work.....

So I am actually at work right now, trying to complete odds and ends before my whirlwind trip to the great T.O., wondering how I am going to even make it though this day....

I am the nurse that will make you a cup of tea; listen to you rant, even when others have lost all patience with you and demand you be released for your behaviour.  I am the nurse that gives a damn what happens to you, who thinks about you at the end of her shift and develops care plans at home for you.  I am nurse who looks at new assessment opportunities, plans of care and new therapy modules to make you more empowered and able to handle crises.

I am also the nurse who gets told, "I told you so."  I get that a lot.  I get that from co-workers, from patients, from my boss.  And some days, it's just really hard to put "one foot in front of the other," so to speak, and do my job.  The problem, is, this will always be my job.  This will always be what I do.