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In reply to the discussion: From a nurse's perspective... [View all]mcar
(42,210 posts)14. Tears
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Thank you Nurses...the backbone of our healthcare institutions. And next time I want to complain
UniteFightBack
Apr 2019
#2
Sitting b the bedside of an actively dying person hours after shift ends so they won't be alone
uppityperson
Apr 2019
#6
"If nurses get tired working 8 hours, they shouldn't work 12 hours". No, Waish, you uncaring
uppityperson
Apr 2019
#9
On second thought, let me just say Nurses are saints and that job ain't easy. (n/t)
Iggo
Apr 2019
#27
Thank you for this as it sheds a lot of light on someone very close and dear to me.
yonder
Apr 2019
#21
thanks for posting this. my stays in the hospital are usually 4-5 days. for the last 3 yrs
Kurt V.
Apr 2019
#28
And the writer left out the horror of your patient looking deep into your eyes, begging you to kill
Maru Kitteh
Apr 2019
#31
Walsh's hostility shows she has a huge axe to grind with nurses. I wonder what her problem is.
Cousin Dupree
Apr 2019
#35
Thank you for this, babylonsister. Nurses are the backbone of the medical profession.
Aristus
Apr 2019
#36
What quite frankly horrifies me is that nurses work 12 hour shifts.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Apr 2019
#40