I'm JUST a nurse!

[hapeewendy]

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?

[stressedlpn]

well said and oh so true

[nell]

Thanks hapeewendy ! 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.

[micro, RN]

yep, i am just a nurse also.............

[Love-A-Nurse]

thanks for sharing!

[Mkue]

that was beautiful, thank you.

[bagladyrn, RN]

thanks so much hapeewendy - Just the thing I needed to forward to a fellow nurse who's been having a rough week!

[labornurse]

I like your idea nell, I think this is something my unit needs to read. We are all having a rough time right now.

[fergus51]

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!

[bandaidexpert, BSN, RN]

Just another nurse here......I think I have something in my eye....:)

[eltrip]

Thanks, Hapeewendy! That was beautiful!

[mario_ragucci]

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 :-)