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].
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