Authentic Nursing
There was a recent Facebook viral post that I had to just comment on. It was a testament to caring. Today’s nurses WANT to do the same thing so this is no knock on them. They want the time that this nurse had. Berger was 21 and just out of college when she worked in the pediatric recovery room at the medical center. The baby was a burn victim. The story is beautiful. Today’s nurses have too much bureaucratic drag to get through before they can do what they went to school for. In many ways, their profession parallels ours as doctors. Now these nurses have to check boxes, run after alarms and are spread too thin to find themselves in a position of nurse Berger. I bet almost every nurse who saw this was a little jealous. And whose fault is it? I know you know who I think? Isn’t it time we take back healthcare so nurses and doctors could have more time with their patients?
awesome. imagine what the world would look like if all doctors and nurses were allowed to do what they do, unencumbered by all the shackles of modern medicine. i dearly hope that is something that will be realized.
-p