Having been
admitted to hospital on critical illness 3 times within a span of less than one
year and duration on each hospitalization not less than one week makes me fully
aware of the duties of a nurse. Since during those period I was hospitalized in
the intensive care units, the job as nurse was so much felt.
In a life threatening
situation, any hospital patient will be highly dependent on the nurse. Well as
for me, it was more apparent since I was highly sedated for 4 days upon my
emergency admission.
Recalling those
scary moment, I was shocked to find out soon after regaining my consciousness,
I was talking nonsense since I was still high on morphine. My wife told me on
her visits that the nurses had diligently attend to me without any hesitation.
As much as they
(the nurses), care for me like a baby from cleaning me up to feeding me, they also
perform needful duties like utilizing the apparatus to vacuum my thick phlegm from
my throat to clear my breathing passage way. It was needless to say awfully
painful during the process, but they did it with confident. Apart from caring
for me, they (the nurse) indeed have a strong heart to complete their task even
though when it seems unbearable. During such occasion, my wife would normally leave
me with the nurses as she could not bear watching me going through the excruciating process.
In another
instance, one other patient whom was emotionally disturbed, have to be subdued by
the nurses despite they being verbally and physically abuse. They finally able
to calm the patient without the assistance from a security guard or a doctor.
There’s one other
patient that refuses to eat and practically become unmotivated to recover from
a heart bypass, but the nurses were consistently giving her encouraging words where
she finally able to overcome her psychological negativity.
All in all, I
have high respect for this ladies for their unwavering dedication in their work
which has been a significant factors in most patient recovery apart from the
doctors and the medicine.
Your noble
contribution to the industry and society will never be forgotten. Nurses, wherever
you are, my deepest appreciation and salute to you.
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