Changing Lives Exponentially - Page 3

The only nursing shortage we have is from employers not hiring enough nurses. There are plenty of nurses looking for jobs right now.

It's less painful for the baby to be aborted early in the pregnancy, than to suffer through birth, than a painful death.

Merrywhiterose, not only was that cruel and heartless, there is no proof of that.... None. I hope that you are never my nurse .... Or anyone else's for that matter.

I am sorry my career will be over before the nursing shortage arrives as it would have been nice to enjoy the benefits of it.

I'm so sorry about your precious angel baby. I cannot imagine what that was like for you. I cried reading this and I love that you found inspiration in the midst of tragedy. Perhaps that was your Aisling's purpose. All the best to you and your endeavor. Teach on! (((HUGS)))

I am very sorry for what you had to go through. I am sure you will use your experience in your nursing career to help guide your care and interactions.
I do want to point something out though: You criticize Merrywhiterose for her 'conduct unbecoming to nurses everywhere'. The comments she made were not unbecoming. She commented on how the nursing shortage is false. That is true, at least in the US and most of Canada. She made a comment about how an abortion would have been less painful to your child. While this is part of the age-old debate on abortion, it didn't imply any cynicism or bitterness on her part. I think that yes, it definitely showed what her personal beliefs on abortion are. But then again, your post did too. Your implication that abortion is wrong, that it is wrong of someone to do so, that is also very judgmental and unbecoming of a nurse.

All that being said, again, what you went through must have been absolutely terrible. I can't even imagine the pain you must have felt holding your child during this time. Your beliefs and your strength helped you make your decision. Just remember that for someone else, the strong decision could have been to terminate, no matter how difficult and heartbreaking it would be to them. There are always two sides to every coin. For all you know, Merrywhiterose might have gone through a similar experience, and felt judged by your post...
Part of being a nurse is putting aside our personal beliefs to benefit our patient's and their healing.

That's fine. Biggest part of making a change is acknowledging you have an issue that needs work.

BTW, I love your daughter's name, Aisling. We named our little girl Aislynn, pretty rare to hear anything similar to it!