You are at work, ready to take on the task at hand. Your work takes you to help others. How do your tour, make sure that every person has what it needs and is as comfortable as possible. They offer more to those who require special attention to the TLC. You must be patient and have a degree of understanding and compassion. Although tired, you leave with a sense of accomplishment. She ended the day in your life as a nurse. Ewhich is exactly what Washington is doing Tamara.
Nursing School
After completing her degree in nursing at the Chamberlain School of Nursing (St. Louis, Mo.), Washington has sought his first job. School had been facing a demanding, but she was excited and triumphant after completing their studies and hard work.
"I was really stressed [to school]," he says. "When you're done, you feel better." First year at the Chamberlain School of Nursing has led manyGeneral education courses, including art, sociology, and algebra, they said. Then there was the main classes and science of care, including bedside manner, anatomy and biology.
Second year, when Washington has been exposed to valuable training. He began his Clinicals in which class had the floor about six to hospital with 10 other students. He had his hand drugs to patients, along with other smaller tasks, with supervision. Washington explains that mostUniversity does not give you the opportunity to at least your junior year. He felt that the Chamberlain School of Nursing has the opportunity to acquire a great experience.
After studying
Once out of school, emphasizes a different school began working to address the graduates. "Immediately after school, pressure from the care of 6-7 patients [at once struck me]," he says. But she was able to do it all in 12-hour shifts, three days in a row are allWeek.
Night shifts, ie. "My sleep schedule is terrible!" Washington admits jokingly. "I watch operation to 07.00 and then work 12 hours. Nurses work, sleep, work, sleep, eat something in between ...."
Washington does not mind this, though. She goes home and can accommodate up to return to work and they need love, who has four other days. This opens in another job, if they choose to do so, had to return to school. He plans to startworking on a master's degree in nursing in the fall, so they teach, maybe one day. He explained that a teacher can also allow it to become a nurse.
Job Outlook
With a growing number of baby boomers aging, the demand for health services is to increase. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) cites that nursing is the largest heath care for all workers, with 2.4 million jobs. The number of students in the field of nursing has changed dramatically, because the increased demand and stableEmployment. It will continue to rise. In May 2004, the average salary of nurses $ 52,330, according to the BLS.
Washington says that he worked as a nurse is often difficult. "There are many different people - patients, staff and physicians," he says. "And all the time you think I need that person alive." "But it's not all bad. The reason that most go into field to the desire to help others. And it is gratifying when thenurses work is recognized. "I love it when a patient says he feels much better, or if they tell me how beautiful I am," he says. "It seems so simple and cliché, but it's really a nice feeling."
Advice
"The beginning of the trip is a great mountain. It starts from the bottom and it sounds like you never get through," says Washington. "Stay positive, even under stress. It can be done, and it's worth it." But the overall experience of their school nurseswas the biggest part. "The experience you get and you make friends at school are all so important," he says. "The best time I've ever had, it was st."