in groups, or even as communities.
Nursing is a profession, which requires an extended education and has a theoretical body of knowledge. Though, nurses, most of the time, do not have a complete independence in decision-making and medical practice. However, doctors diagnose, treat and prescribe medications in their area of expertise. Then, a nurse would be the care provider responsible for the patient’s total care, ensuring prescriptions don’t negatively interact with one another, and a patient understands, and is prepared for treatment.
Post finding out the diagnostic results, it is the nurse who reads them first and, if necessary, immediately notifies the doctor concerned. Nurses care for patients, regardless of their age, gender and cultural backgrounds. Patients are always treated based on their physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs. In fact, nursing as a profession combines physical science, social science, nursing theory, and technology in caring for patients.
Simply, nurses are life-savers. While doctors often specialise in just one area, nurses are able to coordinate the care for all aspects of a patient’s overall health. In fact, nursing translates what Albert Einstein said once, “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile”. Nurses are sparing no effort to serve their patients and save their lives, sacrificing their time and health! To tell the truth, becoming a nurse is one of the most selfless acts that a person can undertake. In a world of so many different races, cultures, customs, and beliefs, nurses are a universal gift to all.
The honourable job that nurses do and the kindness they show on daily basis in every hospital reflects the fundamental humanity inside us. One has to remember that behind the scrubs and white gowns are an army of dedicated professionals who deserve to be appreciated, respected and celebrated, of course. True what has been said that a nurse is a compassion in scrubs and an angle of mercy!
The nobility of nurses is, actually, when they always understand the basic principles of care and intervention that are given to patients and with other nurses in the hospital. It is important to apply the principles of ethics, so that the patient’s safety and recovery will have a speedy recovery while being admitted in the hospital. Nurses always ensure that the safety of a patient is always secured at any circumstances. Thus, the word nurse describes a person strong enough to tolerate anything and soft enough to understand anyone.
Being soldiers in hospitals, nurses dispense to their patients comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription. However, some people might underestimate the nurses’ power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring; all of which have the potential to turn a life around. Overall, a nurse is someone who is connected with care and serving others.
In view of that March 13 is designated as GCC Nursing Day, and it is time to celebrate and value the contributions and sacrifices that nurses make to the society. People are urged to thank every nurse who has been there for them or for their loved ones during days of sickness. Thank you nurses; every day you either touch a life or a life touches yours. Nurses are there when the last breath is taken and they are also there when the first breath is taken.
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