DEDICATED TO ALL NURSES IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD! HURRAY TO ALL NURSES! (ﾉ*ﾟｰﾟ)ﾉ I am a nurse. It is my job. I put on a uniform and comfortable shoes and punch a time clock. I have the education and experience to do for others what they cannot do for themselves. But its the intimacy of the work that feeds the angel myth. I listen to patients, touch them, reassure them, help them eat and drink, assist them with bodily functions. They are often ashamed of their need for help, and theyre grateful to be treated with respect. What patients dont understand is that to me theirs are just a bowel movement to document and emesis to measure, a routine part of my day. I dont exist on a higher plane because I work at the bedside. The work and the flexibility suit me. I meet interesting people from all over the world, and I learn something new every day. Sometimes its clinical information critical to my work. Sometimes its about what movie I should see. But to call nursing a job rather than a calling isnt to diminish it. I will not stop touching lives if I refuse to call the work magic. I will not be a failure if I give up self-sacrifice for self-care. Nurses have not learned this lesson well. If we indeed were to put ourselves first, perhaps there wouldnt be a nursing shortage. For many reasons, women and men choose nursing. What a radical notion: nurses claiming the human choice of a profession rather than giving angels the credit for our good works. Try this: take a look in the mirror, and repeat after me. I am a nurse. I do a good job. That is enough.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:22:05 +0000
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