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Thank you for a wonderful, well written article. Nurses are rarely acknowledged for all the good they do, and that is a shame. Keep up the good work you are doing in Ordinary Hospital, your patients are lucky to have someone who cares so deeply for them.
I'm a teacher, and rarely are we presented as we really are on TV, either. On the fictional shows, teachers all wear low cut blouses and unrealistically high heeled shoes, on the news we all seduce our students. ;) Sadly, a lot of people aren't ever going to know or care what folks in our professions do on a day to day basis, but it's okay, because WE know we're doing good work, and the people we work closest with - your patients and my students - know that what we do makes a difference.
As for the negative letters, I'd ignore 'em. I think if we baked some of these angry folk a big ole plate of chocolate chip cookies, they'd gripe and moan because they weren't oatmeal raisin, or vice versa. Some folks just like to be miserable, and they can't help but try to bring the rest of us down with them.
You do good work, Ms. Tisdale. You get a gold star from this teacher.
