The making of a nurse

The Making of a Nurse
Student’s Name
Institution

The first core value that influences my interaction with others, as well as my nursing career, is empathy and ability to care for others. I value above all things sensitivity to people’s situations, emotions, and experiences. The experiences of the patient provide essential background knowledge that assists in the process of problem-solving. To efficiently support patients, I understand that nurses must care for and empathize with them at all times. The second core value is communication. As a nurse, the way I handle conversation between my clients and me will inevitably determine whether they will feel helped or not. Excellent communication skills form the basis of outstanding nursing services (Rasheed 2015). I love being able to communicate with my clients even at a personal level because some problems need holistic engagement as an approach to problem-solving. I once worked as a night attendant in a hospital last year when one evening, a patient that needed urgent surgery was rushed in. It happened that she had no money and was not able to make payment as the hospital policy required. She was in a pool of blood, and I requested the accountant to allow us to go ahead with the operation. He insisted that we were going to violate the hospital’s policy. I intervened and made the payment with the little savings from my account. From this experience, I was able to learn that nursing is more than just a career but a calling that requires sympathy for others.

A nurse will at times be needed to go beyond the call of duty in addressing the needs of patients (Sellman 2011). From that incident, I have been keen on learning how best a nurse can provide personalized attention to patients and how best to handle the policy vs. urgency dilemma. I have specifically expanded my reading time as I try to find out how previous medical nurses have felt challenging situations that involved a clash between policy and the need to conduct a quick operation.
References
Rasheed, S. P. (2015). Self-Awareness as a therapeutic tool for nurse/client relationship. International journal of caring sciences 8(1), 211.
Sellman, D. (2011). What makes a good nurse: Why the virtues are important for nurses. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.