what makes a succesfull nurse

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What Makes a Successful Nurse? The art of nursing is a rewarding yet diversified specialty. The success of a nurse can be defined by the level of education he or she obtains, the quality of care provided, and the compassion shown to patients. The perception of new graduates as to what defines nursing success is often education based. According to Registered Nurse Natalie Hiner, two years active in the field, a “nurse is well educated and driven in her profession.” Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and approximately two years of experience, Cara Salmon Risser feels that “nurses are successful by just completing the required coursework.” As a new Associate degree graduate, Donald Dillon cites “completion of school and entry into the workforce” as the true success of a nurse. As a collective group of novel nurses, it appears that education is the driving force of career success. The definition of success is varied with job titles and years of experience. Working alongside the Registered and Licensed Practical nurses of my unit, the Mental Health Counselors hold specific opinions of success. To Andra Keister, “a successful nurse is someone who can manage time as well as a crisis situation, demonstrating respect for the efforts of the entire team,” a fact she has come to value in the four years of her practice. Another counselor, Max Sullivan, with more than twenty years of experience feels success “comes more so with hard work, the goal to earn the respect of your coworkers; with respect, a compassionate drive, a wanting to learn new things, and critical judgment capabilities, success follows.” To the counselors I work with, success comes in application of learned material as well as the manner in which interaction takes place amongst colleagues.
Veteran nurses, having seen success come and go, offer a broader explanation of what it takes to become

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