Do you have a bruise and you need a health professional to attend to it? The advised health professional is a nurse. He/she will not only carefully care for that bruise on your left hand, but will cater for your every need. According to Crosta( 2015), “Nurses work almost everywhere; on cruise ships, in the military, in hospitals, camps, schools, retirement homes…” (para. 7), and the list goes on. We are proud to say, that nurses, and not doctors, are the heartbeat of the health care system of any country. Consequently, from this alarming truth, nurses are the ones who have more direct contact with the patients, they empathize and sympathize by providing emotional support to them and their families, and they are educators.
Firstly, nurses are the ones who have more direct contact with the patients. Nurses work, assess and address the patient’s ailment or infirmity. To illustrate this, at the hospital nurses do bed rotations, and check the patient’s vital signs. Nurses attend to the daily needs of their patients by always …show more content…
This is where emotional support comes in. A counselor is someone who listens to an individual’s needs, gives advice, and even encourages them. Kotrotsiou et al. (2008) says that “Initiation of counseling is important because the nurse often acts as a trigger for the counselling relation.” (p. 93). In the light of Kotrotsiou et al. (2008), it is easy to see that “Nurses because of the nature of their work, have the opportunity to have a deeper understanding of the patients’ condition, through their increased contact with the patients, since they offer a 24-hour care, 365 days per year.” (p. 93). The role of nurses with counseling skills, restores the overall health of the patients, some of which includes, spiritual and physical recovery. (Kototsiou et al. 2007, p. 93). Undoubtedly, we believe that nurses empathize and sympathsize with their patients on a daily
Firstly, nurses are the ones who have more direct contact with the patients. Nurses work, assess and address the patient’s ailment or infirmity. To illustrate this, at the hospital nurses do bed rotations, and check the patient’s vital signs. Nurses attend to the daily needs of their patients by always …show more content…
This is where emotional support comes in. A counselor is someone who listens to an individual’s needs, gives advice, and even encourages them. Kotrotsiou et al. (2008) says that “Initiation of counseling is important because the nurse often acts as a trigger for the counselling relation.” (p. 93). In the light of Kotrotsiou et al. (2008), it is easy to see that “Nurses because of the nature of their work, have the opportunity to have a deeper understanding of the patients’ condition, through their increased contact with the patients, since they offer a 24-hour care, 365 days per year.” (p. 93). The role of nurses with counseling skills, restores the overall health of the patients, some of which includes, spiritual and physical recovery. (Kototsiou et al. 2007, p. 93). Undoubtedly, we believe that nurses empathize and sympathsize with their patients on a daily