Sharon shares her story about life as a nurse.
Can you identify with some of her experiences? What’s your story like?
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Best side of nursing These ads are good but “touching peoples heart, making the difference etc” are only some of the reasons I am still nursing. The best aspect of my job (profession/career) and my motivator however is the power of the knowledge I have as a nurse. I have friends and family members who are academically high achievers and holding powerful positions but when it comes to health related information, well I am the one they think about. I feel proud and honoured when they ask for my advice. That leads me to reflect on this ‘touching people’s heart, making the difference’. Recently I looked after a gentleman who presented with chest pain (treated as ACS) but he “had to be at work” before his 2nd Troponin result came up as “he can not afford to take that particular day off”. My job was to convince him to stay in hospital at least until we get his blood results. He tried to convince me that his presence at work that day was more important than his health (or life). Eventually I won even though this gentleman was much older, richer, more ‘intellegent’, powerful in many sense.