Image of nursing
I chose this image because nursing is more than just helping people. In some situations you may see and meet people who are at their lowest. In the emergency room people come in who are usually in desperate need of help and many would not like to be seen that way. So as a nurse you have to put any sort of judgment aside and truly just be there for them. Which through this image allows me to think about that. Thinking beyond yourself and your own needs is a major quality of a nurse to allow yourself to be present and be there for you patients.
My aunt is a RN in San Diego and through her compassion and her will to live her best life through helping others and exploring I see myself through her. Growing up I was more like her then my own mom, my interests, passions, and morals were just like hers. So now that I’m in nursing school she couldn’t be more excited.
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Hi Sarah! I really like the image you chose to post. I think one of my favorite things about this image is the connection the nurse and patient are still able to have, despite COVID creating a barrier between them. Being a nurse means still providing the best care for a patient, even while having challenges. To me, and lots of other people, I think this quality is very often associated with being a nurse. Your picture is similar to mine, because they both show the time of COVID, but the nurse is still trying to comfort and support their patient. I think different forms of media show both an accurate and inaccurate representation of nursing. Medical drama TV shows typically don’t represent people in the medical field very well, because they are more focused on the action and drama than accuracy. This image doesn’t remind me as much about these TV examples though, because I think your photo is a very real representation of patient care during a pandemic.