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.