The best parts of the day for a nurse?

Answer 1

The best parts of a day for a nurse are when they see all of they're hard work pay off. When a patient tells them that they've made a difference is one example. Most nurses do not get into this career for good times, money or prestige. Most of them get into it in order to actually help people improve or manage some issue with their health. A nurse is a holistic healer. This means that the nurse does not focus on only one aspect of a condition or illness like a doctor focuses on, say, Diabetes. The doctor's goal is to focus on the disease and try to control the symptoms such as frequent urination, fatigue, nausea, thirst, skin breakdown, diet, etc.

The nurse's job is to identify the holistic aspects of the whole person and how the disease affects them in all ways. For instance, a nurse would think about the specifics of the diet, the time of day that the meals are taken, what effect certain surfaces have on the patient's skin, the types of shoes they should be wearing to keep their feet healthy, how much sunlight they should or should not be getting, what kinds of exercises are best for this patient, how are they're bowels performing, etc. This is not to say that the doctor doesn't also think of some of these things but the doctor is interested in controlling the symptoms with medications while the nurse will control the holistic person with any legitimate means available, including the doctor's medications.

So, back to the original question. When a nurse percieves that they have done the best job possible and the patient recognizes it, this is the BEST part of the day. If the patient is unable to recognize the nurse's contribution, such as in an emergency situation, the nurse feels great pride and accomplishment just knowing they did everything they could in order to make the patient's life better in some way.

Though your question is a multi-faceted one, this should give you some idea of what "best" really means to a nurse.

Answer 2

the 15 minute break?