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For all the nurses on this site!

hey guys,

this was going around and i thought i would share it with all of you here!

You're a nurse?? That's cool, I wanted to do that when I was a kid. What do you make?" "WHAT DO I MAKE??" I 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 make myself get out of bed 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 husband 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. I make a difference, what do you make?"

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    That makes three times that this exact same thing has been posted on this site. And, it's just as saccharine as ever, I might add. Sorry -- I know opinions vary and some people love this quote -- I just don't happen to be one of them! :down:

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    Amazing :)

    So much of that is true, its not all about the money.

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    There's one that's pretty similar about firefighters.

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    How about you just dive in like the rest of us and realize money is out the window.... Just saying.

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    hey guys,

    this was going around and i thought i would share it with all of you here!

    You're a nurse?? That's cool, I wanted to do that when I was a kid. What do you make?" "WHAT DO I MAKE??"

    I 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 make myself get out of bed 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 husband 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. I make a difference, what do you make?"

    Well......I have never heard it before and I WILL pass it on. I LOVE THIS!!!!

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    Well......I have never heard it before and I WILL pass it on. I LOVE THIS!!!!

    I have never seen it either, thanks for posting it! I love it too!!!!!!!!!! Will pass it on...:nurse:

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    See, I am one that really does not like this. I am not one to ever push my Catholic faith on anyone but personally I do not ever save someones life, God does. Whatever you believe I respect but I have seen the most stable patients code and there is nothing anyone can do to bring them back, likewise I have seen a patient come in to the ICU dead as a doornail and cold and bounce right back. I belive in God and I believe I do not have that kind of power.

    I am a nurse, I quietly do my job in a humble manner taking care of others. I take care of others to make them feel good, not to make me feel good. My goal is to help you on your journey to wellness, even if being well means dying with as little pain as possible. I love science and the miracle that is the human body. I have seen human beings that if life were fair they would be free from this life and I sit vigil caring for the soul God has not decided to take yet, and sometimes I come home and cry but I respect that and I am there the next day.

    That is why I do not like that post. I just feel the nurses I know are more humble and do not feel they have "power" to bring people back to life. I wish I could, and I wish it worked everytime. Right when I think I am this amazing life saver, God puts me in my place...

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    See, I am one that really does not like this. I am not one to ever push my Catholic faith on anyone but personally I do not ever save someones life, God does. Whatever you believe I respect but I have seen the most stable patients code and there is nothing anyone can do to bring them back, likewise I have seen a patient come in to the ICU dead as a doornail and cold and bounce right back. I belive in God and I believe I do not have that kind of power.

    I am a nurse, I quietly do my job in a humble manner taking care of others. I take care of others to make them feel good, not to make me feel good. My goal is to help you on your journey to wellness, even if being well means dying with as little pain as possible. I love science and the miracle that is the human body. I have seen human beings that if life were fair they would be free from this life and I sit vigil caring for the soul God has not decided to take yet, and sometimes I come home and cry but I respect that and I am there the next day.

    That is why I do not like that post. I just feel the nurses I know are more humble and do not feel they have "power" to bring people back to life. I wish I could, and I wish it worked everytime. Right when I think I am this amazing life saver, God puts me in my place...

    I don't believe in any gods, but I agree with the spirit of your post!

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    Liked that, but if the CNA's and others in the workplace of taking care of people would just realize that NURSES do so much more than just push meds and hand out pills to everyone! It's not about just giving a pill and walking away, its our job, its our life to take care of people and we, I wanted to become a nurse for this reason, to help others! I am appauled by the way some of the team I work with, one in particular thinks she/he can be rude and loud to the nurse there on the floor that is in charge. When push comes to shove, I guess we'll see the victor, but I promise, I am not leaving!!!! I am writing all of this person's crap as I see it on paper and just waiting for the ball to drop on them!

    I am a nurse! I am there to work hard and not be their friend nor am I there and will not tolerate attitude when I ask a simple question, or if I don't give a med when THEY want me too.....

    just saying....today, I am over the attitude and no one seems to care!

    nursing gal

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    haha i loved it to. im really new to nursing but i love it and am very proud to be a nurse!

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    Nursing is a profession, who are always helpful to people. If anybody don't be helpful to people, they will not perfect for nursing profession.

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    See, I am one that really does not like this. I am not one to ever push my Catholic faith on anyone but personally I do not ever save someones life, God does. Whatever you believe I respect but I have seen the most stable patients code and there is nothing anyone can do to bring them back, likewise I have seen a patient come in to the ICU dead as a doornail and cold and bounce right back. I belive in God and I believe I do not have that kind of power.

    I am a nurse, I quietly do my job in a humble manner taking care of others. I take care of others to make them feel good, not to make me feel good. My goal is to help you on your journey to wellness, even if being well means dying with as little pain as possible. I love science and the miracle that is the human body. I have seen human beings that if life were fair they would be free from this life and I sit vigil caring for the soul God has not decided to take yet, and sometimes I come home and cry but I respect that and I am there the next day.

    That is why I do not like that post. I just feel the nurses I know are more humble and do not feel they have "power" to bring people back to life. I wish I could, and I wish it worked everytime. Right when I think I am this amazing life saver, God puts me in my place...

    You are sooo right, a human being can not heal, only God can. I love how God works through doctors and nurses to help patients with what we were trained to do, but only God performs the miracle of healing:nurse:

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