Yes that is part of who I am. I have been a nurse for 12 years, who would have thought it? But it is what I am good at, I feel like a different person at work. I have so many conversations with patients and coworkers and really feel like I am making a difference for patients who are on dialysis.
I often think of where this is going to take me, or will I be doing this forever?
Parts of my job I hate..
Hiring new staff…quality people are so hard to find here, some are not a qualified as I would like them to be. Also people do not want to work at a job that is demanding, or has so many responsibilities. Or complaints on the pay… it goes on and on.
The heaviness of it all being on me. Everything- this is a human life, everyone needs to care, but that is sometimes not the case.
Any how why I wanted to write. What do you say to the patient who has lost his 90 year old mother, and is so upset that he is unsure that he would like to continue his own, despite having his own children and grandchildren, and is so involved in their lives. What do you do....I just listen and love them, and tell them that it is ok to hurt and feel. Isn’t that part of being alive so that we feel.
What do you say to the 30 year old women, who wants to have children, but it doesn’t seem life it is going to happen for her due to having a fucked up family and then having Lupus-that took away her kidney function and putting her in a dialysis chair. She wants to get custody of her sisters drug addicted twins who are in foster care-but can she do it?? Everyone says that she can not....
I have Lupus myself so I know what a chronic illness is and dealing with it on a daily basis. My heart is pulled for these guys for sure
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