Nursing Annotated Bibliography A nurse's job is difficult to classify. The nurse must be healer both of the body and of the mind. Usually, when a patient seeks medical treatment at a hospital or other such facility, they will see a nurse before they see a doctor. It is therefore the nurse's job to ascertain exactly what is going with the patient to the greatest extent before the patient is seen by a doctor. Very often, the interactions that a patient has with his or her niece will ultimately determine the success or failure of their medical treatment.

"To Heal Sometimes, To Comfort Always." Being Human: Readings from the President's

Council on Bioethics. Nurses are tasked...

To be a nurse, a person must be aware that they will not be able to save every patient, but they must put every effort available, even if it is a hopeless cause.
This article is important to nursing because the individual is tasked to protect human life no. Some are so overcome with fear that they turn angry. Others express their terror by becoming heavily attached to medical staff so that they feel less uncomfortable relying on that individual. The nurse must become whatever it is that the patient requires.

Wanzer, Melissa Bekelja (2004). "Perceptions of Health Care Providers' Communication:

Relationships Between Patient-Centered…