Remember the Good
Today I would like you to go back to the day you passed your nursing boards. Remember how nervous, exhausted, stressed you were before that test. Remember how much effort and energy and time you put into completing the prerequisites, taking countless tests, completing hundreds of clinical hours, performing endless reading, studying, and memorizing. All of those things that were necessary to take the test that would launch you into a profession in which peoples lives are in your hands.
Remember the joyous exuberance when you learned you passed. Remember when you gathered with your family, who had sacrificed too during this journey, and celebrated this milestone. Remember the encouragement you got and gave in sharing the experience with your peers.
Remember getting your first nursing job and actual starting doing the work that no test really prepares you for. Remember the patients who's bedside you were at watching and caring for them from dawns early light to the darkest of night. Remember the comfort you have given to others throughout your career and that you have made a difference that can't be quantified by data.
Remember the hands you have held, the clinical questions you have asked and the nformation you have shared to better the care of strangers, the medications you have administered to treat illness and disease, the precautions you have taken to keep patients safe in high pressure environment. Stay humble, be a mentor to the new, and rejoice over the difference you can make just by going to work. Whether you remain at the beside or not - RNs nerving stop advocating for their patients. xo
Remember the joyous exuberance when you learned you passed. Remember when you gathered with your family, who had sacrificed too during this journey, and celebrated this milestone. Remember the encouragement you got and gave in sharing the experience with your peers.
Remember getting your first nursing job and actual starting doing the work that no test really prepares you for. Remember the patients who's bedside you were at watching and caring for them from dawns early light to the darkest of night. Remember the comfort you have given to others throughout your career and that you have made a difference that can't be quantified by data.
Remember the hands you have held, the clinical questions you have asked and the nformation you have shared to better the care of strangers, the medications you have administered to treat illness and disease, the precautions you have taken to keep patients safe in high pressure environment. Stay humble, be a mentor to the new, and rejoice over the difference you can make just by going to work. Whether you remain at the beside or not - RNs nerving stop advocating for their patients. xo
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