Can anyone tell me what is wrong with me?! I dread going to work, but I also dread leaving the ward... Hahaha. I simply love the patients. I guess only as a student nurse I can deeply interact with them. When I graduate and become a staff nurse, I won't have any time to do so :(
I'm really having the heart for the old. I simply love them! I think it is because my grandparents died when I was at a young age thus not having the chance to spend good bonding time with them. Well, as I do it to the other old people, I hope my grandparents can feel the exact same tender loving care from heaven! :)
Today it was an emotional moment for the nurses during general report. Though I was not related or involved in anyway(except changing diapers for him once), I could really empathise with them. Most of the time, the public has misconceptions about nurses. We see deaths most of the time, and may get immuned and get used to it. But that is not true. Every death we encounter feels exactly the same as how we first encountered any death. Though the patient's time was up, we could proudly say that we delivered the best care we could ever offer during the last stages of his life. We may not shed a tear, but we cry buckets in our hearts. We do all these to uphold professionalism.
With God's grace, I got it! :DDDD I am sure that I'm not making a mistake!!! I mean, all along I have been visualising myself looking after kids. I know exactly how they feel because I experienced it myself before. Hmmm, but if I were sent to O & G, no choice. But peads would definately be my first choice and I'll fight for it!
Nursing has indeed made my life more fulfilling and purposeful! :D