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About Nursing
"Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations."
From EduMed, includes advice on everything from dealing with stress and getting enough sleep to forming a study group and making sure you wear comfortable shoes during clinicals.
Qualities of Nurses
Nurses use research to provide evidence-based care that promotes quality health outcomes for individuals, families, communities and health care systems. Nurses also use research to shape health policy in direct care, within an organization, and at the local, state and federal levels.
Article from Healthcareers.com. Nurses are critical thinkers, problem solvers, empathetic, flexible, patient, dedicated, detail oriented, organized, and more. These same qualities apply to successful students in all areas.
