Nursing: A Career: The Career Of Nursing

The Career of Nursing

“Nurse” comes from the Latin word that means “to nourish”. Nurses are the largest profession in health-care of the entire United States and continues to grow. The ideal mindset for a nurse is that of the patients well-being being at the center of attention for any and every task. Nursing has been around for many years and has changed drastically. Not only has the teaching changed, but the outfits, duties, and many other things have changed as well. There are a lot of different specialties in the nursing field. My personal is trauma (Rowell, Hagan, 2006, pp. 417-422). A nurses aid is a person who helps nurses perform work in many different locations. They can also be known as ward helper, hospital attendant, an orderly, or CNA (certified nurses assistant). Nurses have it pretty easy at times, as the aids do as much of the nurse’s work as they are allowed to. Part of an aid’s duty is to answer patient call lights, assist with feeding, wash up and care for the patients in whatever condition they may be in while also keeping patient rooms in presentable order. Aid’s are a major aspect of transporting/transferring patients. There are two different kinds of

This soon gave emphasis to train new nurses to give better patient care. Nurses were urgently needed during the Civil War in 1861-65 to aid sick and wounded soldiers. Florence was a major contribution to this as she influenced many people. Florence created the first school of nursing at St. Thomas’s Hospital in London in 1860. Schools similar to that of Miss. Nightingale’s began in the United States and Canada in the early 1870’s. As the industry grew, so did the need for nurses. Numbers of hospitals and nursing schools started to pop up all over throughout the next several decades. As more and more produced, the standers just got higher and higher (Rowell, Hagan, 2006, pp.