The ER Nurse
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E.R. nurses are a different kind of creature. We condition ourselves to roll with the punches..no matter how brutal..you roll. Somebody's life depends on it.
Our eyes see the unfathomable...sights that would keep a "normal" person awake at night...but we roll.
We condition ourselves to not feel it...not take life too seriously...we know how fragile and brief it is..we are reminded every time we swipe that time clock...every time...and we roll the best way we can..
We become numb...our hearts don't feel things like the hearts who are protected from this type of consistent and repeated defeat...we cope..and maybe too well. Maybe we come off as cold and emotionally unavailable. Maybe we aren't approachable. We come off a little bossy...because we have to be to be good patient advocates..to be the person our patient needs.
Be patient with the ER nurse/EMS/PD/FD in your life. Your eyes have not seen what theirs have. You haven't felt it...you haven't battled death as much and as hard as they have. You could never see their world through their eyes...because if they love you..they wouldn't want you to..they will protect you from it.
Be patient and kind with your ER nurse...you never know what battlefield they just walked off of...
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