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Gratitude and Self Care

Gratitude is very important in a professional setting, and especially in the medical field because everyone is doing a difficult, stressful job. It is important to recognize what your coworkers are doing and how they have helped you throughout the day, or the patient assignment. Inter-professional team members can demonstrate gratitude in many ways, for example through body language (handshake, hug, etc), or verbally by acknowledging a good job, or something helpful they did.

At times when I am feeling stressed at school, one thing I often do to manage that is go to the beach. By sitting at the beach for half an hour I am usually able to collect my thoughts, and calm down because it is a very peaceful atmosphere. While, I will probably not be able to leave work to go to the beach to manage stress, I can try to find a few minutes to center myself and take deeps breaths to decrease my stress, and continue to do a good job at work.

Revisiting the Image

An important quality of nursing that gets less attention in popular culture would be the long hours and potential burnout nurses face. I think that this is talked about in the media to some extent, but it is usually not what people focus on. In fictional medical shows the doctors are usually the main focus, and nurses are not usually shown with the full extent of the job. I think the more mundane duties of nursing could lead to boredom or sloppy patient care vs. the idealized qualities and skills of a nurse, that one might be more excited to perform. I chose the image below because it depicts the less glamorous side of nursing.

https://online.maryville.edu/blog/avoid-nurse-burnout/

A nurse deals with burnout

Image of Nursing

https://abcnews.go.com/US/nurse-terrified-return-work-icu-aunts-covid-19/story?id=69886138

I chose this image because it showcases nurses during the coronavirus pandemic, and the ongoing difficulties they have been facing. Nurses during the pandemic have been extremely resilient and selfless which are qualities that I hope to embody when I become a nurse. To me being a nurse means providing the best care possible for the patient at all times. My cousin and aunt are currently nurses and have been working throughout the pandemic. They both encouraged me to go to nursing school, so I definitely want to take what they have taught me and use it in the future.

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