Paraphrase of the Article "A Day in the Life of a Nurse"

Florence Nightingale

I read an interesting article about a day in the life of a graduated nurse. First of all, the author starts the article by describing the job of a nurse and the care that a nurse may administer to the patients. Furthermore, the author mentions the different career possibilities that are offered to nurses, in other words, the different places to work and the different specialties that are offered in this field of study. One of the first possibilities described is the various options that you have to specialize yourself as a nurse. In the article many specializations are noticed, for example, general nurses, surgical nurses, neonatal nurses, psychiatric nurses and many more. These specialties give different opportunities to nurses because they can work in different environments, as described in the article, nurses often work in hospitals but can also work in private clinics, education facilities and others. Moreover, the author notices that nurses get more and more tasks that were previously done by other specialized doctors like setting fractures. Today, nurses get more responsibilities for the patient's care then before. As acknowledged in the article, a nurse can also work as a supervisor. In other words, a nurse can have a managerial position which has different tasks than a practical nurse, such as supervising other nurses administering a patient's care and eventually give some feedback. According to the article, nurses that get higher positions in the management area of nursing get to establish standards and share them throughout other hospitals. At the end of the first paragraph, the author describes what a normal schedule of a nurse looks like but also how flexible the hours are, such as, night shifts, day shifts, 8 hour shifts and even 10 to 12 hour shifts.  Second of all, the author mentions everything about the education you need to eventually become a nurse. In this article, there are four programs that are specified: the 1-year program otherwise called the LPN program (licensed practical nurse), the 2-year program, the 3-year program alternatively called the diploma program and the 4 to 5-year program called the BSN program. All of these programs do not automatically give you the right to become a nurse because as the author recalled, after every program the student has to pass the national licensing exam. This exam will then give you your title as a registered nurse. The author also reminds that as known by many nurses, being a registered nurse may give you an interesting job offer but to get higher positions with higher salaries, the BSN program is highly recommended, but also the master's degree and doctorate degree. In the last paragraph of this article, the author briefly talks about how nursing became an actual recognized job by talking about Florence Nightingale. She was the first to teach other citizens how to administer good patient care, and ultimately, introducing sterilization. Finally, the author concludes by sharing the different tools that nurses have today to educate themselves and by mentioning the bright future that awaits the licensed nurses.

Hyperlink to the article :
https://www.princetonreview.com/careers/100/nurse