Have you meet Jnette: "Goody 1 Shoe"

Beary-nice · Jul 6, 2006

Congrats Jnette!

You are one of my fav's and I always love all of your piccys!

You pick me up when I am down, and for that I am forever grateful!

:icon_hug: Beary loves you!!!

Fun2, BSN, RN · Jul 6, 2006

Jnette, what a wonderfully deserving spotlight this is!

I love your posts, and wish you the best in your new nursing venture.

I love your pics too...the scenery, your family, and of yourself. :balloons:

I believe everyone can honestly comment from the heart when saying, and I agree, you are a treasure...a true jewel. :kiss

prmenrs, RN · Jul 6, 2006

I'm really glad you're here, Jnette. Always know I'll read a funny, supportive post from you!

:flowersfo :loveya:

Chaya, ASN, RN · Jul 6, 2006

I had forgotton about the propeller beanie!:rotfl:

leslie :-D · Jul 6, 2006

oh dear Lord, i have to share: i HAVE to share!!!

jnette, my MOTHER ALWAYS called herself the weeping willow, contrasting me as the oak tree.

she was flexible, gentle, approachable.

and i, the oak, was strong and proud and rigid: and i would snap some day; whereas she, the willow, would merely bend and sway.

oh dear Lord, i need my therapist!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

seriously, (big sigh, eyes filling up) you more than anyone, know how i feel about you.

you are truly the epiphany of love and grace.

when lifes' challenges have set me back, i become inspired and strong by you, and because of you.

i soooo suck at articulating my feelings.

i can only pray you know how deeply you have touched my spirit and soul.

i need to go jgirl. (i know you can see my crying)

(you can reach me at the funny farm. i'll be the one chopping down every weeping willow in sight! )

leslie xoxo

madwife2002, BSN, RN · Jul 6, 2006

Jnette, As we would say back in the UK you are a Gem :blushkiss

URO-RN · Jul 6, 2006

when my dad was waiting for his kidney transplant years ago, it was his dialysis rn who got us thru that roller coaster. jnette, i don't know you, but your post speak for themselves.

congrats. the poem below is for you.

the proverbs 31 nurse

by lois sigmon turley, rn

who can find a good natured nurse?

for her price is far above silver and gold.

she seeks medicines and skills,

and works willingly with others.

she gives of herself

and considers her own desires last.

a heartwarming smile is hers,

and is made beautiful in her eyes.

she girds herself with honor

and strengthens her ability with patience.

she perceives that her work is good.

her candle does not go out by night.

she lays her hands upon understanding.

she stretches out her hand to the poor;

yet, she reaches forth hands to the needy.

she is not afraid of sorrow,

for her trust is in god.

pride and humility are her clothing,

and she shall rejoice in time to come.

she opens her mouth with comfort,

and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

her associates rise up and call her blessed;

her patients also praise her kindness.

many daughters have helped others,

but you excel them all.

favor is deceitful,

and beauty is vain.

but a nurse that

fears the lord --

she shall be praised!

allnurses Guide · Jul 6, 2006

That Proverb fits jnette to a "T".

Thanks for posting it!

steph

suzy253, RN · Jul 6, 2006

hooray for netters!!!

i love you to bits jnette. thanks for all your good advice and support over the years.

jnette, ASN, EMT-I · Jul 6, 2006

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHH, MY !!!

Oh. My.

Stutter. Oh my indeed. This is truly a most rare occasion you are witnessing here, my dearest Allnurses friends. I am truly struggling for words.

And I truly don't even know how to begin to respond to all the kind words written here. :imbar Except to say a most heartfelt THANK YOU, and that I am so very humbled and grateful to have all of you as siblings and friends. Gee.

But Tweeters... when I read your last line about "your head might get too big for your beanie" ........you could have heard my startled laugh across the street at the neighbors !!! :rotfl:

I thank each and every one of you for your kind comments, and know that it is by being here with you all for the past 4 yearswhich has truly helped me to grow as a person and as a nurse. I have learned so much here about allowing others their POV, about not always having to push my own, about tolerance and even embracing views different from my own.. how to truly ENGAGE in civil debate... and what I have learned here re NURSING has been irreplaceable and invaluable.

Yes, Leslie... I tasted your tears. (((((((((HUGS)))))))))

You already know how special you are to me, and how I look up to your nursing experience and knowlege and expertise. Know too, that the forest must consist of willow AND oak... and so many others. There is room for all and a need for all... each has a puropse in this life.. and no purpose is greater than the other, nor less than the other.

Uro-RN... thank you for the poem which succeeded in raising the hair on my arms. I'm going to print that and carry it with me in my wallet...how very beautiful. THANK YOU, again.

Siri... true friends are rare indeed. And I am honoured to know you are one of mine. :)

Mary.. yes, sharing a Deep Dish Original Chicago Pizza together would have been unforgettable!

Suzy, Steph, Fun, Kay,Chaya, Beary, prmnrs.... Roy... (good JOB!!!) ... canohead, jmgrn, Gooey, Trauma, and Grace........................ ALL of you... you're all simply the best, and without all of you, I would be only half of who I am! :kiss

NrsKaren... I thank you for this honour, and I'm truly humbled by it. Not used to being all serious like this... heh... love dishing out praise, but not so familiar with accepting it. A new learning experience. Always did love a challenge. :)

And NrsKaren... I am always amazed and impressed by your wealth of nursing wisdsom and helpful links and references... you've been my personal

"medical dictionary" for years now! Thank you for all you contribute! :balloons:

OK... need to catch my breath here, and try to digest this... and wipe the tears trying to escape from my eyes.

You are all the BEST. On that note... gotta regain my composure and regroup for a minute... OUTTA HERE for awhile!

suzy253, RN · Jul 6, 2006

oh my Netters.....you are most deserving.

We ALL love you!!!

jnette, ASN, EMT-I · Jul 6, 2006

Oh... sorry... but I must add something here.

This couldn't have come at a more appropriate and needed time.

For the past four mos. since starting in HH, I have had the privelege of caring for one of the sweetest patients to grace this earth. A lovely little true "country" man of 85... and whose son I had cared for while yet in dialysis.. but he passed away the week I switched to HH. Then I had the surprising honour of caring for his aging father.

For every single day, I went to see this man. Due to my "route", he was always my first visit. He was sooooooooooooooo very lonely... no family members who would come to visit... stuck way back in a rundown trailer on an isolated dirt road with age old fields surrounded by wild blackberry bushes, jumping deer, roaming bear, and swarming with copperheads.

This little patient was my first smile for the day. He sat by his phone faithfully each and every morning, waiting for my call... and when I did, you could hear the gleeful smile in his voice... "Hi, BabyDoll! You comin' up? I'm jes' settin' here a'waitin' on ya, Honey!" And when I'd leave, after hugs, he'd always beg me to be careful on "them thar roads"... "I don't want nothin' to happen to ye.. want you to be able to come back and see me!"

Last week, I stopped before going up and brought him some biscuit and gravey, and his all time favorite breaded pork tenderloin for breakfast. You never saw a happier man.. and he did not attempt to hide his tears of gratitude.

As I reached for the phone this morning to call him and greet him.. my colleague stopped me. "Oh.. no.. did you not know? XXXX died last night."

I could not speak for what seemed like hours. I stared at her in disbelief, even anger. My jaw would not shut. I thought she was pulling some morbidly sick joke, but I knew her better than that. I nearly passed out, I felt like I had been kicked in the stomach by a mule.

But it was true. My little man is gone. Yesterday was the last time I was to see him smile, have him pick fun at me, feel his generous arms hug me in gratitude. Never again to hear "ya comin' up, BabyDoll"?

He was FINE yesterday. FINE. We don't know yet, but are assuming massive heart attack... even though he has never had a cardiac hx. or event. One of the aides had stopped by there in the late afternoon, and found him dead.

And to think it could have been me to find him this morning... oh horror!

So your words posted above have brought comfort to my aching heart this afternoon, and remember... our patients are precious... every one of them.