I'm JUST a nurse!

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by hapeewendy
Jul 27, '02 Views: 2,899 Comments: 21

next time you hear the word just and nurse in the same sentence feel free to recite this word for word - its by Suzanne Gordon author of from silence to voice - what nurses know and must communicate to the public :

I'm just a Nurse
I just make the difference
between life and death

I'm just a nurse
I just have the educated eyes that prevent
medical errors, injuries and other catastrophes

I'm just a nurse
I just educate patients and families about how
to maintain their health

I'm just a nurse
I just make the difference between dying in agony
and dying in comfort with dignity

I'm just a nurse
I'm just the real bottom line in healthcare

I'm just a nurse
I just make the difference between pain
and comfort

I'm just a nurse
I just make the difference between healing
coping and dispair.

I'm just a nurse
I just work in a major teaching hospital
managing and monitoring patients who are involved in cutting edge experimental medical or nursing
research

I'm just a nurse
I'm just a professor of nursing who
educates future generations of nurses

I'm just a nurse
I'm just a long term care nurse who makes the difference between staying in ones own home and
going to a nursing home

to all the student nurses
don't you want to be "just a nurse" too?
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Jul 27, '02
Occupation: lpn/rsp Joined: Jan '02; Posts: 251; Likes: 3

well said and oh so true
Jul 27, '02
Joined: May '02; Posts: 278; Likes: 5

Thanks hapeewendy :angel2:! That's really great. I'm going to copy it and print it out nicely (gracious font, heavy textured paper, maybe a light nurse-collage in the background...) and hang it in our lounge.

Last edit by nell on Jul 28, '02
Jul 27, '02
Occupation: a just a nurse contemplating the nature of my career..... Joined: Oct '01; Posts: 2,344; Likes: 21

yep, i am just a nurse also.............
Jul 27, '02
Occupation: ADON-LTC Specialty: 19 year(s) of experience in LTC, ER, ICU, ; Joined: Feb '01; Posts: 5,856; Likes: 36

thanks for sharing!
Jul 27, '02
Occupation: Nurse Joined: Oct '01; Posts: 12,715; Likes: 2

that was beautiful, thank you. :angel2:
Jul 27, '02
Occupation: travel nurse - ob Specialty: OB ; Joined: Jul '01; Posts: 3,170; Likes: 4,503

thanks so much hapeewendy - Just the thing I needed to forward to a fellow nurse who's been having a rough week!
Jul 27, '02
Occupation: RN Joined: Feb '01; Posts: 105; Likes: 5

I like your idea nell, I think this is something my unit needs to read. We are all having a rough time right now.
Jul 27, '02
Joined: Jul '00; Posts: 11,351; Likes: 387

Speaking of, has anyone got the nurse rant? It's a takeoff on the Molson's I am Canadian rant. I saw it once and can't find it now!
Jul 27, '02
Occupation: MDS Coordinator, CWS Joined: Mar '02; Posts: 325; Likes: 3

Just another nurse here......I think I have something in my eye....
Jul 27, '02
Specialty: Clinical Risk Management ; Joined: Aug '01; Posts: 2,345; Likes: 75

Thanks, Hapeewendy! That was beautiful!
Jul 28, '02
Joined: Jan '02; Posts: 1,614; Likes: 2

But I am just a nurse. I am no more and no less than a hired and paid life enhancer, and thats all i will ever be. Remember! Nursing corrupts, and absolute nursing corrupts absolutely.
I make a difference, one difference at a time, just one, at one time. Making one difference at a time is a beautiful thing to me. Being just a nurse is beautiful. Every difference i make lets my heart beat happy beats in happy wendy's ambiance of nursing singularities. Just a nurse :-) Huurrppphh :-)
Jul 28, '02
Joined: May '02; Posts: 35

I'm not sure if anyone has read these 2. They were given to all the nurse graduates at a dinner welcoming us to the hospital.

I'm JUST a nurse!

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