Tenesia Sealey ;/

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Charlotte, North Carolina 28223

Sunday April 3, 2011

Dear Future Self,

Congratulations on graduating. I am so proud of what you have become. I know we have

been through school together for many years and you probably think you know every-
thing there is to know about yorrfield of work. Truth is you probably do, well at least you
should, you went to school long enough! However, there are a few things I would like to
tell you that may help you considering you are on the search for a job. I think my sugges-
tions will do you well once you get a job and begin working with patients.
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I read in a book once that'oto become a successful nurse requires understandtr* t,-,h*^l.3et
SUpplfCd Uhl the wide variety of human responses to stressful circumstances in the healthcare set- ?rru[.tq"J
, .. ., ' . v ting."(Sheldon) You can take this how you want to, but I think this quote means that you
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have to be ready for anything that comes your way. I know you are prepared to care for
KnUdd$f, of dying patients, but are you prepared to talk to them? Can you relax them enough to keep
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These are very important questions to consider asking yourself before you get in the situ-
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\ur ttctynact In the same book from the quote above, Communication with Nurses, Lisa Shel-

{tu mo*h) don discusses the nursing theorists' Hildegard Peplau's Theory of Interpersonal Rela-
tions. "Within this theory are different phases that occur when a nurse and patient come
and sugncs, together during the healthcare process."(S'helden, 13) Peplau says that nurses function

$l{{t- *ht*gn with six roles. Here are the roles:

0' arnntt orrmslt Stranger role: The nurse and the patient are introduced to each other as strangers.
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