I get told (quite often) that I will make a wonderful nurse. I love to hear that!!! It also makes me feel really good after I leave a room...I can hear the pt telling their spouse or family member how I have taken such good care of him/her.
Even though being an NA or nursing student is very difficult...there are some WONDERFUL rewards!!!!!
Specializes in Acute rehab/geriatrics/cardiac rehab.
"What am I going to do without you..." (said as a patient was being transferred from our hospital to a nursing home).
"Thank you for talking to me and not ignoring me and just talking to others in the room like I can't hear.... like some folks do"
"Hey... will you be MY nurse today..... I hope you'll be my nurse today....."
Not really said about me...but I walked into the room when a young patient was kissing his girlfriend and he turned when I walked in and looking embarassed. he just turned red in the face and quietly said "Sorry.... this is just Pain Management....."
Specializes in Geri,Med/Surge,Pedi,Oncol,Corrections.
I was caring for a middle-age woman who other nurses shyed from --calling her the VIP/PIA patient...as I cared for her I listened to what she said and realized quickly she was really just frustrated and fed up with her illness...and the lack of knowledge about it and the doctors lack of interest to teach her about it. I went over to the computer at work typed in the diagnoses and printed up in laymans terms the meaning of each, then I read over them and added my own thoughts to what I had witnessed too in my nursing career, placed it in a folder and presented it to her and then proceeded to go over it with her and her husband. They were so relieved and finally felt they had some direction and control over her situation. The next day he presented me with a 'Sarah's Angel' from our gift department (very expensive angel) which my supervisor said I could keep. They called me their angel. I now collect 'Sarahs angels' and have a variety all over my home, but I treasure most is the gift they gave me. I never expected a gift I felt I simply was doing my job.
Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
I work in a nursing home. Last year, one of my elderly female patients told me, "I love you for all that you do for me."
I'm glad I was able to develop an endearing relationship with this patient during her last year and a half at the nursing home. She died last week at the age of 95. I understand that human life is temporal, and that her death was age-appropriate, but I still miss this lady very much.
This story is for my Mom. She was a CNA for many years and I worked with her for about 3 years before I graduated nursing school. I know how hard she worked and how compassionate she was to her patients.
A few years after my Mom retired, my Dad had a bad fall, then DVT and finally a heart attack from all the stress. He was in a coma for a couple for weeks. I went home to help my Mom make some decisions and get power of attoney so she could pay the bills. My sister found the attorney and made the appointment. We went to see him and he recognized my mother. He told us he would do all of the legal and paperwork for free because my mother had taken such good care of his mother. He got misty-eyed telling me and my sister how wonderful my mother was and how much his mother missed her when my mom retired. It was wonderful to hear.
It also makes me feel really good after I leave a room...I can hear the pt telling their spouse or family member how I have taken such good care of him/her. 
erniebobernie
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The kindness and sweetness those special patients share with us stays close to our hearts and makes us remember why we became nurses.
I hear, "You have such a nice smile, Thank You." all the time.