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Emergency department
A nurse and a stranger Author: Jill Anderson, RN, BSN, CEN, EMT-P, Phoenix, Arizona
A nurse and a stranger Go! Give yourself To a stranger, Comfort Console T h e n walk a w a y A n o t h e r w a n d e r e r w a n t s a part of you Got Give yourself To a d i s t r e s s e d family Hear Hug T h e n walk a w a y Hurry, go! Give yourself To a d y i n g child Medicate! Medicate! T h e n walk a w a y ....
Jill Anderson is Clinical Nurse, Emergency Department, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona. J Emerg Nurs 1998;24:110. Copyright © 1998 by the Emergency Nurses Association. 0099-1767/98 $5.00 + 0 18/9/87300 and 18/9187301
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Keep going. Give yourself To a n o t h e r s t r a n g e r Who m a y n o t t h a n k you either Smile, t h e n walk a w a y As y o u leave Breathe i n n e w hope To your e m p t y soul Haste! D o n ' t feel it yourself Give it to a stranger.
Emergency Department Horror, t h e s i g h t s Their faces, Terror Sorrowful hearts Some h a v e s t o p p e d Heal t h o s e r e m a i n i n g E m e r g e n c y Nurse!
I Contributions to this column may be sent to Susan Moore, RN, MS, CCRN, CEN, 5350 i' Iroquois" Circle, Reno, NV 89502; phone (702) H 328-4036. E-mail: [email protected].
A nurse and a stranger Go! Give yourself To a stranger, Comfort Console T h e n walk a w a y A n o t h e r w a n d e r e r w a n t s a part of you Got Give yourself To a d i s t r e s s e d family Hear Hug T h e n walk a w a y Hurry, go! Give yourself To a d y i n g child Medicate! Medicate! T h e n walk a w a y ....
Jill Anderson is Clinical Nurse, Emergency Department, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona. J Emerg Nurs 1998;24:110. Copyright © 1998 by the Emergency Nurses Association. 0099-1767/98 $5.00 + 0 18/9/87300 and 18/9187301
110 Volume 24, Number 1
Keep going. Give yourself To a n o t h e r s t r a n g e r Who m a y n o t t h a n k you either Smile, t h e n walk a w a y As y o u leave Breathe i n n e w hope To your e m p t y soul Haste! D o n ' t feel it yourself Give it to a stranger.
Emergency Department Horror, t h e s i g h t s Their faces, Terror Sorrowful hearts Some h a v e s t o p p e d Heal t h o s e r e m a i n i n g E m e r g e n c y Nurse!
I Contributions to this column may be sent to Susan Moore, RN, MS, CCRN, CEN, 5350 i' Iroquois" Circle, Reno, NV 89502; phone (702) H 328-4036. E-mail: [email protected].