Love Working With Childeren

Though I haven't a whole lot of experience yet in my neonatal nursing career, I have observed both the joy's and tears of sadness this profession includes. I know that I will have to grow a thicker skin to continue doing this, but I will never allow myself to become cold. Joy or sadness, the families of these innocent little children need support from everywhere they can get it. I am hoping to grow as a person to rejoice with families when the news is good, but be strong for them when the news is bad. I think that a good nurse should be able to do this. I don't believe that being in healthcare is just another job, but a desire to help people, a passion. Too often I believe that patients fall into the healthcare machine, which at times can be counterproductive, uncaring, and frustrating. Though I cannot alone change the system, I can be a light in it, where patients can feel comfort that someone, a stranger, in difficult times genuinely cares about them and their situation, and doesn't simply not have the time, or has become jaded. I know the majority of my peers do genuinely care, but I think we all need to do a better job at showing this, and I need to learn to do this without my heart on my sleeve. I realize that this post may cause some anger from my peers, but I don't think anything here is way off base, just a reality of having to do so much with so little.