 Hi guys! So today I wanted to talk about good nurses versus bad nurses and maybe this comes to a surprise to you but just like in any job, there's people who are better at their job than others. There's good nurses and there's like okay nurses, there's excellent nurses and then there's people that you're like maybe this career isn't for you. But I want to talk about what makes a good nurse. Instead of being negative in this video and just talking about the negative nurse qualities, I'm going to talk about the good nurse qualities and obviously the opposite of those are qualities that are not so good. A good nurse is someone who is always willing to learn. You're seeking out information. If you don't know the answer, you will go find it. You're looking things up, researching, educating yourselves, taking classes, things like that too. Constantly be updating your knowledge and increasing your knowledge with the changing medicine and changing times and new studies and new research. You're always educating yourselves. A good nurse is not afraid of a challenge. You're not afraid to maybe take on something that is something that you know is a little bit out of your comfort zone but you know that even though it's going to be challenging that you can handle it, that you can bring in your team members and your manager and your charge nurse to back you up if you needed assistance. Whether it's a sicker patient or maybe a difficult patient, a difficult family member, something that is a little bit more challenging of a situation that you accept or maybe your charge nurse says, hey I have this really sick patient coming. Can you handle it? And you're like, oh my gosh, no I need to switch assignments. Well, you know there's always a right and wrong time for that but not being afraid to be like, yes I can handle it. I'll call you if I need you for help. Good nurses don't turn stuff down and I mean this in a positive light because there are times where you need to say I am in over my head and I need help. That's one thing then just to be like, no I don't want to do it. So there is a difference between not wanting to do something and like saying no because you know that you're not going to be able to do something. So big difference but not turning stuff down and like again embracing the challenge. Good nurses are not lazy and they're also helpful to others. So a good nurse is someone who is always like let's say you're free. It's going around and seeing if your co-workers need help. Hey, can I help you with this? Hey, I see you're struggling. What can I do for you? Tell me what I can do to help you. And even if you maybe are still a little busy or maybe you're a little behind on charting but there's an emergent situation going on, being that person that's lending a hand when maybe no one else is. If you've got a new admit then helping get that patient settled even though it's not your patient, it's someone else's patient. When you have free time not just being like, ah this is a good time for me to just sit and relax and you know in an hour I'll go check on my patients. No, if you have some free time be that helpful person. Go around. Even if you're doing work that is not typical for you such as like maybe some CNA work like helping clean patients or empty trash cans or restock things like you're just being an overall team player and helpful to your unit or your floor or whatever. The last quality I want to talk about and there's so many things obviously but good nurses have good attitudes. You take the positive light, you take the positive approach, if you have a negative situation you think of it your glass half full instead of be like oh this sucks or why am I doing this or why do I have to do this. You have a great attitude and really attitude is everything. Teamwork is everything in the nursing field. So those are some great qualities of good nurses and obviously the opposite of those are some not good qualities. So I want to hear what other good qualities you guys have of good nurses in the comments below. Give this video a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel and I'll see you guys next time. Bye.