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Nursing Uniforms
Nurses once wore their glory, another name for their school
caps. Bobby pins held them in place and had to be readjusted
during the day when knocked around by IV tubings or patients.
White uniforms, stockings (or socks if wearing pant suit
uniforms) and white clinic tie-up shoes were the ONLY uniforms
allowed.
Patient Advocacy
Patients looked to us to be their advocates to the doctors. Now
the doctors and the patients depend more on us to communicate
for them to each other.
tresses of Nursing
The stress of nursing comes down to patient loads, lack of help,
and increasing demand to learn new things. Now, nurses have
many of the same stresses but also have computerized charting
and drug distribution.
There are also constantly new medicines to learn about, and new
policies to go to class for or be responsible for. There are more
treatments, tests, orders, procedures, known diseases, symptoms,
and complications to be aware of and a greater potential for
lawsuits. More emotional and physical stress comes from under-
staffing and patient loads, less time to take breaks or even go to
the bathroom sometimes
Bedside Nursing Skills
Sick and suffering people need not only our technical training,
but our compassion and support. Today we have these same
challenges but we have more understanding of emotional stress
and its effects on our patients, how they deal with it and its
effects on us. We have learned to be patient with the demanding
patient, the angry family, the overloaded co-worker, and
ourselves when we are stressed out.