Nurse Imagines...

Imagine telling your co-worker, a new L&D nurse, to "stand near by" cuz you have a weird feeling about this 16 yr old 32 weeker who just came in complaining of cramping. Your co-worker gives you a strange look, and then an even stranger look when you call OB, CRNA, and Peds RN after only a short time and you insist they all come in NOW, while she still sees just tiny humps on the monitor for UC's. Imagine that this baby arrives a few short minutes later and survives because you "listened" to the premonition, and everyone was there. The baby was born with Gastroschesis (forgive the spelling it's been a while), but survives surgery at a NICU a ambulance ride away and goes home with her parents sometime later. Imagine the look and thoughts of your new partner in L&D as she says with wonder, "how did you know?" and you just smile ;-)

Imagine enjoying the joy of the birth of a beautiful full term infant one night with a NICU nurse who was enjoying a less busy night, so came to help instead of the newborn nursery nurse, who was swamped. Then imagine saying goodbye forever to that same nurse, following her death the very next night of asthma in the ER of your hospital. Now she greets all those preemies who left your arms for those of Heavenly Father and you know they have a great nurse to help them to their new place in eternity. Rest in peace Toy Pretowski RN, d1984 St Mary's Hospital Reno Nevada. I miss you Toy.

Velda RN BSN PHN CDR NC USNR-R retired nurse