Nurses are the real heroes ?

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  1. by Admin Jun 28, '12
    I just posted the following photo on our allnurses.com Facebook page...




    and someone left the following message:

    Nurses are great but they aren't heroes. Heroes rush into life threatening situations without regard for their own safety. Heroes wear dog tags or badges. That's right, heroes include the members of our military, police officers, firefighters and EMTs. Drs and Nurses are after the fact and provide care from a position of safety. They are not heroes!
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    by Joe V Jun 28, '12 12:33 pm
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    Jun 28, '12 by
    Hmm.......we usually consider people who rush to the rescue and save lives as heroes, do we not? And are doctors and nurses providing care from a "position of safety" when we're dealing with a 250-lb. maniac who's high on PCP and God knows what else?

    That said, I certainly don't think of myself as a hero, even though I've done those things and more. Me, I'm just doing my job. What say you?
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  5. Jun 28, '12 by
    Pah.

    My husband is in the military and best friend is in the Police. They both say they couldn't do what I do.

    Heroism is different to everybody.
    brian, RN in training, herring_RN, and 11 others like this.
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    Jun 28, '12 by
    Quote from VivaLasViejas
    Hmm.......we usually consider people who rush to the rescue and save lives as heroes, do we not? And are doctors and nurses providing care from a "position of safety" when we're dealing with a 250-lb. maniac who's high on PCP and God knows what else?

    That said, I certainly don't think of myself as a hero, even though I've done those things and more. Me, I'm just doing my job. What say you?
    Your patients may think otherwise.

    Quote from Fiona59
    Pah.

    My husband is in the military and best friend is in the Police. They both say they couldn't do what I do.

    Heroism is different to everybody.
    Kudos! That's exactly how I see it.
    RN in training, lindarn, Been there,done that, and 2 others like this.
  7. Jun 28, '12 by
    who said we don't wear badges? its called an ID badge
    brian, RN in training, lindarn, and 4 others like this.
  8. Jun 28, '12 by
    i read this interesting post from a fellow nurse:

    About NURSES: Somebody asked: "You're a nurse?!? That's cool, I wanted to do that when I was a kid. How much do you make?" The nurse replied: "HOW MUCH DO I MAKE?" ... I can make holding your hand seem like the most important thing in the world when you're scared. ... I can make your child breathe when they stop. ... ... ... ... I can help your father survive ...a heart attack. ... I can make myself get up at 5AM to make sure your mother has the medicine she needs to live. ... I work all day to save the lives of strangers. ... I make my family wait for dinner until I know your family member is taken care of. ... I make myself skip lunch so that I can make sure that everything I did for your wife today is charted. ... I make myself work weekends and holidays because people don't just get sick Monday thru Friday. ... Today, I might save your life. ... How much do I make? Probably not as much as other professions, but all I know is, I make a difference.
    Last edit by zoe.ysobel on Jun 28, '12 : Reason: wrong spelling
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  9. Jun 28, '12 by
    when the aids epidemic was new and scary, nurses who would care for those unfortunate people (all of whom had a death sentence and most of whom died within weeks of diagnosis, often suffocating of lung failure on vents in our icus...) were heroes. we did it although our families told us not to, although our neighbors wouldn't shake hands with us, although some of our nurse colleagues were unspeakably horrible to these people, although our pastors or our kids' teachers wouldn't speak to us. somebody just had to be kind to these poor men and their partners and make their last days on earth as easy as possible. that's heroism.

    heroism is the nurses who cared for the sars patients when it wasn't known how very contagious it was. some of them died.

    heroism is the nurses who volunteered for the yellow fever wards, for leprosy care, for the 1917-18 influenza epidemic.

    you bet nurses can be heroes.
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  10. Jun 28, '12 by
    All I ever hear is that the military is the hardest job or police officers. While I don't discredit their hard work and sacrifices in any way, I'd like to see them do my job for 1 day hahahaha. Nobody throws us parades, either.
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  11. Jun 28, '12 by
    Quote from Joe V
    I just posted the following photo on our allnurses.com Facebook page...




    and someone left the following message:

    Do you agree?
    I'm not a hero, I'm just a guy doing a job for money. If they didn't pay me I wouldn't be a nurse. Getting a little tier of nurse Hero thing.
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  12. Jun 28, '12 by
    Quote from Merlyn
    I'm not a hero, I'm just a guy doing a job for money. If they didn't pay me I wouldn't be a nurse. Getting a little tier of nurse Hero thing.
    i agree, but i don't consider police officers or even our current military to be my hero either.
    some people consider their mother, father, or grandparent to be their hero.
    anyone CAN be a hero, but to declare an entire profession is a little egotistical IMO.
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