tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2500430679334601704.post7686992294737932039..comments2024-01-25T05:03:21.567-05:00Comments on Trauma Nurse Adventures: The Texas Years: RememberingLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236693436272479076noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2500430679334601704.post-92168623356186436312015-03-18T01:18:32.666-04:002015-03-18T01:18:32.666-04:00You will not cry about the same things over and ov...You will not cry about the same things over and over.<br /><br />You WILL find new things to cry about on the way home, no matter how long you do this. Not every day, but often enough to make the point.<br /><br />Ask me how I know.<br /><br />When the time comes that you don't cry about anything you see, ever, it's time to hang it up and move to some other area of practice, or get your real estate license.<br /><br />Both for yourself, and for your patients.<br /><br />If anyone else reads that and it hits too close to home, the bell tolls for thee.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2500430679334601704.post-89811388480994205192015-03-17T19:40:29.177-04:002015-03-17T19:40:29.177-04:00What makes you a better nurse is that you have car...What makes you a better nurse is that you have cared for patients like this, building your skills patient by patient. What JCAHO measures is how well we don't kill people, measuring stuff that correlates to reimbursement. There is absolutely no humanity in that. We are forced to deny that we are affected by the sheer awfulness of what we deal with so we can go back and do the job every day. Do we cry often? No, or we wouldn't be the right fit for the job. But sometimes you have to cry for 5 minutes with a co-worker about a 20 year old father of two who shot himself in front of his family, and a 37 year old who lost his fight to cancer right in front of you. EDNurseasaurashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039072154469818990noreply@blogger.com