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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 Then walk away Another wanderer wants a part of you Got Give yourself To a distressed family Hear Hug Then walk away Hurry, go! Give yourself To a dying child Medicate! Medicate! Then walk away .... 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 Keep going. Give yourself To another stranger Who may not thank you either Smile, then walk away As you leave Breathe in new hope To your empty soul Haste! Don't feel it yourself Give it to a stranger. Emergency Department Horror, the sights Their faces, Terror Sorrowful hearts Some have stopped Heal those remaining Emergency 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]. 110 Volume 24, Number 1

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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 away

Another wandere r wan t s a par t of you

Got Give yourself To a d is t ressed family

Hear Hug

Then walk away

Hurry, go! Give yourself

To a dy ing child

Medicate!

Medicate!

T h e n walk away ....

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

Keep going. Give yourself

To another s t ranger

Who m a y not t hank you ei ther Smile, t h e n walk away

As you leave

Breathe in n e w hope

To your e mp t y soul

Haste! Don ' t feel it yourself Give it to a stranger.

Emergency Department Horror, the s ights

Their faces, Terror Sorrowful hear ts

Some have s topped

Heal those 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].

110 Volume 24, Number 1