Relational Practice

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Salimatu Shehu
LUSL 1206
Relational Practice
St. Lawrence College \ Laurentian University
October 17, 2016

Being a nurse and belonging to nursing society is not easy and it requires a lot of hard work and also for individuals to have some outstanding characters in order to be successful. As for me, the thing I find in common with me and nursing is that I’m compassionate, Honest, and have self-confidence; To me those are some key elements one need to have in order to fit in the nursing society and in this essay I will be explaining how those key elements relate me to the nursing society.
First of all, being compassionate is a vital element in nursing because it defines the quality of the care being given to patients. …show more content…

It is going to be very hard for somebody who is not confident to be working as a nurse or belonging to that field. When it comes to practicing and applying the knowledges you got from school on patients, you need to tell yourself that you can do it and many people will start panicking at that point because every nurse will be under pressure in a point in their career even those with experience. You just need to get rid of the fear that is into your mind to be able to become a good nurse. According to (Davidhizar, 2009, p.298) “Nurses who are really confident about their skills and values don’t need to act powerful, they are powerful” That really shows us how important confidence is when it comes to …show more content…

Also I always put myself in other people’s shoe so that I can understand well what they are going through and it is a quality that a nurse must have to be able to make his/ her patients feel better and many patients acknowledge that when they are being taken care of, they recover quickly. The world of nursing needs people that belong to it to be making decisions wisely and think critically before making one; they should be truthful and not say things to either protect themselves when it comes to certain situations. With all the qualities listed above, I strongly believe people who wanna be part of the nursing world should possess at least one of them like

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