Individuals, families, communities, and populations. Nurses work in general and surgical hospitals, doctors’ offices nursing care Facilities, outpatient Facilities, schools and home Health services. This paper will focus on the history, requirement, duties, and job outlook of a nurse.
Nurses during The Middle Ages were mostly women who were untrained, and provided care for the sick, poor, or homeless. Nurses were frequently work as midwives …show more content…
Borned in November 30, 1897 in Kansas City, Avenel was a nurse theorist, and author known for her Need Theory. Defining nursing as: “The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge.” The Nursing Need theory focus on the unique practice of nursing, the importance of increasing the patient’s independence in order accelerate the patient recovery until they can take care for themselves once again, while meeting their basic …show more content…
Work hours for nurses can vary form night shift to day shift, Monday through Friday or work during the weekends. Nurses can choose to work 12 hours for week and take three day for rest. The work environment for nursing is fast paced with long time standing, walking, and lifting. Working with one more patient at once and meeting their needs. The salary of a nurse stares at $ 85000 or 15/hr. The benefits that comes with nursing is 13 paid holydays per year, overtime, and full coverage for health insured. The have five weeks of vacations after 10 years and 15 sick day per