We’re coming up on nurse’s week and it always reminds me to take the time to celebrate this great profession of ours. I don’t know of another profession that carries with it the kind of opportunities to form meaningful human bonds like nursing does. Nurses’ hands are often the first human hands to hold a newborn as he enters the world. Nurses are there for many of life’s greatest milestones, injuries, and illnesses. Nurses are there to sooth and comfort families and individuals facing grim diagnoses and unimaginable loss. We’re also there to celebrate the triumphs of healing – big and small. We’re also frequently the ones who are there, holding the hands of our hospice patients as they take their last breaths. It is our touch that ushers people into life and it is our touch that sooths and comforts people as they leave this life. Read more...
