Compassionate Nurse Essay

Kelsey’s father describes his emotions as being shocked and overwhelmed when his daughter is diagnosed with Wilm’s tumor. It is important that any nurse be compassionate and capable of recognizing how overwhelming it is for both the patient and family to cope with such an illness. Each patient needs to be seen as a person and not just another assignment. I strive to be a compassionate nurse just as I have been a Patient Care Technician (CNA,) who will recognize the emotional needs of patients and understand that they may exhibit fears, anxiety and emotional hardship alongside their medical illness. Simple things which a nurse can provide include a listening ear, patience and coping resources. Nursing is a unique profession in that a nurse must have an actual compassion for people and medicine. Someone who has become a nurse for the money or job stability or other commonly seen reasons isn’t likely as apt to find the energy to make sure they are …show more content…
It is incredible that these errors occur, that mistakes like this can be made and get past the prescribing doctor, pharmacist, resident, fellow (?) on call physician and nurse! Although I’ve heard of these errors occurring before it’s always disheartening to know that so many eyes can overlook a medication error. Again, if you’re in healthcare to take care of people and your community then I think you are more likely to look up a medication before giving it to make sure it’s appropriate, helping to avoid such an error. In my opinion, medical staff that make medication errors such as giving the wrong dose or administering a patient someone else’s medications should lose their privilege to administer medication and their license temporarily or permanently. As Kelsey’s father states and as we’ve had drilled into us as nursing students here at DSN: right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, right time, right documentation and right to