Originally Posted by
tristeso
I thought I would let you know why I am a nurse. I became a nurse after divorcing my drug addicted ex-husband. I had always thought about nursing as a career as I enjoy helping people and the money didn't seem too bad an idea either. I soon found out in my first ten years of nursing that the money is rarely worth the blood sweat and tears we put into the job. I worked in three areas of nursing, med-surg, L&D, and currently psych. I loved working all them but I really like doing psych.
The other day the police brought in a young 20 something kid who was beat-up (by the police) and barely conscious - I asked them why they didn't take him to an ER and they stated that he was obviously psychotic so they brought him too us. Well long story short - I took his vitals and called my Supervisor and told him I was sending the Patient to the ER. While I was waiting I washed his face cleaned his cuts and scrapes and got him ready all while monitoring his vitals. He was taken to the ER and later in the Day I found out he was being admitted for a Phneumo-Thorax - (sorry about the spelling med surg was a long time ago). I later founf the patients glasses at the nurses station and since the ER was on my way home I stopped by to drop them off and see how he was doing. He was awake and alert but still very psychotic. I asked him if he remembered me and he looked at me and smiled -"Your the angle who washed my face" That's why I am a nurse.
hppy
Yeah, such a wonderful story. The flipside to this story is I work in a prison where this kid will most likely end up. So my co-workers and I will have to deal with this "psycho" who will be continuosly banging on his cell door, spitting at us, throwing feces and urine, and trying to kill himself every other day. But the police probably just beat him up cause he's a real nice kid. By the way are you a 45 degree or 90 "angle". lol.
unhappy. (not cause i hate my job, but cause of the disrespect my job gets) by these people who see the world through rose-colored glasses.