Treat your patient like you would want your mother to be treated

Thank you for that inspiring messages. Nursing is a my calling and I love being a nurse. you're definitely correct that we, nurses, need to focus more to our patient because we are dealing with human lives.

This is the statement that I used in the final class before clinicals at CNA classes I taught! When u say "Treat someone the way u want to be treated," it doesn't carry the same impact as "Treat these rsidents the way you would want your mother to be treated." Sorry Dads but Mom wins in this one!!!

Suppose you didn't like your mother?

With emphasis on cost containment and profit margins, holistic care is often forgotten. Kindness and empathy can go a long way to helping a patient feel safe and secure. Doing a competent job is appreciated but is often not enough. As demonstrated in many of our recent threads, that extra few minutes, a touch, or just listening, can make a huge difference to someone's well being and recovery. When we treat our patients ,they are at their most vulnerable. The patients and families remember that extra caring, long after their illness, whether the outcome was good or not.

Ummm, well if they gave her entire MS contin dose in one IV dose and pushed it fast...that would be cool. But I doubt I'd get a promotion if I did that at work.

amazing: a man who had never ever been sick, never been to a physician or hospital...had a stroke. difficult to understand him when he spoke...as he recovered and was able to speak "better"...he reached for my hand. i held his hand and listened..."you are a great nurse, the best". "why do you say that", i asked him. his reply (i will never forget).........."because you treat me like a human being".

That was amazing thanks for your passion as well as your compassion!! We often forget how we touch others lives at their most vulnerable times. What makes it all worth while is when we realize our lives have been touched too.

First of all Thank you for reminding Nurses about their role and how they are expected to treat patients...As amatter of fact, they are the actual " extention " of the motherhood in any living society..May God Bless Them.