Nursing is one of the most sought after career in Kenya. You may be considering nursing as one of your options.
If so, stay reading this information first hand with which you can assess studying this career.
What qualities should you have to be a nurse?
1.Service spirit. Nursing professionals are responsible for ensuring patients: meet their basic needs, ensure the supply of their medications and constantly ask about their status. Must be a person very committed to the health of their patients.
2.Have a good memory During the training process, you will have to take several theoretical courses in which memory is fundamental. An example of them is anatomy, where you must memorize names of each part of the body.
3.Ease to socialize. In the nursing practice, you will be constantly in contact with people: doctors, patients, relatives of patients and in charge of internal services in the hospital. Therefore, it is necessary that you like to socialize or, at least, that it is not difficult for you.
4.Sensitivity to human pain and disease. You will be dealing with people just like you. That is why you should not forget about human pain and the psychological weight of diseases for people. Every health professional should be very aware of this.
Answer these questions with yes or no to evaluate whether or not you have the qualities to be a nurse.
- Do you worry about the welfare of your friends?
- Is it easy for you to follow rules?
- Do you consider yourself empathetic?
- Does the human body attract your attention?
- Do you lean towards the exact sciences?
- Is it easy for you to socialize with new people?
- Do you have a high capacity to organize?
- Is it easy for you to take notes or keep track of your activities?
- Do you have a good memory?
- Are you a patient person?
If you answered mostly with yes, you will probably have the necessary profile to study nursing.