Weston Turner, a registered nurse from the Olathe Medical Center, gave a presentation about nursing at the PCA lecture that occurred on March 22.

Jaylie Postlewait, senior, who is on the PCA leadership team, is interning at the Olathe Medical Center and recommended Turner to lecture.

Turner went to the Research College of Nursing, Johnson County Community College, Baker University, and the University of Kansas. He just recently got into nursing after working in a variety of other jobs.

He went through the different types of nursing, and he currently works in the progressive care unit (PCU).

“I know a lot of people who want to get into nursing, and some people think they can be a nurse,” Postlewait said, “and when they actually hear what it’s going to be like, they think eh, maybe not.”

At the lecture, Turner explained what nursing is and what classes to take in college or high school in order to build a better foundation for nursing school.

He compared the differences of doctors and nurses on TV to real life and said that TV doesn’t really give a good depiction of what actually happens in a hospital.

Turner also went into the things he does on a daily basis working at a hospital. He looks at charts, evaluates the patients, and then he goes into the med room and gives medication to patients.

“When he told stories about the patients he had seen, he mentioned he had a lot of eyes on him and that everyone was focused in when he was telling stories,” Postlewait said.

Nursing also has it ups and downs, and Turner went through the good aspects and bad aspects when going into nursing. A few good aspects are that nurses can get a job anywhere, they help people, and nurses can continue their education. On the other hand, nurses can have long days of working, spend a lot of money on school, see death, and have a whole day away from family.

Near the end of the lecture, Turner explained how one can Ausculate a person, which is listening to the heart and lungs.