"Because I'm a nurse"

[Stinky The Clown]

On the NBC network news tonight was a general story about Covid. Gabe Gutierrez was reporting from a Covid ward. There was a nurse who was there, in the thick of it, on her day off. Gutierrez, acknowledging it was her off day, asked her why she was there.

Because I'm a nurse.

Quietly, no grandstanding, just a sincere answer, made all the more true by her decision to be there.





To all nurses and everyone on the front lines, THANK YOU.

[Stuart G]

1. Thank You for posting...K and R..Great Post...

[Hortensis]

2. "Because I'm a nurse." Commitment. Greatness.

[multigraincracker]

3. I'd like to nominate my SO/RN

for sainthood

[spanone]

4. My mother was a Nurse. They have a huge place in my Heart.

LPN, RN, Master's degree. Opened her own pain clinic.



To all nurses and everyone on the front lines, THANK YOU.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. She Impresses Me!

Serious dedication to her craft.

[MontanaMama]

6. We owe nurses a huge debt of gratitude.

[Joinfortmill]

7. Thank you

[bronxiteforever]

8. Kick & recommend. Heroes- all of them.

[calimary]

9. Totally. The REAL unsung heroes.

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Angels among us.

[justhanginon]

10. To me nurses are very special people. I have spent a bit of time in their care

over the years and my admiration and respect for them has only increased each time I have needed and received their care. They are the whole package, knowledge, patience and empathy. Love them!

[monkeyman1]

11. wish people would show it by using common sense ?

[niyad]

12. KNR

[Maru Kitteh]

13. Thank you 🙏

[MustLoveBeagles]

14. K&R

[Mr.Bill]

15. I love nurses so much

I married one. She's retired now, and her daughter is the fourth generation of RNs in the family.

[LastDemocratInSC]

16. My wife is an ICU nurse and works with Covid patients.

She graduated from nursing school at age 22 and went straight to a neuro ICU. She specialized for years in the 1st 12 hours post open heart surgery. That's where I met her (I was a biomedical electronics manager for the heart surgery program). These days she's fighting the good fight to beat Covid.

Nurses are Angels of Life.

[LoisB]

17. Nurses and teachers: The most underappreciated people on the planet.

[Historic NY]

18. My niece worked 7 days in a row in a Florida hospital

she and a couple co-workers are off decompressing. They wanted her to work more hours, why because the promised help isn't showing up as the VA promised.

[forgotmylogin]

19. My cousin is an RN and said they are offering them substantial bonus for overtime.

Which is great, they deserve it. They deserve to be paid well *all* the time.

[BLMLGBTQTRUMPSUX]

20. Thank you Thank you 😊

So glad we have people like you. So many are saved by the efforts of our hard working nurses.

[spooky3]

21. Welcome to DU! And I agree. nt