Nurses are amazing people :-)

With all of the crazy soul searching I've been doing lately, obviously the topic of my job has come up.  I have switched departments, switched hospitals, and even switched shifts...and still, at times, I am left wondering if I made the right choice in my profession.  

I mean, come on...I wipe butts, I deliver bad news..and then deliver the lifesaving, yet, more often than not, painful treatments.  I get to interact with people at their absolute worst.  They feel horrid, they are scared, and they see me as the ultimate target of release.  I get to leave my family at home to take care of others while they yell at me, puke on me, poop on me, and curse my name.

Clearly, you can see my dilemma here.  What I thought being a nurse was...and what it actually is....are two totally different animals.

  

 And yet...I totally love it.  I love the rare times when a patient or their family member scoops me up in a big hug to say thank you.  I love when little old ladies give me "notes" that make no sense whatsoever, but it is PARAMOUNT to them that I receive it.  I love that crazy old man who tries to dance with me when we transfer from bed to wheelchair.  I love my fellow nurses, who understand the way my brain works in a way that no non-nurse could.  

So, that being said, bravo to myself for the most perfect career choice I could have made.  What do you  know...I actually did something just right :-)