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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]CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)23. If it weren't for nurses, I wouldn't be here. That's true for a lot of us.
Nurses are special. They make life and death decisions on the fly. It's both a physical and a mental job. You're part psychologist, grief counselor, plumber (with IV pumps & tubing), and ALL SAINT.
And you are called upon to do this for at least 12 hours a shift.
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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