This morning I read a Facebook post by Allnurses: "I firmly believe that 'too stupid to live' should be a diagnosis."
This post is receiving 'likes' and 'shares'.
I'd "like" to take this opportunity to not just passively read such a post, but really consider the message.
Is this post a favorable representation of the nursing profession?
Do we want to encourage this type of thinking among our peers?
Is this how some view our fellow human beings who have entrusted their care to us?
Is this really about nursing arrogance?
May I counter such thinking? (I love to read the definition of a word to be reminded of its full beauty)
Humility - acknowledging that acheivement results from the investment of others in my life
Meekness - Yiedling my personal rights and expectations with a desire to serve
Self control - rejecting wrong desires and doing what is right
Altruism - unselfish regard to the welfare of others
Empathy - The ability to share and understand the feelings of another
Compassion - investing whatever is necessary to heal the hurts of others
Advocate - the act of pleading, supporting or recommending
and then..... there is basic Kindness
Such a post does not leave me in judgement of the patient, but the nurse.
"The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality." - Florence Nightingale
"Meekness - Yiedling my personal rights and expectations with a desire to serve"
quoted complete with the spelling error: It's yielding, not yiedling. Sorry, my inner grammar police came out. As for the content of the quoted line, well sheesh. Total and complete unaltered male cow excrement!
kbrn2002, ADN, RN
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"Meekness - Yiedling my personal rights and expectations with a desire to serve"
quoted complete with the spelling error: It's yielding, not yiedling. Sorry, my inner grammar police came out. As for the content of the quoted line, well sheesh. Total and complete unaltered male cow excrement!