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yonder

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21. Thank you for this as it sheds a lot of light on someone very close and dear to me.

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 03:40 PM

Apr 2019

My wife has been a CCRN for almost all of her long career with much of that time being spent in a PICU. She's fairly stoic and I occasionally get glimpses of just how difficult her day may have been. Over the years, I've learned lingo and some other things, however and of course, I'm never privy to any details. This is a very gripping account of what many of her days must be like and has given me a stark new awareness of the professional work she and others like her, perform every day.

Thanks again.

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From a nurse's perspective... [View all] babylonsister Apr 2019 OP

I so hope KT2000 Apr 2019 #1

Thank you Nurses...the backbone of our healthcare institutions. And next time I want to complain UniteFightBack Apr 2019 #2

Except for Maureen Walsh's name... K&R. ck4829 Apr 2019 #3

She is incredibly stupid. "Play cards all shift" my shiny butt uppityperson Apr 2019 #4

Thank you, Babylon, for posting this. Really poignant. ❤❤ Karadeniz Apr 2019 #5

Sitting b the bedside of an actively dying person hours after shift ends so they won't be alone uppityperson Apr 2019 #6

My union is involved in that rest break bill that she is trying to sabotage ismnotwasm Apr 2019 #7

"If nurses get tired working 8 hours, they shouldn't work 12 hours". No, Waish, you uncaring uppityperson Apr 2019 #9

Can you imagine surgical nurses, or even clinic nurses ismnotwasm Apr 2019 #24

K&R smirkymonkey Apr 2019 #8

I could not do that every day malaise Apr 2019 #10

K & R ancianita Apr 2019 #11

Nurses are the lifeblood of any hospital! Stonepounder Apr 2019 #12

Indeed ck4829 Apr 2019 #25

I have been an ICU nurse. TNNurse Apr 2019 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Apr 2019 #26

On second thought, let me just say Nurses are saints and that job ain't easy. (n/t) Iggo Apr 2019 #27

Tears mcar Apr 2019 #14

valar dohaeris to whoever wrote this 😰 Volaris Apr 2019 #15

Post removed Post removed Apr 2019 #16

Are you kidding? mgardener Apr 2019 #19

What the fuck is this shit right here. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2019 #20

He's dead, Jim liberaltrucker Apr 2019 #23

W.T.F. backtoblue Apr 2019 #22

God bless these "Angels of Mercy" who work every day pazzyanne Apr 2019 #17

My wife was a nurse and midwife. That senator is a complete asswipe. BSdetect Apr 2019 #18

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

I say thanks to all who Lifelong Protester Apr 2019 #29

This is exactly what it is MuseRider Apr 2019 #30

And the writer left out the horror of your patient looking deep into your eyes, begging you to kill Maru Kitteh Apr 2019 #31

This is exactly what my shift in the ICU Sunsky Apr 2019 #32

She describes it exactly riverwalker Apr 2019 #33

That is crazy. No, what is crazy is that they aren't paid like pilots lostnfound Apr 2019 #34

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

k&r BSdetect Apr 2019 #37

My eldest daughter is a nurse. OxQQme Apr 2019 #38

I am not a nurse, but my oldest child would not be alive without nurses. EllieBC Apr 2019 #39

Thank you for posting this. Duppers Apr 2019 #44

What quite frankly horrifies me is that nurses work 12 hour shifts. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #40

I just switched back to 12 hours from 8 hour shifts. ismnotwasm Apr 2019 #41

For years the justification given for the very long PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #43

Caring nurses are angels! Duppers Apr 2019 #42