The beauty of compassionate serving...
These past couple Wednesdays I've been at a local school district working with a school nurse for my required community hours for my nursing class. It was a fantastic experience and I loved seeing what the nurse's roles were as well as helping her give medications, take heights and weights, and *eek!* check for lice!
One particular moment that stays in my mind and, I hope, in my heart was watching another nurse at the school give one-on-one care to her little student. The student was a preschooler with mental and physical handicaps and required feedings through a stomach tube. The nurse was his personal caregiver for several days a week and the bond between them was amazing. As I watched the LPN sing to the boy, ruffle his hair, and spoil him immensely, my heart was touched in a way that I pray I won't forget. It made me realize how precious life truly is-- how precious every single person is because he or she is a creation of our good God. Every life deserves to be cherished. God bless the nurse for her unspoken lesson to me in compassion and respect for life.
One particular moment that stays in my mind and, I hope, in my heart was watching another nurse at the school give one-on-one care to her little student. The student was a preschooler with mental and physical handicaps and required feedings through a stomach tube. The nurse was his personal caregiver for several days a week and the bond between them was amazing. As I watched the LPN sing to the boy, ruffle his hair, and spoil him immensely, my heart was touched in a way that I pray I won't forget. It made me realize how precious life truly is-- how precious every single person is because he or she is a creation of our good God. Every life deserves to be cherished. God bless the nurse for her unspoken lesson to me in compassion and respect for life.