Sanity is madness put to good use. – George Santayana
A Nurse’s Prayer From 1929
8Oct2008 Author: Mother Jones, RN
The patients are with me.
I shall not want.
I maketh them to lie down in warm blankets.
I feedeth them thru glass tubes.
I restoreth them to health.
I leadeth them up and down the halls for their health’s sake.
Yea tho I sit there all alone on night duty
I fear no evil for my patients are with me.
I washeth the patients feet.
Surely medicines and groans shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I shall dwell in my uniform forever. Amen.
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There has been a lot of chatter in the blogosphere about medical bloggers and HIPAA regulations so let me make this very clear: I write composite stories about many different people that I've cared for over the years.
tammy swofford
October 8th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
*Sing to “Kumbaya, my Lord”…..
The patients are with me
Our hospital is full
A five dollar pizza awaits us
And a whole lot of bull
Eight thin slices
Devoured by five.
Three decline a second piece
Administration is fine!
O.K. So it doesn’t rhyme. But you understand the sentiment.
Smiling,
Tammy
wardbunny
October 9th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Sounds like my day! Nice to see very little has changed!
Amrita
October 9th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Wow I love that prayer.
Mad Mike
October 11th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Cool site MJ! I would love to do this but have no idea as to how to go about it. I would like to be able to do stuff that is not reliant on Google. Congratulations on your move. I remember when you just started out. You have become a great success and even though I am not a member of the medical community I love your posts. I think it is the cop in me:-)
Mother Jones, RN
October 14th, 2008 at 7:29 am
Thanks Mad Mike. You were one of my first online buddies. Nurses love cops:-)
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October 22nd, 2008 at 9:46 pm
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