I am not an expert. I am just a beginner to the profession I chose to live everyday. The two letters attached to my name keeps me on believing that I am made to selflessly give what I can, to inspire others to be what they want someday, and to answer even the silliest question a patient can ask. Never did I dream to hold a cap on my head, or to be dressed with an all white uniform, but then I guess the person above has a lot of reasons, hence He gave me this journey.
Along the career path that I have been walking which started just months ago, I have seen the different faces of what a patient can be. There was this demanding patient who keeps on asking of things that she herself can do. The other one has the initiative to ask and deliberately take his/ her medications. Indeed, a responsible patient I can say. The different ladders of society were also evident. The patient who can’t afford any medication while on the other side a patient who can buy anything that the doctor prescribes. Nevertheless, all these people are the same. They are all patients seeking for care and help.
Nursing is indeed a noble profession. We, nurses are built to accept the bitterness of reality. We are made to help these different pictures of our patients. We care for them, listen to every word they say and act when they needed one. Oftentimes, we offer our time to our patients instead of our families. We even have our duties during holidays (take note, with no increase on our pay). Sometimes, overtimes are also evident almost every shift because there are so many patients to handle. I think, this problem might not be experienced, only if the nurse-patient ratio is adequate.
Even with these phenomena, we nurses are still here. We do this because we think of our patients first. There are certain times when we have these kinds of selfless-acts just to give the care that they need. We do everything to lift their spirits and to enlighten their minds so that somehow, in one way or another; there will always be hope within the struggles that they are facing this time.
All I am hoping now is that nurses will soon get what they deserve--to be paid with justice and to be treated as noble professionals. I hope that someday, our tiny voices in the society will be heard by those seating on the high-ranks. There is nothing I can do but to hope, just HOPE.
