In early Christianity, the role of the nurse, also referred to as “deaconess”, was to love and care for others. A characteristic that is prominent in the Nursing profession is advocating for the patient. Nurses are focused on the quality of care, safety, and improvement of their patients’ health. Nurses can assist individuals, families, and communities’ in recovery, and help to maintain optimal health and function from birth to old age. The role of a nurse is to identify the needs of patients and find a way to meet their needs, in addition to educating to promote health, prevent illness and restore health (Taylor, 2015).
Working in the hospital has been a great experience for me. I have noticed that a strong suit of mine is that I am caring and therefore always observing, and helping the nurses who are consistently busy helping their patients. I am able to assist in the role of nursing by obtaining reports from previous aids, completing vitals and interacting with patients and their families, and fulfilling the needs that are within my scope of practice. This ability to function in my profession as a medical aid while maintaining a customer service role is exemplified by when I complete vitals, I offer to assist in
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This is exemplified by in instance when a patient approach and shared that their father had been gone and my immediate reaction was to be so hurt that I felt was not the best not only for myself, but the family. This family reminded me of my own because everyone came together to show love to their father. Although, I did not showcase how hurt I felt because the family was able to get to know me during their father’s time at the hospital. I did feel like I need to improve how I felt internally because I knew this would never get