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Love Notes to Nursing
What do you love about nursing?
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Nicole Lehr | Scrubs Magazine
May 18, 2010
9. I have adopted a rather large, loving extended family consisting of patients and families that have lengthy hospital admissions. I am thankful for each of them and treasure the Christmas cards I receive from these “family” members.
10. There is nothing more gratifying than being deemed a patient’s favorite nurse.
11. I have successfully adorned my entire refrigerator with art and pictures drawn by my little hospitalized Picassos.
12. There are plenty of professions where you get the chance to advocate for your client, but there is something different, and something special, about advocating for someone’s life.
13. My work does not go unnoticed, sometimes unbeknownst to me. The greatest flattery as a nurse? Being nominated and featured in a publication, Atlanta Hospital News, and not seeing it until after print.
14. The working relationship between doctors and nurses is superb, and I feel strongly that my suggestions and concerns about care are taken into account with each decision that is made.
15. I work in a profession that puts no cap on learning, each day is filled with new and exciting learning experiences.
16. Nursing and medical research are strongly correlated, and I love my organization’s commitment to striving to provide the best practice of care based on evidence-based practice.
17. I will forever be convinced that children are the most resilient of all human beings.
18. Most importantly, I love my profession because as long as I have made a child’s day a little bit better, I know I have succeeded.
Thank you, fellow nurses, for all you do!
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patsysp
almost 3 years ago
6 comments
I have been a nurse for 20 years, and now have the best job ever. I am an on call nurse for hospice. I work seven days on and seven days off. I love what I do, the autonomy and the feeling that I really make a difference in the lives of my patients and their families at such an important time in their life. I am not stuck in one place for 12 hours, and really enjoy my travels. Life is good.
thewildchild
almost 3 years ago
28 comments
Why did I become a nurse? It gives me something in common with Hugh Hefner. We both work in our "pajamas." He may hang out with the most beautiful women money can buy but I wouldn't count on them for an ounce of compassion, let alone saving a life. I think the women I hang out with have a more enduring beauty.