Answer #3

Essential Question: What is most essential to being a Licensed Vocational Nurse?

Answer 3: LVNs feel the joy of seeing a baby born or feelthe pain of losing a long-term patient who became closer than expected. Emotional stability is crucial when being an LVN in order to survive the everyday emotional roller coaster LVNs endure with daily.

Evidence:
Mauricia Copado (my third interviewee)says she can't let her emotions control her every day tasks since she sees sick patients everyday in the Pediatrics Department. If she does then she will fall into a depressed state and won't be able to work.

Nursing is a stressful job where traumatic situations are common. The ability to accept suffering and death without letting it get personal is crucial. Some days can seem like non-stop gloom and doom. That’s not to say that there aren’t heartwarming moments in nursing. Helping a patient recover, reuniting families, or bonding with fellow nurses are special benefits of the job. Just don’t come to expect it. Leave the happy endings for Grey’s Anatomy. :) (Rowland Convalescent Home)

Nurses must have the emotional stability to deal with the stresses that accompany the nursing field. For example, nurses must have coping skills to handle patients who are in extreme pain. Also, nurses must care for patients who die from their injuries or medical conditions, or who die after their health was improving. Nurses must emotionally handle unexpected events and emergencies such as the ones explained above. (Article #47)

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Source(s:
Volunteering at the Rowland Convalescent Home.
Article #47
Mauricia Copado (Interviewee)