I'm going into nursing and don't personally know any nurses to ask these questions too so please help.?
This is for a technical writing class. I have to interview a nurse and ask these 3 questions. Will appreciate a nice response from a nurse.
How important are communication skills to your profession?
How important are ethical considerations in communicating to various people in your profession?
What kinds of writing will you typically do in your profession and how much of the writing and what percentage does this entail?
Communication is key to being a nurse. Among your responsibilities you will find that you need to communicate with doctors to explain what's going on with their patients. You need to communicate with your patients, explaining what their medicaitons are for, what treatments you're performing, what their recovery process would be like, how to cope with a new diagnosis, etc. You need to communicate with other nurses when you're changing shifts so they can pick up where you left off.
Ethics are incredibly important in nursing. You need to know what guidelines you function under. You need to be able to explain why you can or can't do a particular procedure. For instance, as an oncology nurse I have had to explain to patients that we need to stop chemotherapy, despite their desire to continue, because they were too sick to tolerate the treatments.
Writing is also important. You do A LOT of charting (way more than 2% of your time). Seriously more like 35-50%.I'm not kidding. You chart on your patient's condition. You chart on what procedures/testing/treatments you've done. You fill out insurance papers. You chart your medication administration. You chart your assessments. You fill out disability claims. You will write appeal letters to insurance companies, and if you don't make yourself sound intelligent, they will deny your appeal. You will write constantly!
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