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Nursing Is Just A Mere Baby Sitting Position

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I once though that nursing is just a mere baby sitting position. To me, being a nurse was just settling as a powerless assistant to someone and a typical woman’s job, which I was totally against being a part of. However, when my father became ill I began to understand the true meaning of a nurse. My father’s had fallen ill when I was five years old; he had two mild strokes at the age 35. He was constantly taken to the hospital for testing. My father’s health began to deteriorate and he soon began to live out of the hospital. He became weak and unable to do daily activities on his own. The nurses at the hospital did their best to make my father as comfortable as they can. When I would go see my father the nurses was always there to support and uplift him when he has down. They would makes jokes with him even when he tried his best not to laugh. They always reassure my family and I everything was going to be okay. On April 21, 2001, my father passed away and right beside him was my family and his nurse. My father’s health experience inspired me to make the nursing profession a dream of my own. Writer and registered nurse Jennifer L.W Fink stated in her article “Why I Became a Nurse,” “Nursing, I learned, is not about the role application of procedures; nursing is about people… nurses help those who are struggling with both ordinary and extraordinary circumstances. “ I believe that this quote magnifies the effect of the healing that nurses are able to bring on to patients. In

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