There is one aspect of nursing that seems to be the
same regardless of where you work or how big the facility is. That is, nurses help nurses. The caring nature of nurses does not stop at
patients, it continues on with coworkers.
There is no profession that has more workers willing to help one
another. Nurses want their coworkers to
be successful, and for the patients to receive the best care possible.
A
Nurse’s Story
Jaden started to work at a small private practice in
her home town, right out of school. The
practice was very small, and the physician could only offer employment on a
limited part time basis. After 4 months
of employment at the practice, Jaden decided to look elsewhere for work. She secured a job in a larger city, and
arranged her move in accordance. After
relocating Jaden prepared for her first day of work at the hospital. She left home for work in plenty of time,
thinking she could stop for breakfast. Once on the road, she realized she grossly underestimated traffic. She was 25 minutes late for her shift on her
first day. Her new supervisor was not
happy and started out by explaining the rules of being on time.
As her day started, she felt as though she was somewhat
thrown into the job. She was accustomed
to the small practice where she saw a handful of patients in a week, and now
she had 9 patients waiting on her for treatment. She did the best she could, starting with the
first patient, she could not work nearly as fast as she expected she
could. Patients were restless waiting,
and the rooms were filled with more tension that Jaden had ever
experienced. She really wanted to run
out the door and never come back, but she thought of her move, and how her
family went out of their way to help her get settled in a new area, she did not
want to let them down. Another nurse
happened to walk by and noticed Jaden looked very much in distress, so she
stopped to make sure she was okay.
Stepping away from the patient, she was treating, she
shared with the nurse that she was simply in over her head, and how disappointed
in herself she was. To a point of
crying, the nurse, she had never met before told her not to worry, saying
everyone there would have her back. She
suggested Jaden get back to her patients, which she did. She went to see what the next patient needed,
and they said they had been taken care of. At first, she worried, each patient had been tended to. However, in a moment she heard talking and
stepped down to the station. There was a
nurse she had yet to meet, and she her notes on treating her patients to the
point she was completely caught up. Every day for the next month the nurses came to lend a hand in helping
her adjust to her new role. By the time
month two came, she was completely comfortable and able to work on her
own. She took all of her new friends out
to lunch, thanking everyone for being so helping and supportive. They all agreed, that is just what nurses do,
help one another.
That is not an unusual situation, nurses want the
patients to receive the best of care, and their coworkers succeed in their
career.
There are many situations within a hospital that
require teamwork. In an emergency
situation, a nurse needs to anticipate the needs of other medical staff, and
offer assistance in an instant. For an
outsider observing a group of nurses in an emergency situation, one would think
they are communicating through code, as they seem to know what each is doing,
and what they need. The fact is, they
are just being nurses, doing what needs to be done, and yes, helping one
another.
No other profession offers the camaraderie that nursing
does. A nurse has a team on their side at all times, regardless of what they
need.
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