"Your job is to make me happy"

I was taking care of a patient today who told me... "your job is to make me happy". I was taken aback, but responded "my job is to make you healthy... healthy and happy, but healthy first"

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Honor in Indignity

People become nurses to help others and make a difference. But so many of the day-to-day miracles of nursing get lost in the exhaustion, the tediousness, the frustration, and the burn out

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Meaning of your username?

I am new to allnurses and just was curious what everyones usernames mean. I know there are previous thread for this but I figured there have been some username changes and new members since then.

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Let's have some fun!

I just read an Aussie poem. It goes:
You're the Gold to my Coast, the Vegemite to my toast
The sea to the sand, the beer in my hand

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Irrational patients

I had this older lady who was hospitalized for pneumonia. All evening she was very pleasant and even offered chocolate each time I went in to see her. It was mentioned to me at the beginning of the shift that the night before she had gotten out of hand and I thought this lady is so sweet I wonder what they are talking about. Well at 6am I found out.

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