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Excellent teaching, Dear Kabu!
Wish I would have had a teacher like you in my nursing days. 
In my experiences, being short of staff made it very hard to care properly for each and every patient; this was in hospitals as well as nursing homes. Myself and others who really wanted to see our patients as comfortable and well treated as possible would skip lunches and breaks and even work some off the clock to do so. Money of course being the reason behind boards of directors and private nursing home owners just providing the bare minimum of nursing staff as required by law. The standards were weighed heavily in the favor of profit and I doubt much has changed, sigh..
posted by
Katray2
on August 8, 2016 at 10:59 AM
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You did a great job teaching them, and I am sure your students went on to making a great deal of difference in the world.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on August 8, 2016 at 5:33 AM
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I want first dibs on you as my nurse if ever I get old and sick!! After Wiley, of course.
posted by
adnohr
on August 8, 2016 at 1:07 AM
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Kabu
What a wonderful teacher you make. To teach compassion, to teach by example, outstanding! Such a difficult job, imo, to work as a nurse. Major kudos to all who are the healers. Wonderful post to read. I'll bet your were everyone's favorite staff person! 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on August 7, 2016 at 9:26 PM
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Kabu
I don't like Jello...
posted by
Nautikos
on August 7, 2016 at 4:49 PM
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I wish I could have known you in those days. What a wonderful nurse and teacher you were. God bless you. I love you.
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on August 7, 2016 at 4:34 PM
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Kabuiepie-;)~
Those nurses had a wonderful teacher in you and they learned it from your ability to love other human beings and I love you.
posted by
WileyJohn
on August 7, 2016 at 2:38 PM
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Of course it was quite an experience for the trainees. You seem to have had such nice ideas and insight into other folks emotions. . Well not your own until the big event of course, OK you are a real nice nurse still. I try not to go around annoying nurses I was always rather fascinated by them.
posted by
C_C_T
on August 7, 2016 at 12:11 PM
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not sure but I would imagine a lot of those patients now would be in a resident home like where my daughter works as she does all that now for them
posted by
Lanetay
on August 7, 2016 at 11:04 AM
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Every nursing school - and doctors' training too - ought to take this
class. There's nothing like going through an experience to learn empathy.
posted by
Pat_B
on August 7, 2016 at 10:54 AM
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Those were wonderful teachings for the young nurses. These people need tender care. They have sensitive spirits and are so lonely. If mistreated, even if it is unintended, they hurt so much in silence for fear they will have some backlash.
posted by
Justi
on August 7, 2016 at 10:16 AM
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