One of the most essential jobs in modern society that often goes underappreciated is nursing. They help people firsthand in uh, hospitals, often exposing themselves to contagious pathogens in very risky cases to give patients the care they deserve and need. Furthermore, you also see nurses frequently in uh, elderly nursing homes where they have to cater to the needs of old people and you know, just uh, help them to make to ensure um, a good quality of life as they spend their last days on earth. Being a nurse requires a wide range of skills from emotional intelligence to straight up just m time management to you know, cater, make sure that they uh, have in their task. I think the main reason why they are so instrumental to modern facilities is that beside from medication m and physical rehabilitation that hospitals or nursing homes of offer, they also give the patients or the elderly the human interaction and the emotional uh, support they need to, you know, just hasten and complement their recovery or in the case of old people, to make them less lonely and therefore less prone to uh, diseases in the old age like uh, dementia.
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One of the most essential jobs in modern society that often goes underappreciated is nursing. Nurses help people firsthand in hospitals, often exposing themselves to contagious pathogens in very risky cases to give patients the care they deserve and need. Furthermore, you also see nurses frequently in elderly nursing homes where they cater to the needs of older people and help ensure a good quality of life as they spend their last days on earth. Being a nurse requires a wide range of skills, from emotional intelligence to time management, to ensure they complete their tasks. I think the main reason why they are so instrumental to modern facilities is that besides medication and physical rehabilitation that hospitals or nursing homes offer, they also provide patients or the elderly with the human interaction and emotional support they need to hasten and complement their recovery. In the case of older people, this support makes them less lonely and therefore less prone to diseases in old age, like dementia.
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