Tell Your Story

Nurses are privy to the intimate lives of human beings and while we teach our patients, we can't help but learn from them also, being human ourselves. Nurses who share their stories open themselves up to self-discovery, yet another blessing of nursing.

Rehab Nursing
by Judy Schaefer

This is where my heart is, over here
in the niches and the small worry knots
in the crack and crevice of curbstone
of slanted path and walkway
A step that begins with a wiggle
of a toe, recall of a cindered road
chips and scattered stone
See how the tiny mosses grow
so slow
Observance through the night
is an unrewarding chore
See how the tiny mosses grow
springs unseen
roots tenacious
quiet tender shoots
bandaged still
until one bright sunsplashed moment
on the rock
above the salty pulsing surf
This is made of climate, rain and sun
storm and lightning
and washed out bridges
and new canals
This is where I am, over here
in the cinder path with you

This was taken from a book called Between the Heartbeats
Poetry and Prose by Nurses
Edited by Cortney Davis, NP and Judy Schaefer, RN

Begin to journal your experiences in nursing and see where it takes you............