Post by bitterbetty on Oct 17, 2014 23:38:36 GMT -5
Well, I am thinking of folks that inspire as opposed to folks that DISCOURAGE. As most of you know, I am a retired nurse. I found out early on that I needed to find out a way to help people, period; constantly assessing whether my actions or in-actions were helpful or not. A lot of people, including doctors. simply do not know how MUCH a nurse is motivated to HELP. If I could I would LOVE to give a nice class lecture on what all it takes for a nurse to carry out the tasks laid before them and STILL be a positive person in the middle of it ALL.
Simply put: nurses are misunderstood. And, taken for granted...
A lot of people think that nurses are 'well paid' and therefore in it for the money. I take exception to that mindset and it grieves me somewhat to know that I am grossly misunderstood. Ohhhhh....., if they only knew....that I wished from the bottom of my heart to help them and ease their suffering.... and--to provide EXCELLENT care...Well, I cannot think about it too much or I will get depressed. There simply doesn't seem to be enough time...Thanks for reading what I have written...blessings to you!
For those that really think that "nurses are 'well paid' and therefore in it for the money", let me tell you something.
If that was true we surely were dumb!
My retirement pay after 50 years as an RN is $129 a month.
I sure can live "high off the hog" on that amount!
Yes, you are soooooooooooo correct when you say that people take for granted what Doctors and nurses do on a regular basis!!
Words simply cannot express.
Family and friends of doctors and nurses don't really 'get it' either...though they think they do...though they try..
BUT--I will NEVER forget that fateful day late in the fall.
A day that really changed my life forever.
It was a day of reckoning, no doubt, but also a day of awakening and new beginnings. How can I else express it I have found that I simply cannot.
Oh life, with all its angles and variations...who would have thought that this fateful day would bring what it brought???
But, it DID. It brought what it brought. And I had little control over much of that. YET, I had some control over SOME of that. What followed oh my, what followed. it was life changing, that is for sure. In some ways, I am EXTREMELY grateful for the life changes that fateful day brought. But, in other ways, I feel as though I did indeed pay a price for what that fateful day brought.
Is there ever a perfect balance? Mmmmmm. I still don't know....
Hmm...
Thank-you for reading and thank you for your prayers... Lord knows, I need them~!!