Thank you for a great poem, I copied it to the LPN Yahoo Club I hope you don't mind. This poem reminded me of my nights I worked in LTC, brought back many memories. Thanks again.
Excellent poem-it captures the essence of nursing today (unfortunately) I have a presentation to do on issues facing the profession, and I think this poem will be a perfect intro to the presentation. It neatly summarizes all of the major issues we're facing staffing, working conditions etc.
Thank you for sharing!!!
PS I'll be sure to give you the credit as being the author!
I e-mailed Linda and asked for permission to copy this poem; this was her response:
Hi Jenny. I must say I'm a little overwhelmed by the response. I had a feeling when I finished the poem it had something "else". Of course you may publish it. I
checked with Canadian copyright laws and it states when an individual creates an original work, it is automatically protected by copyright. The response at my
hospital was good, with the exception of our "clinical programmer" who said I needed to work on the rhyming.I read the poem to my sister and she got weepy eyed!
She's not a nurse, but a physiotherapist!. Anyway I'm glad a lot of people are enjoying it. That's why sharing it is so rewarding.The power of words! Bye, Linda
Just thought I'd share her response in case anyone else was interested in copying it for work, newspapers, etc.
Once again, thank you, Linda, for sharing this with all of us.
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Linda,
Beautifully written!!!As was said previously, I got chills when I read your peom. Unfortunately, some of those very words I've said myself.