Everybody needs a nurse

All of us, young or old, will be taken care by a nurse at some point in our lives. Nurses are under paid, and over worked. She or He will be at our side making sure we are getting our medication, cleaning us if we make a mess, and making sure we are as comfortable as possible. Their work is dangerous, when they work with patients that have aids, or angry persons that are on pcp, crack or some similar drug. They get coughed on, vomited on, and run the risk of getting poked with dirty needles from an aids patient. They are not always understood by family members, if and when they are busy because they are short staffed, and working long and hard hours and under a lot of stress. Not many of us would, or could, do what they are called to do. Let us make sure that our medical insurance premiums are first spent on these brave hard working nurses.

Ralph Sierra
Mount Wolf