Is nursing a job or a life calling?
July 19, 2010 by admin
Filed under Medical & Healthcare Jobs
Is nursing a job or a life calling? This question needs to be answered by the individual seeker. A person can become confused by all the “hype” of the modern ad people painting health careers, especially nursing, as some “dream” or “glamour” career; it isn’t. It’s hard, dirty, thankless work, unless a person can land some attractive administrative position, which may take years to get. No, nursing is more than having some letters as a “title,” such as R.N. or ARNP; it takes a basic compassion for people and a willingness to be totally dedicated to a profession.
A CNA is a Basic Step for a Nursing Career
A CNA, or Certified Nursing Assistant, generally referred to as a Nurse’s Aide, is a person who does the basic physical and rudimentary work required in the nursing field. The duties of a CNA include bathing and in some instances, shaving patients, changing diapers for the incontinent, feeding, some simple charting, performing restraint techniques on the mentally ill and emotionally unstable, changing bedpans, and many other tasks to relieve some of the workload on R.N.s and LPNs…
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