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<blockquote data-quote="MadCatLady" data-source="post: 13610" data-attributes="member: 7960">And this has made me cry.&nbsp; My old fashioned hospital nursing training was pretty tough, but we did support each other and the hours weren't as punitive as junior doctor hours. And I was fortunate to have friends outside work and a fairly good social life.The picture below is the amazing nursing sister who taught me so much. I worked with her as a 3rd year student and was terrified of her. She had a sharp tongue and didn't suffer fools gladly. Then she took me back as a staff nurse and taught me so much about management and how to look after your staff.&nbsp; Later I ended up attending the same church as her and we became friends.&nbsp; She's nearly 80 here and in so much pain from her hips she could barely walk, but she still had a smile to light the world up. She used to train up the house officers and mothered them.&nbsp; Some of them were scared her, but there wasn't much she didn't know.&nbsp; I did a lot of nights as a staff nurse.&nbsp; It was an acute medical ward long before the days of separate admission wards.&nbsp; We always made the doctor's a cuppa when they arrived and often fed them too.&nbsp; They often looked exhausted and needed guidance.And I've just had a lovely friend visit and was reminded of some pictures I did on a recent retreat not long after my diagnosis.&nbsp; My faith is important to me so there are Bible verses in it. My friend highlighted the comment, &quot;Learn to be the person I'm meant to be.&quot;. Maybe something all of us should embrace having spent most of our lives hiding our true selves, feeling we're unacceptable?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MadCatLady, post: 13610, member: 7960"] And this has made me cry. My old fashioned hospital nursing training was pretty tough, but we did support each other and the hours weren't as punitive as junior doctor hours. And I was fortunate to have friends outside work and a fairly good social life. The picture below is the amazing nursing sister who taught me so much. I worked with her as a 3rd year student and was terrified of her. She had a sharp tongue and didn't suffer fools gladly. Then she took me back as a staff nurse and taught me so much about management and how to look after your staff. Later I ended up attending the same church as her and we became friends. She's nearly 80 here and in so much pain from her hips she could barely walk, but she still had a smile to light the world up. She used to train up the house officers and mothered them. Some of them were scared her, but there wasn't much she didn't know. I did a lot of nights as a staff nurse. It was an acute medical ward long before the days of separate admission wards. We always made the doctor's a cuppa when they arrived and often fed them too. They often looked exhausted and needed guidance. And I've just had a lovely friend visit and was reminded of some pictures I did on a recent retreat not long after my diagnosis. My faith is important to me so there are Bible verses in it. My friend highlighted the comment, "Learn to be the person I'm meant to be.". Maybe something all of us should embrace having spent most of our lives hiding our true selves, feeling we're unacceptable? [/QUOTE]

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