Nurses represent the front line of patient care. If you are admitted to a hospital, you will be spending 95% of your time being attended to by one. A nurse will be the first staff member you see upon admission when they assess your condition, and the last one you see as they discharge you. During your stay, nurses will be making decisions on the type of care you receive, what unit or wing of the hospital best suits your needs, what tests need to be administered and how the results should be interpreted, as well as what schedule and in what form you should be taking your prescribed medication. Nurses will also be interacting with family and friends and advising them on your condition and outlook, as well as attending to your day to day questions and needs as you recover. In short, although doctors get a lot of the plaudits, nurses are the unsung healthcare heroes. 
 Nurses
 represent the front line of patient care. If you  
are admitted
 to a hospital, you will be spending 95% of your time  
being attended
 to by one. A  
nurse
 will be the  
first
 staff member you  
see
 upon admission when they assess your condition, and the last one you  
see
 as they discharge you. During your stay,  
nurses
 will be making decisions on the type of care you receive, what unit or wing of the hospital best suits your needs, what  
tests
 need to  
be administered
 and how the results should  
be interpreted
,  
as well
 as what schedule and in what form you should be taking your prescribed medication.  
Nurses
 will  
also
 be interacting with family and friends and advising them on your condition and outlook,  
as well
 as attending to your  
day to day
 questions and needs as you recover. In short, although doctors  
get
  a lot of
 the plaudits,  
nurses
 are the unsung healthcare heroes.