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In reply to the discussion: 'I've been a nurse for 30 years, and I understand why so many of us can't do it anymore.' [View all]yonder
(9,664 posts)16. My wife has been a ICU/PICU nurse for over 40 years.
Closing in on retirement, she is the most loving, dedicated person I know. There are good and bad days but she always keeps her head down and plugs away while giving a lifetime of service to others.
Often enough, at the store or in a restaurant, a former patient or family member of one will come up and ask: "aren't you ______? You took care of _______ those many years ago". What a reward that must be - to be remembered like that.
Yes, nurses do rock, doing one of the toughest jobs there can be.
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'I've been a nurse for 30 years, and I understand why so many of us can't do it anymore.' [View all]
ismnotwasm
Dec 2019
OP
Thanks to all nurses who devote their lives to this career. I had several family members in...
SWBTATTReg
Dec 2019
#3
My mother was a nurse...LPN then RN then she started her own pain clinic...helped many folks
spanone
Dec 2019
#9
If it weren't for nurses, I wouldn't be here. That's true for a lot of us.
CaptYossarian
Dec 2019
#23
20 years ago I trained as a med tech. I loved the actual learning, but my first time in
Nay
Dec 2019
#43
Nurses have traditionally lacked the respect they deserve because they do 'women's work'
ehrnst
Dec 2019
#37
My dear wife retired after almost 40 years working with burn patients
Rural_Progressive
Dec 2019
#39