I have been a working RN for 35 years. Many people in nursing complain about their jobs and I have done my fair share over the years. Also, many people leave nursing to do other things.
I always regarded my job as more than a job. I regarded it as a mission to my fellow human beings as well as a livelihood.
If I never get to work as a nurse again, it has been an honor and a privilege to care for people who could not care for themselves. People who trusted me and opened their heart to me. People who asked me to do things for them that they could never ask their families to do. People who shared their fears and pain with me because they couldn't share them with anyone else. People who truly had no one in the world to help them or to show them compassion. People whose need was so great that it was a huge gaping hole that could never be filled.
It has been a privilege to serve everyone I have touched.
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