It is days like today (frustrating, exhausting, troublesome, long) when getting a hug from your 93 year old little old lady patient who is sad that I won't be there tomorrow to take care of her make it worthwhile. It is days like today when I thank God for giving me the strength to make it through and for giving me what I need to be a nurse and take care for others when they are sick. It is days like today when I have a patient who tells me to keep my wonderful attitude and not become a grumpy old nurse that make me smile when all I want to do is cry. It is days like today when a patient I am taking care of actually knows where Orange City, Iowa is and has been there allows me to form a trusting relationship with this patient and is worthwhile!
At the end of this frustrating, exhausting, troublesome and long day - I still can remember why I decided to be a nurse - and that is all I need at the end of the day.
Write more posteses? You are so awesome! I can only imagine what you're going through, and I know that I would LOVE it if you were ever my nurse, because I know that you love and care for each and every one of your patients. They don't even realize how lucky they are to have the best nurse in the whole place!
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