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Top 10 Qualities of a Great Nurse
MonsterNursing.com staff
1. Communication Skills
A great nurse has excellent communication skills that include speaking and listening. They are able to follow directions without problem and can easily communicate with patients and families to understand their needs and explain treatments.
sdscharr
11 days ago
4 comments
Thank you for posting this, it clearly highlights the qualities of an effective nurse as well as provides a mirror for wannabe nurses to look at and see if that could be them.
lralkhatib
17 days ago
234 comments
very nice topic
janinelmccullers
21 days ago
2 comments
I LOVE BEING A NURSE I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HAPPY DOING ANYTHING ELSE. I KNOW THAT GOD WANTED ME TO AID AND PROVIDE COMFORT TO THE SICK!!
J. MCCULLERS
lralkhatib
28 days ago
234 comments
yes im happy for being anurse and i agree with all points.
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about 1 month ago
Yes, I aced it.I knew I was born to be a nurse!
Bridge_4_the_People
2 months ago
40 comments
Being a nurse is so natural for me as a mother of three children.
Happy to be on the right track!
This will help me to refresh and lift my spirit up to become a great nurse.
ginnyleeRN
2 months ago
2 comments
I like most of this presentation, and although I agree that nurses need to have all of these qualities, it makes it sound, in a couple areas, that nurse should also be like superhero....to me that is not realistic and not how we should spread the news of nursing.
nkfunji
2 months ago
4 comments
after going through all these points I say YES, an excellent nurse needs all these qualities otherwise patients will never be satisfied with the quality of nursing care offered to them and when the patient is not satisfied, the nurse can hardly have job satisfaction.
nkfunji
2 months ago
4 comments
i totally agree with this point of empathy. Putting oneself in the patients situation gives us a better insight into the patients problem and as such solving it becomes alot easier.
sjaldrich
2 months ago
4 comments
I totally agee with these qualities. Nursing is not just a job it's a way of life.
marilen
3 months ago
2 comments
Maria Elena M. Bano BSN,RN,Philippines
Yes, i agree with these qualities of a nurse but can you include commitment ,intelligence and being skillful.
lucyrn
3 months ago
4 comments
thank you for your piece on burnout and compassion fatigue as a RN,BSN with 25+ years in acute
critical care and surgery I have recently transitioned into home health contrary to myths in nursing this is a great option for putting our skill set to excellent use in the field,it has helped me and will continue to help me set limits and take care of my need to get better control over my practice.
as far as qualities of a nurse I would say there were no surprises in the article yet it was good to see all I/WE possess as a profession frequently underpaid, under acknowledged as our business/finance counterparts
ednabellrn
3 months ago
6 comments
these are such great tidbits of info & i wish that i could get the whole list to post for my nursing staff to read, as well!
cita
3 months ago
2 comments
these are really the quality of a good nurse.
drladyg
3 months ago
4 comments
kd_aman only someone who has not reached those goals could define them as such