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[Image omitted] - (http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/5-facts-new-nurses-must-know-entering-profession/2015-06-16) Providing medical care to patients is just one aspect of the day-to-day job of the average nurse. He or she must also have skills as a waiter or waitress as well as a mediator, according to (http://www.cosmopolitan.com/career/a41788/things-i-wish-i-knew-before-i-became-a-nurse/) a piece in Cosmopolitan.
Allyson Lenoci, a registered nurse who works at a District of Columbia hospital, writes that she wished she knew the truth about the nursing profession before she entered the workforce. In addition to daily challenges, such as excessive patient loads, staffing shortages, long shifts and workplace bullying. (http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/how-nurses-can-use-past-transform-their-future/2015-03-06/) she lists other facts for new nurses, including:
1. Being a nurse involves more than just...