Mental Health Day

If anyone tells you that nursing is an easy career, they are either lying or are just a shitty nurse. It can take a toll on a person both physically and mentally. Things get even tougher when you see bad things happen to good people, and then you have to deal with someone who is there just for the drugs. A young mother is dying in one room, and in the room across the hall is a young woman who just can't get enough of that pain medication that starts with a D. Despite all that, you have the patients who ate extremely appreciative for every little thing you do. I recently had a patient for 2 short hours. I discharged her, and in those few short hours, I had made such an impression on her that she hugged me not once, but twice. Those are the moments I cling to and hold close to my heart. They are what get me through the low moments.