a nurse's poem-I'm Sorry In Advance

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Linda,

Beautifully written!!!As was said previously, I got chills when I read your peom. Unfortunately, some of those very words I've said myself.

HLPN2

1 Post

Thank you for a great poem, I copied it to the LPN Yahoo Club I hope you don't mind. This poem reminded me of my nights I worked in LTC, brought back many memories. Thanks again.

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Lisa

lkushen

20 Posts

Ditto to everyone's response. Bravo, Linda!

tillie1

35 Posts

Originally posted by lkushen:

Ditto to everyone's response. Bravo, Linda!

all i could add would be "AWESOME"!!!

LoriUSAFRN

23 Posts

Excellent poem-it captures the essence of nursing today (unfortunately) I have a presentation to do on issues facing the profession, and I think this poem will be a perfect intro to the presentation. It neatly summarizes all of the major issues we're facing staffing, working conditions etc.

Thank you for sharing!!!

PS I'll be sure to give you the credit as being the author!

Jenny P

1,164 Posts

Specializes in CV-ICU.

I e-mailed Linda and asked for permission to copy this poem; this was her response:

Hi Jenny. I must say I'm a little overwhelmed by the response. I had a feeling when I finished the poem it had something "else". Of course you may publish it. I

checked with Canadian copyright laws and it states when an individual creates an original work, it is automatically protected by copyright. The response at my

hospital was good, with the exception of our "clinical programmer" who said I needed to work on the rhyming.I read the poem to my sister and she got weepy eyed!

She's not a nurse, but a physiotherapist!. Anyway I'm glad a lot of people are enjoying it. That's why sharing it is so rewarding.The power of words! Bye, Linda

Just thought I'd share her response in case anyone else was interested in copying it for work, newspapers, etc.

Once again, thank you, Linda, for sharing this with all of us.

Jackie Payne

10 Posts

Im glad someone is able to put into words the way I have felt every day since I became a nurse.

willie2001

108 Posts

Your poem really hits home. I'm going to share it with my co-workers.

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