Professional Profile: Nursing

I would like to introduce you to Mary B. It is a fictitious name. She is 39 years old and has been a registered nurse for the last 15 years. Mary is married and has got two children aged 7 and 10 years old. She is a New Zealand European and was born in New Zealand. As a registered nurse Mary has been working in the hospital setting and the rest home. All her working life so far was connected to the elderly care. Her current role is a hospital nurse in the geriatric recovery ward. Most of Mary’s work is basic nursing care for elderly people (65 years old and over) after surgeries, rehabilitation. Also they provide palliative care for people in the end of their lives. Mary and her colleagues are involved in doing blood transfusions, wound dressings, administering intravenous fluids, antibiotics and of course every day care for the patients such as bathing, feeding and making them comfortable.

Mary started her journey to become a nurse after graduating from high school. She always had a passion for helping people and caring for them. Mary had an opportunity to become a nurse’s aide. She really enjoyed it but thought that she could do more for her patients. So Mary decided to continue her education. And soon Mary became an enrolled nurse. She loved the sense of satisfaction in the end of the day when she was capable of making someone’s pain to go away or simply making her patients happy by bathing them and putting fresh clothes on them. But after saying this Mary wanted more responsibility and more involvement in her clients care. So she took bridging courses and after 2 years Mary became a registered nurse. As a registered nurse Mary has got unlimited possibilities of changing her current role. There is no need to stay in the same a...

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...portant role in it. They could observe patients and treatments, and their response to them.

Mary has never regretted her career choice. She loves the challenge of every day work. Her colleagues always are very helpful and supportive. She enjoys the balance between work and family which nursing can provide.

Reference list:

Craven, R., & Hirnle, C. (2009). Fundamentals of nursing: Human health and function (6th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott.

Daly, J., Speedy, S., & Jackson, D., (2010). Context of nursing: An introduction (3rd ed.). Australia: Elsevier.

Ministry of Health. (2003). Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act. Retrieved March 3, 2011, from http://www.legislation.govt.nz/

Nursing Council of New Zealand. (2007). Competences for registered nurses. Retrieved March 3, 2011, from http://www.nursingcouncil.org.nz/download/73/rn-comp.pdf