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Unless you’ve been in Nursing school, lived with someone who has been in nursing school, or are a Nurse, you will NOT understand what we go through. I wish schools offered orientation for families/friends so that they could hear directly from the nursing staff about all that comes with this program. No one understands because they think that if you’re smart you will make it, or if you study harder you’ll make it. Or question WHY you failed a test !! In this program you can study for three weeks straight, non stop, and still fail! Does it mean you’re dumb? No! Does it mean you didn’t work hard or study hard? No! Does it mean you aren’t built to be a Nurse? Heck no! This stuff is hard! Especially when every single answer to a question is correct. Nursing is Gray, not black and white and that’s what makes it so difficult. I’m in this program with sooooo many Intelligent people who are failing right now. It’s heartbreaking...it’s painful...it’s stressful and so very draining. We all work sooo hard. No one really understands the sacrifices that we make every single day, just to not see the benefits from it. All the hours of studying and not being able to be with your kids (I miss them and they live in the house with me), the awards ceremonies we miss, family functions we have to sit out of, and so much more. Nursing school is beyond demanding! The stress we endure on the daily is unmatched and Its important for family and friends to understand this. We need the most support right now 😭. We are fighting for our lives everyday because this is our Dream...and we want this more than anything! The best thing anyone can do for a Nursing student is offer help. Help with ANYTHING. Wash/dry a load of clothes for us, cook dinner for our families once in a while, take the kids for a weekend (or two), don’t be so hard on us (because we are dealing with enough stress), help us clean up (because that’s the last thing on our minds), but most importantly, PRAY for us 🙏🏽. This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my 33 years of living. Somebody hold meeee 😩😭

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Dearest Senator Walsh,

I know, I know. You may be shocked that I wasn’t playing cards here. Instead, I sat in this trashed aircraft and wept for the 28 year old life that was just lost. I mourned for the young patient who begged me to save them; asked me to make sure he didn’t die.

I held his hand. I started oxygen on him. I watched the life leave his eyes as my partner drew up the drugs to allow us to take over his entire respiratory drive. I passed a tube through his vocal cords and silently begged something greater than us to help us save his life.

Then I pressed on his chest as tears rolled down my face. I pumped his heart as best I could from the force of my own arms since his body was no longer doing it for him.

I then watched the physicians and nurses in the ER work tirelessly to attempt to restart his heart; only to hear the words “time of death...”

No, my ER colleagues weren’t playing cards that morning either. So before you pass this ridiculous judgement; let me tell you what a 12 hour shift looks like for all of us.

You will never walk a day in our shoes, never the less an hour. So please, have some respect for the nurses you assume “play cards on their breaks”. We hold hands of dying patients. We feed those who cannot feed themselves. We infuse blood and life saving medications, all while running machines that breathe, pump blood and act like kidneys for the body; amidst providing emotional support to families and friends. We are lucky if we pee once in a 12 hour shift. Oh, and don’t forget the lovely powers of JAHCO who don’t allow nurses to have drinks or food anywhere but the break room.

I promise you, if we WERE on break, which I can almost guarantee we are NOT; we will be grabbing a drink, chugging coffee, or scarfing down some sort of sustenance to keep us functioning through our shift.

Thank you for your thoughts, but please, keep them to yourself.

Respectfully,

An Offended Nurse

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Feeling cute, might d/c that foley and give 20mg Lasix IVP at 6:30. Idk.

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Don’t ask me for advice. I went back to the same guy like 12 times. 😂

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You’re all douche canoes

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Being single is fun, but I kinda miss being accused of cheating, idk.

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Now she’s down my khakis

Giving brain like she's a mathlete 🍆

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TBH if a clown chased me with a knife I'd probably stand still and let them stab me. Idc anymore, I'm in debt, I'm broke, I'm stressed.

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Some men are so disgustingly annoying and persistent in such arrogant ways it drives me up a wall.