Personal Definition of Nursing
Everything has a different meaning to each person depending on their experiences with the subject. For some it can trigger bad memories of an event that had a disastrous result, while others’ faces may light up at the word. For myself, the word nursing brings up memories of being cared for by my grandmother when I hurt my leg. These memories are what make up my own definition of nursing, which is that it is the unadulterated caring and support given to a person, no matter their situation or their relationship. It means to assist someone in their darkest times and to hopefully bring them closer to a better day. Nursing has no one definition for me, but one thing it does have is an overwhelming amount of good feelings …show more content…
While the class had gone into further detail following the changes from the Florence Nightingale era to the Vietnam era and finally to today’s era, this interview gave a more detailed insight into the changes between the Vietnam era and today. The registered nurse covered changes seen in her work from the introduction of electric beds to the end of nursing uniform caps. Florence Nightingale was the start of those famous caps, and it is remarkable that she was able to work as a nurse in a time that it was present and at the time of its end. She was also present in the nursing field during the introduction of technology in the hospital, and it was interesting to hear about the methods used prior as well as the benefits once it was …show more content…
One such difference being the education requirement prior to working as a nurse. Back in the Florence Nightingale era, the nurses were often women enlisted because of their compassion or because they were in need of a job. The nursing profession was not well respected at this point in time, and so there was no schooling set up for nursing. This began to change in the Vietnam era when the majority of nurses were college graduates, and today’s nursing requires a hearty amount of education and schooling to become a nurse. Another change throughout the eras has to be the presence of technology in the hospital. It was obvious in the film about Florence Nightingale’s time that there was no technology present. It wasn’t until the Vietnam era that technology appeared in large quantities in hospitals. Nowadays, it is hard to believe that there was a time in which technology was not present to assist today’s nurses in their daily work. Even the introduction of simple technology such as electric beds have made a large impact on daily care of patients, and that particular piece of technology wasn’t introduced until the Vietnam era as reminded by my interview with the registered
Everything has a different meaning to each person depending on their experiences with the subject. For some it can trigger bad memories of an event that had a disastrous result, while others’ faces may light up at the word. For myself, the word nursing brings up memories of being cared for by my grandmother when I hurt my leg. These memories are what make up my own definition of nursing, which is that it is the unadulterated caring and support given to a person, no matter their situation or their relationship. It means to assist someone in their darkest times and to hopefully bring them closer to a better day. Nursing has no one definition for me, but one thing it does have is an overwhelming amount of good feelings …show more content…
While the class had gone into further detail following the changes from the Florence Nightingale era to the Vietnam era and finally to today’s era, this interview gave a more detailed insight into the changes between the Vietnam era and today. The registered nurse covered changes seen in her work from the introduction of electric beds to the end of nursing uniform caps. Florence Nightingale was the start of those famous caps, and it is remarkable that she was able to work as a nurse in a time that it was present and at the time of its end. She was also present in the nursing field during the introduction of technology in the hospital, and it was interesting to hear about the methods used prior as well as the benefits once it was …show more content…
One such difference being the education requirement prior to working as a nurse. Back in the Florence Nightingale era, the nurses were often women enlisted because of their compassion or because they were in need of a job. The nursing profession was not well respected at this point in time, and so there was no schooling set up for nursing. This began to change in the Vietnam era when the majority of nurses were college graduates, and today’s nursing requires a hearty amount of education and schooling to become a nurse. Another change throughout the eras has to be the presence of technology in the hospital. It was obvious in the film about Florence Nightingale’s time that there was no technology present. It wasn’t until the Vietnam era that technology appeared in large quantities in hospitals. Nowadays, it is hard to believe that there was a time in which technology was not present to assist today’s nurses in their daily work. Even the introduction of simple technology such as electric beds have made a large impact on daily care of patients, and that particular piece of technology wasn’t introduced until the Vietnam era as reminded by my interview with the registered