What does a nurse do? Is the job profile really good?
To give you an over view nurses work to promote health, prevent disease, and help patients cope with illness. They are advocates and health educators for patients, families, and communities. When providing direct patient care, they observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress; assist physicians during treatments and examinations; administer medications; and assist in convalescence and rehabilitation. Nurses also develop and manage nursing care plans; instruct patients and their families in proper care; and help individuals and groups take steps to improve or maintain their health. As you know now nursing is a very diverse job. Not all nurses do all these works mentioned above at a time. Job profile varies according to the place of work. Also job profile changes with seniority. Senior nurses are assigned jobs that demand more administrative or managerial skills like recommending nurses for promotions or evaluating success of a new training program. A junior nurse is usu