And, the day care aides provide a safe environment for all those children, and they surely get more hugs in a day than I do. Sometimes you just have to look beneath the exterior of a job to see what s really there. I think nursing is that kind of job. If you know the nursing profession just through what you read in the newspapers , Nurse Murdered in Port St. Lucie, Needlestick Injuries on the Rise, Severe Nationwide Shortage of Registered Nurses, you think, What a crummy job a nurse has. But, if you are a nurse or the daughter, mother, sister or brother of a nurse, maybe you ve been allowed a glimpse of what s really there.
Nurses don t have it easy, and it s going to get worse before it gets better.
The pay isn t what it should be, and the working conditions leave much to be desired. The amount of personal responsibility is daunting, and the amount of support is never enough. But, nurses make a difference. Nurses provide care that sometimes means life instead of death, or a quick recovery rather than a lengthy recuperation. Nurses do what needs to be done and then some, and they don t look around for someone to pat them on the back or provide applause.