#whatjusthappenedhere

[lgmarketing512]

Tara: What kind of music are you listening to these days? Me: Rap... heavy rap. Tara: *plays Justin Bieber* #music #whatjusthappenedhere #friends #sosimilar #sodifferent #love #fiestasloscabos #lgmarketing (at Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMsLDZMlUp3/?igshid=1590oudiq279z

[adventuresintraumaland]

(Part 2) I know that that's part of the life I'm going to be living but I can't get the image of those two little boys following their mama down the hallway. How can I deal with stuff like that? I've seen some pretty bad stuff, but for some reason this one is sticking with me

((See previous ask))Hey there! 

Greatquestion. It’s true that in medicine, and especially nursing, you do sometimessee the dark side of human nature. The things that other people shy away fromor that we turn our head from. But being around people when they’re not attheir best is part of the job. I guess you have to ask yourself if you thinkyou can handle often being in emotionally charged situations. 



 I will say it is easiersometimes to distance yourself because it’s not you or someone you know closely. But other times hard is hard or sad is sad and it’s difficult to separateyourself from the emotions of your patients and family members.  

There is no right orwrong way to react as a nurse. Some nurses are stoic and believe in never showingyour emotions in front of patients, but others are emotional and cry freelywith patients. Our job is often an emotional and trying one, so it’s really okto have have emotions, to feel them, and then to choose whether to express themor not.   

The thing is, as a nurse, you will see terrible things.Things that people should not have to witness. Codes, deaths, dying patients,suffering patients, children who have been abused, people who have been assaulted,etc, etc. These are sometimes a part of our daily job. But you can choosecertain nursing jobs that have less of these sad things in their everyday. Somejobs are considered pretty happy. You can work in a doctor’s office, work laborand delivery (although sad things definitely happen here too..), work in anurgent care, etc. There are jobs that don’t have quite as much death andsadness in them.  

Honestly, if you are thinking about nursing as aprofession you probably already have a caring and compassionate nature.Sometimes that is the problem of nurses is that we care too much and can’t turnour emotions off. But I say that’s a better problem to have then the opposite. 

I think you’ll be surprised how strong you can be if you need to be. And if youget emotional, so what? We’re all humans. Nursing sometimes allows you to dosomething to help a patient’s pain and suffering. Even if all you can do isoffer your hand to hold or a kind word. Show compassion and you’ll do just fine. 

[wundermere]

So I was eating my dinner of sandwich and chips and all of a sudden I heard a small "meow."  I thought maybe I was just hearing things or it was on the TV.  I heard it a few more times and started getting weirded out...Was there a cat under my bed?  Did an ad pop up and I didn't realize it?  I stopped and listened but it didn't make a sound.  Then I heard it again!  It was louder this time!  And it was me.  There was a squeaky, meow noise coming from my throat...Wut?

[ghoulycat]

kishimoto, you fucker

seriously

goddamn

NO.

JUST NO.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'VE DONE