Occupational in Psychology

Occupational in Psychology "Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription" (Val Saintsbury). This quote is true for patients all around the world that has experience the care and kindness of a good nurse. Usuimalo AhSoon Nua is a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at the LBJ Hospital in Fagaalu for 32 years. I would say she knows something if not almost everything about being a nurse. Her job is to care for people who are sick, injured, convalescent, or disabled under the direction of physicians and registered nurses (RN).Usuimalo AhSoon Nua care for patients in many ways. Often, she would provide bedside care. At times she would measure and record patients' vital signs such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration. She also prepares and gives injections and enemas, monitor catheters, dress wounds, and give alcohol rubs and massages. To help keep her patients comfortable, she assists with standing, walking, moving them in bed, personal hygiene, dressing a nd even bathing.Journal of Health Psychology