SmilesoBright

I am not a nurse but I have worked as a nurse aide on an oncology unit and I must say it does not get any easier. I completely agree with the others when they say you have to look at the "care" you give your patients.As you know most of the patients you come across become frequent flyers . . . I too became depressed while working on that particular unit because I cared for the patients as I would care for a member of my own family or as if they were indeed my family. I absolutely adored working on this floor because they patients taught me things I dont feel I would have learned about life on any other floor. The appreciation of the care given is extremely high on this floor but to me I appreciated them even more for allowing me to comfort them in their time of need. Just remember that even though you lose a life you have also "touched one or many"!! I believe working on the oncology unit I worked among the best of the best and it was caring nurses like you that kept me going and have since inspired me to get a degree in nursing. I am currently taking pre-reqs for the nursing program here in my area and hope to apply this fall so I can soon become a "soldier" in the field of nursing.