So You Want To Be a Nurse
So you want to be a nurse?
You study until you vomit
You pass the exam with a “c.”
Staying up all night preparing
For clinicals, the next day
Scratching your way to the top
For a calling, that’s not you
Envying those, with titles
Drooling, to be through
Perhaps, you pass boards
And perhaps, you don’t
Maybe a wish granted
Don’t be so anxious lass
Your time on the floor will happen ~
So, pause: Soon, will come to pass
“Yes! Come in, we’re so happy to have you!”
They lie ~ You’re just a warm body
Don’t be deceived ‘Nurse Green’
You’re there to assume the absurd
No one can tend, to the masses
That are reaching, to you, for help
You’re one person, in a nursing pool
All to be, hung out to dry
Continues at link below
https://bonniegjennings.wordpress.com/2016/06/06/so-you-want-to-be-a-nurse/
Copyright © Bonnie Jennings | Year Posted 2016
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