We are human too

[IdrilRN]

#justnursinghomethings.

#weepy

#justnursethings

#beanursetheysayitwillbefuntheysay

#veryrewarding

When you hope the medication is enough.

When you hope your touch is enough.

When you hope your nursing skills are enough.

When you kiss them on the forehead and say "I love you"

When they reach out for your hand and say they love you too.

When they tell you the pain has gone away.

Then I know I've done enough.

Then I know I can take a moment for myself

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

This isn't FB/twitter/instagram hashtags are meaningless here.

This reads like serious professional/personal boundary issues. We are not surrogate family to be kissing "old as (explicative) patients". Especially in Geri-psych.

[Extra Pickles]

Signs of compassion fatigue?

whose?

[NotYourMamasRN]

I never had relationships like this with patients, but during the short amount of time I worked in LTC I did see many of the staff have relationships like this with the patients. It was actually encouraged and mirrored by administration. It was a family atmosphere in both facilities. One was an Eden Alternative facility. Some of the patients there, they lived there for years and literally never had a visitor. In ways it might have taken its toll on the staff but the gift of friendship that the staff gave to these people was beautiful. I found it odd, I was coming with a hospital background and I am not much of a people person. Though there were a few residents that I was friendly with and would chat extra with. It seemed like natural progression when you see the same people over and over again for years at a time. There were some conflicts of interest that I observed however, between administration, staff, and patients who for example were in the same church. I won't get into specifics but I did see that conflict of interest result in a violation of federal law which was reported. It was definitely a double edged sword.

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

Please don't pile on the OP. She knows by now that hashtags don't mean anything here at AN, and I'm sure she understands boundaries a little better. It's true, one does not kiss a patient/resident on the forehead (or anywhere else), but I can see why she thought it would be OK, because staff and residents often become like a family in LTC facilities. She just needs to draw a line between the personal and the professional and then stick to it.

[la_chica_suerte85, BSN, RN]

Jesus what is happening here?

[Davey Do]

I like it.

It's Poetry, It's Art, which may or not be based in reality- only in the viewer's mind.

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

We all care deeply for a patient, that is passing on. I have been there for many patients and comforted them on their way out.

Keep it on a professional level. Love is a special thing, save it for when you need it.

[elkpark]

I like it.

It's Poetry, It's Art, which may or not be based in reality- only in the viewer's mind.

I hope it's intended as art, and not reality.

[klone, MSN, RN]

Well, now we could get into an existential conversation about art imitating life, or vice versa.

[SmilingBluEyes]

I understand the compassion but there ARE serious boundaries being crossed here if these are indeed your actions. If it's just prose, then it's beautiful.

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

I understand the compassion but there ARE serious boundaries being crossed here if these are indeed your actions. If it's just prose, then it's beautiful.

Well said.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

And old as **** frail elderly resident in the nursing home I work in who was half dead the other night and has no family but the people who take care of her.

We moved this thread to the LTC Nursing forum. Good luck to you.