When Nurses Cry - page 3
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Nov 15, '12 by sistasoulSheila,
I would love you to be able to take care of my mother if she was ever placed in a LTC facility. I agree it is heartbreaking. Being sensitive is a beautiful thing in this world. Don't worry about what the other nurses say. Believe me, patients can tell when you really care.tnbutterfly likes this. -
Nov 16, '12 by candiapple100As a Sun-Acute nurse and having been a LTC CNA for many years in the past, I find myself sometimes walking a fine thin line when trying to remain unattached to those I care for. The key words being "care for". My patients are my focus and their families become my partners in the care of my patient. In some ways we become family-like. They share their lives with me and their fears. I laugh with them and cry with them. This relationship can last for weeks or years and bonds are formed. I have been blessed in that each experience has made me a stronger nurse and better human being.sistasoul likes this. -
Nov 16, '12 by LindaBrightWe are just as human as those we care for, and we do cry. Some of us cry a lot, some hide the tears. Dealing with patients that somehow strike a chord in our hearts is just part of the job, an occupational hazard, as it is. There's a terrible stigma with showing sadness in nursing sometimes, yet, we also smile. You just can't have one emotion without the other, even if they're all hidden under a "business" exterior. -
- Nov 20, '12 by PlumeriaSunQuote from sistasoulThis breaks my heart, this is why I can't work GeriI have cried quite a few times at work. The worst for me was the 88 year old man who I was discharging to a rehab facility to get stronger from a fall before going home. His wife who had recently had a stroke was at a LTC facility. He would call her every night and visit her every day when he was home. THe rehab facility was not the same one his wife was at and all he wanted to do was to be with her. He sobbed continuously through the D/C process and while he was being wheeled out the door to be transported by EMS. He just kept saying over and over that he would never see his wife again. I cried with him. I will never foget how heart breaking that was or that patient. I was completely drained for hours after that.
He did eventually need LTC and was able to be placed in the same facility with his wife.
THe other thing that kills me is when I see sons and daughters crying over their elderly parents. It reminds me of just how special our mothers are and how much they are loved. I usually tear up with them.