The pandemic has shown all of us that nurses are essential frontline heroes of our healthcare system. Like with many healthcare jobs, to be successful nurses need to thrive in an intense, fast-paced, and often high-stress healthcare environment.
Patients and their loved ones turn to nurses during times of great stress and uncertainty, not only for medical advice but for physical and oftentimes emotional comfort.
To prepare candidates for this rewarding and highly intensive career, a nursing program is a daily commitment: two (or more) years of dedication to a demanding profession. Nurses need to be detail-oriented, organized, and able to deal with things that can make others feel uncertain: needles, bodily fluids, pain, illness, and sometimes death.
Becoming a nurse means being prepared for the immense responsibilities of the career.