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Top 10 traits of nursing

7. Intuition
8. Resilience
9. Courage
10. Humility

Nursing is a permanent path of growth, experience, tragedy, adventure, happiness, collaboration, inspiration and amazement. In some ways, it is impossible to define what nursing really is, because it’s more than a career: It’s a way of life.

Molly Rose Hershman is currently a student in the Accelerated BSN program at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing. Her writing can be found on several nursing websites and on her personal blog, The Awkward Times of MRH.

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