ED Vignettes: Nursing Humor

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Nursing Humor

Nursing life is hard enough. These are uncertain times of economic realities and of frightening illnesses. As a bedside nurse, you have to contend with long schedules and heavy workload. Believe it or not, nursing leaders complain of the very same thing. Just a different perspective.

But through all the difficulties of being a nurse, there are rewards that keep us going. We survive the trials and become better nurses. Nurses live for the simple pleasures- a thank you from a patient, a life saved, recognition for a job well done, and a chuckle shared with co-workers.

We learn to keep our sense of humor. Because if we cannot laugh at ourselves, how fun can life be? If we always get offended by somebody else’s humor, how can we find joy in life at all? If we find fault in everything, how can we appreciate anything? If we cannot take things lightly, how can we forget the sad things we see at work?

Here are some of my favorites:

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Favorite Quotations

‎"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything they have." - Karen S.Magee

"As I gaze at my garden and regard the varying colors the Creator has made for us, red, yellow, blue, white, pink, purple, etc..., I also think of the many colors the Creator has made of us, black, beige, brown, red, yellow and white -- and all of us are beautiful." - Dr. Maya Angelou

‎"Life is a train of moods like a string of beads, and, as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue, and each shows only what lies in its focus."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

‎"Our planet is filled with heroes, young and old, rich and poor, man, woman of different colors, shapes and sizes. We are one great tapestry. Each person has a hidden hero within, you just have to look inside you and search it in your heart, and be the hero to the next one in need."

- Efren Penaflorida, 2009 CNN Hero

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” - Marianne Williamson

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Nursing Humor

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‎"Life is a train of moods like a string of beads, and, as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue, and each shows only what lies in its focus."- Ralph Waldo Emerson