The Nursing Niche

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"To do what nobody else will do, a way that nobody else can do, in spite of all we go through, is to be a nurse". - Rawsi Williams

There are some people who knew nursing was for them from the get-go. Then there are those who realized it a bit later in life. Whether you found it by accident or were born with it, you know it's where you belong, and you can't see yourself doing anything else.

It might be all sorts of stressful, all kinds of crazy, and decisively depressing most of the time, but it's your place.

At the end of a lengthy and sometimes crushing day, you may feel defeated and drained, both mentally and physically, but that's how it goes. You win some, you lose some, you have good days and bad days. It comes with the profession.

When someone asks who you are, you reply, "A nurse".

It's not what you do, it's who you are.

I was one of the late bloomers. I never knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life career wise, but I knew I wanted to help people. In grammar school, I thought I'd be a teacher or maybe an EMT. When I got to high school I decided on psychologist because, hey, I had plenty of experience with mental illness, some would say too much, and it was something that fascinated me quite a bit.

However, like everything else, it just didn't feel right. I wasn't completely committed to the point I could see myself doing it for the rest of my life.

I needed more.

I really wanted to make a difference in the world, or at least a small part of it. My friend is a nurse in a long term care facility, and she started telling me about the profession, what she does, the pros, the cons, and just like that I was hooked. I delved into my own research after that and the more I learned, the better I felt.

This was it.

What I've been looking for all this time.

Hallelujah, I've finally found it!

Some people, like myself, have felt so lost that they believed there was no point to their life. The age-old philosophical question of, "Why am I here"? haunts your thoughts night and day. You go through the motions, wondering if you'll ever find that something everyone else seems to have.

You watch all of your friends and family graduate, knowing what they want, and you just continue to float aimlessly. Sure you have a job...one that you hate more than when they run out of your favorite flavor of pie after you've been looking forward to it all day, but it's a paycheck.

Then the day arrives when a little light comes on, for whatever reason. You discover what you were meant to do, and once you find your niche, it's one of the best feelings in the world. After all, everyone wants to belong to something.

Everyone wants to matter to someone, somewhere.

As a nurse, you see people at their worst, you help them to get back to their best, you quiet their fears, you hold their hand, you listen, you laugh, you cry, you're there. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean you'll be treated in a way that reflects as such all the time, but you can rest assured you did your best.

The Nursing Niche

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