Emr Nurse Research Paper

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As an adolescent, I always knew I had to find a career that specializes in helping others. Growing up you can imagine how many careers actually interested me considering that there are so many jobs that specialize in just that. I went from taking interest in law, to wanting to learn about psychology, to wanting to become a firefighter. However, as the years went by, I discovered what I like and what I don't like, as well as figuring out what personal qualities I obtain that would be useful to a specific career field. By my sophomore year of high school, I was pretty much able to narrow down my interest to one option; the medical field. Watching too much Grey's Anatomy, I first wanted to strive to be some sort of surgeon, but then my interest shifted to wanting to be an orthopedic doctor. As of today I still carry interest in the medical field, but neither of those options interests me. I am currently taking classes and I hope to be on the road to becoming an Emergency Room (E.R.) Nurse. To become an Emergency Room Nurse is not only mentally and physically challenging, but you must obtain a certain level of dedication because the process can be quite …show more content…
nurse is unexpected and fast paced. One can imagine that there's "no such thing as an ordinary day at work" (A Day In the Life of an E.R. Nurse). According to Erika Harrison, E.R. nurse, nurses that specialize in emergency medicine have to obtain some sort of knowledge in rapid assessment which is basically just understanding that every second is crucial to the patient. It is very important for nurses to have to know how to move quickly, while also multitasking, and showing empathy and compassion to patients. This is not only hard because it requires nurses to be "superhumans", but it's also hard staying on point with working such long and exhausting hours. A nurses shift can go anywhere up to ten hours plus on weekends and weekdays (A Day In the Life of an E.R.