it's really not giving shots, or starting iv's or taking someone's blood pressure that makes me feel like a nurse that's worthwhile. it's when a little girl runs into a rural clinic with her finger cut open crying her eyes out because thieves had broken into her home and tried to stab her and instead got her finger....and she sits down to get stitches and they don't have anesthetic, so they just begin to sew. so i walk in at the opportune time...and get to squeeze this girl's hand as tight as i can & look in her eyes while she's experiencing the worst pain. and as i'm sitting there i see all this blood and i can't help but think....does this girl have hiv? but i can't let it bother me. instead i pray a little prayer hoping God will protect me and i give this girl the little i have to offer. and that's an armpit for her to dig her head into, and hand for her to squeeze so hard i literally thought i was going to lose my circulation. and all the while this girl is so upset and in such pain...but after it's all over and the procedure is done...she looks up at me and gives me the biggest smile i've gotten since i've been here.
and that's what i call being a nurse.
only took 5 years of college education to learn how to do that :)


internet is hard to come by. i wish i could write all day.