Practicing Restraint

Before I wrote this article you're reading, I had written a prior piece where I was on full blast in bashing,admonishing and angrily retaliating against those in authority at my place of employment...Let me tell you, I was on a roll!

However, you're not going to read that bit of demonic tension, due in part, to my return to clarity and the one truism that I've prided myself on following since I've taken this journey of self-discovery...I am only human and I'm living a spiritual existence!

Because I'm cannot avoid exhibiting human expression and emotion, simply because of being, I feel no need to apologize...There are things we must take into consideration when we're prone to, or albiet, driven to human anger. We can decide to practice restraint.

Because we have chosen not to act out , doesn't make us less than who we are as a person. Because we choose to not give in to the negative behavioral pattern that we might have exhibited at some point in our lives; doesn't mean we're cowards, or, afraid of confrontation...Allowing ourselves to vent on paper, as I did , or, to vent alone, in your home, in private by screaming to the heavens, serves to lead us back to clarity. We are now able to focus on the cause for our need to retaliate.

It's been very tense at work of late. Big time CEOS and their counterparts have invaded the medical premises where I'm a licensed professional nurse. This invasion is a yearly occurrence, so the staff is no stranger to State Laws, or mandated guidelines.

It's when those who walk about with clipboards in hand, in preparation for who's to come; that causes tensions to rise and anger to abound...In essence, it's where lack of common sense, meets with a pompous sense of entitlement...

Nursing is strss filled enough. Having to care for 20 something people, with different illnesses and human needs/ as well as keep physicians informed of latest updates in regards to patient healthcare, becomes for a single nurse over an 8 hour shift, physically exhausting and mentally , and in some instances,emotionally challenging... In a word, nurses don't need outside challenges that seems to cause confusion and deter from guidelines already put into place to faciliate proper care of and medical wellbeing of people who are ill.

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This is the third week where Nursing have had literally, a third eye upon them as they go about their nursing duties. We have been prodded, invaded and taken to task like little children with their hands caught in the cookie jar. Through it all, my bouts have anger have surfaced.

Admittedly, I've been a bit curt, but, have managed to maintain my professionalism. Just before leaving work on Friday, where I was again trailed by a personage with clipboard in hand, this woman actually complimented me on my job performance!

She said that, in essence, that I had passed. that my nursing technique was very good and that I should offer my services to my fellow coworkers. I didn't hesitate in my assurance to this woman that all of the nurses were working together to bring about the best in healthcare at this institution of healing that we possibly could ...It is, after all, what Nurses do...

The lesson I've learned from this episode on my journey and feel the need to share, is this: No matter who confronts you. Question your motives. Insist there ways are better. Hear them, but, believe in yourself and continue to be the person you know God favored you to be...