I got an amazing opportunity at work this week. On Friday I was asked to train a new nurse. It added a lot of time to my day but I really liked the lady so I didn’t mind.

She was very observant and intelligent. As we went into each patient’s home I tried to give her a little bit of history regarding the patient and family dynamics.

She was so sweet. She commented on the good rapport that I had with my patients and said that she could see I really loved them.

I told her that many times in the evening when I got back home from work I was still fielding calls from the patient or family members and I didn’t mind that one bit.

Then I remembered a nurse I had trained with for one company and she did the same thing in the evening. She would call to check on them. When I asked her why, she said she didn’t want to get sued. That thought had never crossed my mind.

As I thought about this more today I realized why I continued to work late into the evening and even on weekends. It was the same reason why I usually give my patient’s my cell phone number if I am worried about them and tell them to call anytime.

I simply do it because I love them.

I am not any better than that nurse that trained me. She was an excellent nurse. I think I may have more fun with my job though because my motivation is love and hers was fear.