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Being A Nurse Means....

You will never be bored
You will always be frustrated
You will be surrounded by challenges.
So much to do and so little time.
You will carry immense responsibility
and very little authority
You will step into peoples lives
and you will make a difference.
Some will bless you
Some will curse you
You will see people at their worst
and at their best
You will never cease to be amazed
at peoples capacity for
love, courage, and endurance.
You will see life begin....and end.
You will experience resounding truimph
and devasting failures.
You will cry alot
You will laugh alot
You will know what it is to be human
and to be humane......-Melodie Chenevert

A little about me.....well now there is a story. ~laughs~ Really there is not that much to tell, I am just a Southern Angel. I have many goals and dreams and thoughts of how I want my life to be. I am old-fashioned at times, adventerous at others. Spiritual yet not religious, accomidating yet not spineless, femine yet not helpless, generous but not a fool. For now I will continue to wish upon stars.....and know that someday my dream will come true. The one thing I do know...and usually gets me into trouble, is that I have a huge heart....and in that I take pride. And I believe that is what inspired me to be a Nurse. Yes, I am a Registered Nurse and love my profession with all of my heart. Everday in my job can be the most rewarding, frustrating, joyous, heart-breaking, inspirational, questionable day than the one before. I graduated from Arkansas State University in May of 1996 with my Bachelor of Science in Nursing. I went to work full time 11-7 shift pediatric/medical floor in a rural community hospital. With the help of the wonderful and inspirational group of people that I work with, I have grown and experienced so much this past year and would like to thank all of them. In April of this year I decided to grow professionally and transferred to the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital. My ultimate goal however will be the Emergency Room and back to school for my masters ~smiles~.

1996 ASU BSN Class Pledge

I solemnly pledge before God and in the presence of this assesmble, To foster high professional standards, To care for and assist individuals in attaining total self-care, To pursue excellence in clinical practice, To support the development and advancement of the Nursing Profession, To promote the health and well-being of individuals, sick or well and to assist them in reaching their maximal potential, And above all, I will use my knowledge and skills to practice competent care to aid the spirit as well as the body.

What It Takes to Be a Nurse
If you ever forget what being a nurse is all about and why our profession is special, take a moment to review your role and the pledges you've made to yourself--and your patients. These affirmations insprie and rejuvenate me; I hope they do the same for you.

I remember that becoming a nurse wasn't easy and that my education is never really complete. I never stop learning about nursing, my patients, and myself.

When I look at my patients, I see friends and loved ones on a battlefield of illness and pain. I do whatever I can to help them.

I see my father in the face of a man who can no longer speak because of a brain tumor. But whose eyes still shine when his grandchildren visit. I remember to be strong with him.

I feel my mother's warm hands in those of an elderly woman whose memories have been claimed by Alzheimer's disease. I remind myself to be patient with her.

I see my sister in the frightened eyes of a girl who's been beaten and raped. I do my best to make her feel safe and secure, even though I'm filled with rage and saddness.

I see my brother in the gaunt young man with AIDS whose family and friends have disowned him. I overcome my fears to give him the care he deserves.

Like a tireless sentinel, I constantly monitor each of my patients, ready to intervene before a crisis occurs. I do my job to the best of my abilities, knowing that a mistake could result in injury or death.

I provide care to all, regardless of my patients moral values, political beliefs, or social status.

I support patients of all religions and those with none; I pray with my patients and for them.

I share my patients victories and losses, rejoicing with them, crying with them, and sometimes just sitting silently with them.

I never forget that nursing is a noble and demanding profession that requires courage, strength, and personal commitment. And I remember that I have these qualities--I have what it takes to be a nurse.
~Margaret C. Curry, RN, C, BSN~

A DEDICATED NURSE

Earth Angel
of Mercy and Compassion,
Whose healing gift
dedication does fashion.
Whose mission is
to preserve life's gift
in pursuit of cure,
this purpose will not lift.
To aid and mend
comfort and cure,
to soothe the sick
and help the weak endure.
These gentle hands
courageous and skilled
must surely be guided
by Heaven's Will.
Called to care
for better or for worse
this is the commitment
of a dedicated nurse.
--Mayatah Dreamwalker

LINKS

*Note: None of this sites are meant to replace the advice of your physician*

ORGANIZATIONS

Lipponcott's Nursing Center

American Association of Critical Care Nurses

Center for Disease Control

American Cancer Society

RN Cental

EDUCATIONAL

Online Exploration of the Heart

Hemodynamic Introduction

EKG's

Critical Care Handbook

Nursing '97

Visible Human Project

Interactive Patient

Critical Care Webpage

REVOLUTION: The Journal of Nurse Empowerment

New England Journal of Medicine

Critical Thinking in Critical Care

Drug Calculations

ACLS Algorythms

ACLS Drugs

ACLS Megacode Simulator

Pediatric ACLS Simulator

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)

INTERESTING

ER: The NBC Television Show

Emergency Room Stories

Vee Tac's Atrium

Jeanie's Nursing Page

ER Nurse Homepage

Journal of Nursing Jocularity

First Aid Room

Darcy's Regent College Student Nurse Page

Nurses

World of Little Angels

The Nurse's Station

CNA's: What we do....who we are

Karen's World

Positive Living With HIV

Who Gets HIV?
What does the H in HIV stand for?
Not homosexual, Nor Hemophiliac,
Not Haitian, Nor Heroin,
Nor Hypodermic needle.
It stands for "Human"
There are no high-risk groups,
only high-risk behaviors.
--Alan Barnett

I take my profession very seriously......HOWEVER, it is a profession that if you do not step back...and look at the humor sometimes, you will surely lose your mind. And we all know what crazy things can happen on the NIGHT SHIFT..~smiles~

For Anyone in the Medical Field: Anti-STRESS Kit
Had a Bad Shift? Call the Psychiatric Hot Line...A Must See!
Need a Prescription to Laugh? MedTOONS Pharmacy
~smiles~ Weird Nursing Tales

YOU MIGHT BE IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD IF........

Discussing dismemberment over a gourmet meal seems perfectly normal to you.

Your idea of a good time is a full code at shift change.

You find humor in other people's stupidity.

You believe in aerial spraying of Prozac.

Your idea of comforting a baby is to place him in a papoose restraint.

You believe that shallow gene pool should require a diagnosis.

You believe CHOCOLATE is a food group.

You believe that unspeakable evil will befall you if anyone ever says, "Boy, it sure is quiet around here".

When you are out in public, you compliment complete strangers on their great veins.

You have ever referred to someone's death as a transfer to the Eternal Care Facility.

Your idea of a really good time is dueling Shock rooms.

You have ever had to leave a patient's room before you began laughing uncontrollably.

You think caffeine should be available in IV form.

You have ever restrained someone, and it was not a sexual experience.

The most commonly uttered phrase on the night shift is "What changed tonight, at two a.m., that makes it an emergency after six months".

You believe that "too stupid to live" should be a diagnosis.

You want the lab to order a 'Dumbshit Profile'.

You believe that the waiting room should be supplied with a Valium salt-lick.

You have ever wanted to hold a seminar entitled 'Suicide...Doing it Right'.

You've been exposed to so many x-rays that you say, "No, I don't worry about birth control....I've been irradiated."

Your client states, "I have no idea how that got stuck in there."

You don't think a referral to Dr. Kevorkian is inappropriate.

You have your weekends off marked and planned for a year.

You have discovered a new condition that you call Hypo-Xanax-emia.

You plan what you are having for dinner while doing a gastric lavage.

You know that drug seekers will be allergic to all medicines except Demerol.

You encourage an obnoxious patient to sign out AMA just so you don't have to deal with them anymore.

Top 10 Reasons to Become

A NURSE

1. Pays better than the Waffle House (though the hours aren't as good).
2. Fashionable shoes and sexy white uniforms.
3. Needles: 'tis better to give than to recieve.
4. Confidence in reassuring patients that all bleeding stops.....eventually.
5. Opprotunity to expose yourself to raree, exotic, and exciting new diseases.
6. Interesting aromas.
7. Courteous and infallible doctors who always leave clear orders in perfectly clear handwriting.
8. Enough charting to navigate around the world.
9. Celebration of holidays with all your friends....at work.
10. Comfort in the knowledge that most of your patients survive no matter what you do to them.

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"If I can ease one life the aching or cool one pain, or help one lonely person into happiness again, I shall not live in vain." --Emily Dickenson

Let me dedicate my life today
to the care of those who come my way.
Let me touch each one with healing hand
and the gentle art for which I stand.
And then tonight when day is done,
Let me rest in peace if I've helped just one.

This page will always be underconstruction and I encourage any suggestions, requests or comments....~smiles~

The Ambulance will take you home....or you can drop me a line in my bag..~smiles~