Christian Nurse, home care nurse

Do Nurses Cry?

From my journal Hospice Visiting Nurse - February, New England, USA This morning, the thermometer on my deck read a bone-chilling -5 degrees F (-21 C). I wished I could stay home, but my patients needed me.  I pressed the remote car starter on my key ring to melt the thick ice off my windshield… Continue reading Do Nurses Cry?

Dialysis Nurse, home care nurse

From Dialysis to Home Care Nurse

November 1991 I have now worked in the new dialysis center in the suburbs for about three months. It is going fairly well, although the thirteen-hour shifts three times weekly exhaust me. I have trouble recovering on my days off and feel as bad as when I used to work the night shift. I started… Continue reading From Dialysis to Home Care Nurse

Christian Nurse, home care nurse

Do Nurses Cry?

From my journal Hospice Visiting Nurse - February, New England, USA This morning, the thermometer on my deck read a bone-chilling -5 degrees F (-21 C). I wished I could stay home, but my patients needed me.  I pressed the remote car starter on my key ring to melt the thick ice off my windshield… Continue reading Do Nurses Cry?

Dialysis Nurse, home care nurse

From Dialysis to Home Care

November 1991 I have now worked in the new dialysis center in the suburbs for about three months. It is going fairly well, although the thirteen-hour shifts three times weekly exhaust me. I have trouble recovering on my days off and feel as bad as when I used to work the night shift. I started… Continue reading From Dialysis to Home Care