Nurses Poem~

I Am A Student Nurse


Submitted by Boyd Williams
I am a student nurse

I promise to be brave

I graduate in July



I am a student nurse

I will not show them I am afraid

I will pretend that I have done this a million times or more

So my patients will feel at ease when I am on the floor



I am a student nurse

I promise to be brave

I graduate in July

The Nurse

Submitted by Frank Paylor of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


When you are feeling sick, or worse,

thank your dear Maker for your nurse

Whose tender care and ministrations

are worth sincere congratulations.



The shattered limb, the fevered brow

are much the same to her somehow.

There is a need, a chance to heal,

to ease the pain that you might feel.



Through all those precious smiles

and words of comfort, as she tends

With all her sharpened skills and guiles

without complaint, she mends.



Then there comes the day

when you are sent upon your way

-- and you discover, in the end,

that you have had a pleasant visit

with a very special friend.

I'm Sorry In Advance


By Linda Leeson - Licensed Practical Nurse Vernon Jubilee Hospital Vernon. B.C. Canada



Your beds not made today

But I have a patient here

Whose chest pain

won’t go away

I’m sorry in advance

You’re not happy with your meal

Dietary does try hard sir,

To give it some appeal

I’m sorry in advance

Your morning pills are late

I’ve a patient climbing out of bed

That I must try to sedate

I’m sorry in advance

Your mattress isn’t soft

We do need some new beds ma’am

But these things do cost a lot.

I’m sorry in advance

I didn’t get to comb your mothers hair

I’ve a patient with emphysema

She’s scared, she can’t get air

I’m sorry in advance

Your fathers still in pain

I’m trying to reach his doctor

I’ll have to try again

I’m sorry in advance

Your dressings aren’t yet done

But a patient has just passed away,

I offered solace to his son,

I’m sorry in advance

I’m not cheery as a bird

I’ve worked 12 hours, my feet ache

I asked for help,

but no one heard

I’m sorry in advance

I’ve only two hands and two feet

I’m trying to care for you, patient

Your needs, I want to meet

My 12 hours now are 16,

No replacement could be found

My aching feet they cry out

My head begins to pound

I’m sorry in advance

I cannot meet your gaze

My eyes are filled with tears

Your face is just a haze

If I could sit down for a minute

And maybe grab a bite

Phone my kids to say I love them

And I’ll be late again tonight

I’m sorry in advance

I didn’t do all that must be done

If I worked any faster

I’d soon begin to run

When I do get to hold your hand

Or wipe your furrowed brow

Please understand, dear patient

I care for you and how

I see your pain,

I sense your fear

Your anger in a glance,

Our health care service

is failing you

I’m sorry in advance.





Place Your Healing Touch In My Hands

Unknown Author



Help me as I care

for my patients today,

Be there with me,

O Lord, I pray

Make my words kind

--it means so much--

And in my hands place

Your healing touch

Let your love shine

through all that I do,

So those in need

may hear and feel You.



Assignment


By Kim Jordan RN



I have nine patients, you are but one

I will walk five miles before I am done

Tiptoeing in and out of the rooms

Darkened and quiet like silent tombs

I try not to wake you, for there is no time

When trying to divide eight hours by nine.





It is my duty

Dawn Butler, RN

(Pennsylvania)



I walk through those doors with pride,

Who's life will i save tonight?

Someone is waiting for me,

Someone is alive today because of my duty.

Sometimes we cry cause we can't save them all,

God sometimes won't let us interfere when he calls.

A baby's first breath when he looks at me,

The joy of my first delivery.

The tear i wipe a way with my own hands,

The life ending of a gentle old man.

The night seems so dark and the morning so bright.

Being a nurse you see life in a different light.

Who will i save tonight?

Who will hold my hand during their last breath with no fright?

Who will enter this world on my shift?

How many mothers will greet their babies with a kiss?

I don't know who these special people are

but i will meet them with every call

I will hold them tight and help the pain

I will hold them up when they feel faint.

I will be strong when i am needed

That is my job, I am a nurse..that is my duty.