20 Things I have Learned
  From Nursing

1: When you are 92, you shouldn't have to beg for the salt shaker, even if you do have congestive heart failure.

2:Our profession has no room for bullies or whiners.

3:Everyday I have held a hand, but forgotten to chart vital signs, I have still come out ahead!.

4:A good doctor is one who'll say, " I have no idea what's going on with this patient, come help me figure it out.

5:Nursing is the hardest and easiest thing I have done.

6:Whatever I need in a hurry will be in someone else's room.

7:Healing the spirit is as important as healing the body.

8:If I don't take care of myself, I can't take care of anyone else.

9:A body believes everything you tell it.

10:Time flies whether you are having fun or not.

11:A lot of patients get well in spite of us, but even more get well because of us.

12:If I don't get emotionally involved with my patients, it's time for me to change professions.

13:It's usually better to beg forgiveness than to ask for permission, especially if I am taking a St Bernard to see a child in the I.C.U.

14:Professionals give advice but healers share wisdom.

15:If I don't celebrate the exquisitness of each day, I've lost something I'll never get back.

16:Grief knows no rules.

17:The more unloving a patient acts, the more he needs to be loved.

18:Some things have to be believed to be seen.

19: No one promises us tomorrow.

20:If I can't cure, I can still care.

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