OLD DOCTORS

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I HAVE BEEN A NURSE FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS-AND EVEN THEN-IN THE BEGINNING OF MY

CAREER THINGS WERE SO DIFFERENT--I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE NURSES AND CAN

RELATE.WHEN I FIRST STARTED NURSING DOCTORS CAME TO SEE THERE PATIENTS EVERYDAY

IN THE HOSPITAL AND DID FULL ASSESSMENTS-AND TALKED TO THEM AND THEIR

FAMILIES,NURSE ACTUALLY BATHED AND CARED FOR THEIR PATIENTS-WALKED THEM-

LISTENED TO THEM-COMFORTED THEM-I EVEN REMEMBER SITTING BESIDE PATIENTS WHILE

THEY WERE DYING AND SAYING MY PRAYERS WITH THEM.

GONE ARE THOSE DAYS-THEY GAVE US NURSES SO MUCH PAPERWORK AND COMPUTER WORK

AND INSERVICES-ECT....WE HAD 10 DIFFERENT DOCTORS FOR EACH PATIENT-THEY CUT THE

STAFFING TO 1/4 OF WHAT IT USED TO BE--I COULD GO ON AND ON-THE NEW GRADS JUST

WANTED TO GO RIGHT INTO ADMINISTRATION AND DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT PATIENT

CARE....

WE HAD A FAMILY DOCTOR FOR 4 GENERATIONS IN OUR FAMILY AND BOY DO I WISH HE WAS

STILL ALIVE...HE DID COME TO THE HOUSE IF YOU NEEDED...HE CAME TO YOUR WEDDINGS

AND FUNERALS....HE COULD TELL WHAT WAS WRONG WITH YOU WITHOUT 100,000 DOLLARS

OF TESTS....DIAGNOSED MY MOTHERS LITTLE BROTHER WITH LUEKEMIA AT 11 JUST BY

ASSESSMENT BLOODWORK AND KNOWLEDGE.

LAST TIME I SAW HIM WAS 5 YEARS AGO WHEN HE CAME TO MY GRANDMOTHERS FUNERAL-

HE HADN'T SEEN ME IN OVER 15 YEARS AND STILL REMEMBERED EVERYTHING ABOUT MY

LAST VISIT-EVEN MY MEDICATION!!! THEY DONT MAKE EM LIKE THAT

ANYMORE,,,,,,,,,LYNN