Nursing facts that everyone should know
ost people say it is a first.
career about caring.
Others say it is a job 1. The nursing profession started
about professional administration out primarily during the early
of medications and cure to Christian era where members of
patients. Some say it is the duty the church provided nursing care
to work out predicaments by using to the sick. Though not
critical thinking skills. professionally systematic at
first, most of the activities of
In whatever way you want to call early nurses were focused on
it, nursing is, indeed, a proper hygiene and comfort needs
conglomeration of all these which are still being practiced
beliefs and the faculty of many up to the present.
other skills. Nursing merges all
the elements of professional 2. It was in the year 1860 when
treatment, compassion, and Nightingale School at St. Thomas
medical attention into one Hospital in London, the first
vigorous and feasible occupation. training school for nurses, was
Nurses demonstrate all the built. Florence Nightingale was
remarkable characteristics of a the one responsible in this
person knowledgeable in patient momentous event. No wonder she
care. was then acclaimed "The Founder
of Modern Nursing."
For this reason, many people all
over the world continues to 3. Linda Richards was the first
pursue a career in nursing. So trained nurse in the United
for those who want to establish a States. In 1873, she graduated
successful career in this from New England Hospital for
in-demand and exciting job, there Women and Children in Boston.
are ten things you need to know Being one of the proponents of
nursing, she opened the first United States alone, most of the
training school for nurses in registered nurses are under the
Japan and started a nurse age of 40. Statistical reports in
training school at the Methodist the year 2000 showed a relative
Episcopal Hospital in increase in the median age
Philadelphia. thereby indicating an older
nursing population and fewer
4. Historically, more women have young nurses entering the
preferred nursing as a career. In registered nurse population.
fact, nursing was known to be a Consequently, most people believe
career for women until today that 15 years from now, almost
where things changed. There have half of the registered nurse
been statistical reports showing population will be retiring
gradual increase of registered sooner or later leaving a smaller
nurses composed of men. This just staff of younger registered
implies that men can also be nurses.
passionate and caring contrary to
what the society have labeled 7. While most students pursue a
them as strong and formidable career in nursing, the statistics
human beings. show that most hospitals,
particularly in the United
5. In the United States, 88% of States, are having problems in
the employed registered nurses nursing shortage. This alarming
are white or Caucasians. The condition is manifested by a
remaining 12% are from growing number of retired nurses
non-Caucasians backgrounds; most while the health care arena is
of them came from non-Hispanic or continuously multiplying due to
African-American/Black race. an excessive population growth in
most areas. Nursing shortage is,
6. In the age demographics of the in fact, a worldwide phenomenon.
Countries like Canada, resolved as soon as possible to
Philippines, Australia, Western curb a boost in morbidity.
Europe, Africa, and South America
have reported significant nursing 10. Despite the alarming
shortages. condition of nursing shortages
these days, it was found out,
8. Nowadays, most hospitals are through a nationwide opinion
more and more becoming large focus group poll conducted by the
intensive care units with cardiac American Hospital Association in
monitoring, respiratory 1997, that the nurses were the
assistance and intensive ultimate vital indicator that the
treatments are notably part of people referred to as the
the typical patient's therapy. assessment of excellent hospital
And so, escalated demands in care.
skilled and specialized nurses
are in the offing. With these facts, there is no
doubt nursing is not merely a
9. Nursing shortages can be a profession with greater demands
frightening cause of higher in terms of workforce and
morbidity rate. According to a responsibilities but more of a
1998 research, hospitals with humanitarian skill dealing with
more registered nurses on staff more compassion than
and with higher ratios of nurses technicalities. Thus, the ten
to patients had smaller number of facts about nursing mentioned are
deaths compared to those that do not plain issues about the said
not have larger staff of profession; it is more about life
registered nurses. With this, itself and how nurses are deeply
nursing shortages must be valued.
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