Hello all Emergency
Nurses
I have just finished reading an article posted 07/04/2014 where a doctor
writes about the “6 reasons why nurses are the unsung heroes of the ED”.
It really touch my hart and I would like to share a couple of his thoughts
with all of you:
“…I have learned nurses know their stuff, and that their enormous
experience is an incredible asset to have by my side when faced with the most
challenging patients.”
“Emergency Rooms, due to the high-pressure, life and death nature of the
work we perform, are very stressful places to be. Patients and their family
members, are frequently on edge. When tempers flare in the ER, nurses, as the
workers in the ER who spend most time with patients, frequently serve as
proverbial, and too often literal, punching bags.”
“There is nothing pretty or glamorous about much of the work performed in
a typical emergency room. From diaper changes on elderly patients, to
administering enemas, to cleaning of bed bugs and maggots of our homeless and
less fortunate guests, the nurses I work with do it all, and it is a testament
to their dedication that they rarely protest about it.”
“Most nurses work staggered schedule of several day shifts, then several
night shifts, followed by several days off. As a results their bodies are
perpetually in a state of shifting time zones and sleep schedules.
Additionally, nursing schedules have little regard for social lives, family
obligations and holidays. Wonderfully, instead of complaining, the nurses in my
department throw potluck meals during holidays and adorn the ER with impressive
festive decorations, transforming a place nobody want to be during these
special days into a celebratory place for patients and staff.”
Have a great 2015!
Emergency Nurses Society of South Africa
