Today I Saw a 😷Nurse

💝 😷TODAY I SAW A NURSE 😷 💝

Today I saw a nurse.
Dressed head to toe in blue
A mask, a gown, some gloves
Fearlessly working for me and you. 

 

She moved from bed to bed
Tirelessly doing all her checks
But even in the midst of chaos
Her kind words to me have great effects 

She said I’m here beside you 

Please do not despair
This helped calm me down as my lungs gasped for air 

No visitors can come to me
No flowers will pass my door.
For a virus has come for us
That makes our chest, throat and head sore 

Yet there is my little angel
Walking around the room
Looking after us all
And fighting off our gloom 

I watch her hold a patients hand
And guide them to the light
These nurses truly understand
They’re full of courage and might.

After each one passes
She softly hides her cries.
Then takes a little moment
And mourns anyone who dies. 

Today I saw a nurse
A mighty powerful person
A hero, an angel, a friend.
Helping people who have come to the end. 

Today I saw a nurse
She stayed a while beside me
That’s when I knew this awful curse
Was going to come find me. 

I thought of all my family outside
And those that I so love
And felt a hand grab mine
Through a blue powdered glove 

Today I saw a nurse
She was there at the very end
I felt the love pour from her
As she held me like a friend 

So do not worry friends and family
Stay safe at home and fight
For today I saw a nurse
And the light she had was bright

A List of Rules for Nurses

A List of Rules

for Nurses

. . . from 1887

by CareNurse.com

Whether you’re a New Nurse or a Seasoned Nurse, it’s always intriguing to take a look back at the history of the Nursing Profession.

This list provided by carenurse.com illuminates the day-to-day tasks and regulations pertaining to the life of a nurse in 1887—before routine charting was even invented.

1887

Nursing

 Job Description

In addition to caring for your 50 patients, each bedside nurse will follow these regulations:

1. Daily sweep and mop the floors of your ward, dust the patient’s furniture and window sills.

2. Maintain an even temperature in your ward by bringing in a scuttle of coal for the day’s business.

3. Light is important to observe the patient’s condition. Therefore, each day fill kerosene lamps, clean chimneys and trim wicks.

 

4. The nurse’s notes are important in aiding your physician’s work. Make your pens carefully; you may whittle nibs to your individual taste.

5. Each nurse on day duty will report every day at 7 a.m. and leave at 8 p.m., except on the Sabbath, on which day she will be off from 12 noon to 2 p.m.

6. Graduate nurses in good standing with the director of nurses will be given an evening off each week for courting purposes, or two evenings a week if you go regularly to church.

7. Each nurse should lay aside from each payday a goodly sum of her earnings for her benefits during her declining years, so that she will not become a burden. For example, if you earn $30 a month, you should set aside $15.

8. Any nurse who smokes, uses liquor in any form, gets her hair done at a beauty shop or frequents dance halls will give the director of nurses good reason to suspect her worth, intentions and integrity.

9. The nurse who performs her labors [and] serves her patients and doctors faithfully and without fault for a period of five years will be given an increase by the hospital administration of five cents per day.

 

WHICH  ONES

DO YOU FIND TO BE

THE MOST RIDICULOUS?

* ME:   # 6 !!  LOL

Happy Nurses Week

Happy Nurses Week!!

May 6th through May 12th 

is National Nurses Week

Did you know that May 12th

is the birth date of Florence Nightingale?

Little did she know that she would later be  recognized as the founder of modern nursing!

Every year our nation dedicates a week to celebrates the hard work and dedication they give to their jobs and communities.

Being a nurse requires a person to successfully combine ever-changing education and training with the ability to relate to people from all walks of life.

They don’t just take our blood pressure, record our weight, and hand us medication…they comfort us when we’re frightened, offer encouragement, and oftentimes, they just listen.  It is not too much to say that these medicinal guardians are the heart and soul of our healthcare system.

Being a nurse is indeed a challenging position that takes 

a unique, patient, tireless, and courageous person to fill.

So remember to say thanks to a nurse on their week!

*

 History of National Nurses Week:

1953 Dorothy Sutherland of the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare proposed to President Eisenhower to proclaim a "Nurses Day" to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s mission to the Crimea.

 However the proclamation was never made. National Nurses Week was observed, regardless, in 1954 from October 11 - 16 thanks to a bill sponsored by Representative Frances P. Bolton.

A bill for a National Nurses Week was introduced in 1955 to Congress, but still, no action was taken.

1965 The International Council of Nurses (ICN) began celebrating "International Nurse Day". The House of Representatives presented a resolution in 1972 to President Nixon to proclaim "National Registered Nurse Day". 

Again, no action was taken. In January of 1974, ICN proclaims that May 12 (the birthday of Florence Nightingale) would be "International Nurse Day". In February, President Nixon proclaims National Nurse Week. 

After that, in 1978 New Jersey Governor Brendon Byrne declared May 6 as "National Nurses Day" for his state. 

 Then in1981, the ANA (American Nurses Association) rallied with other nurses associations to support a resolution initiated by nurses in New Mexico, through Congressman Manuel Lujan, to have May 6, 1982, established as "National Recognition Day for Nurses".

In February 1982, the ANA Board of Directors formally acknowledges May 6, 1982 as "National Nurses Day".

This action confirmed a joint resolution of the United States Congress designating May 6 as "National Recognition Day for Nurses".
On March 25th 1982, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation officially declaring May 6, 1982 as "National Recognition Day for Nurses".

In 1990 The American Nursing Association Board of Directors expanded the recognition of nurses to a week-long celebration, declaring May 6 - 12, 1991 as National Nurses Week.

In 1993 the ANA Board of Directors designated May 6 - 12 as lasting dates to observe National Nurses Week.

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A Hug for You on

Nurse's Day

This Hug is for all that you are 

and all that you do to 

make this world a better place.

Happy Nurse's Day !

 

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In Memoriam 🙏 Peter J. Ungvarski

🙏  Peter J. Ungvarski  🙏

MS, RN, FAAN

Peter passed on January 5, 2022
He was a long time employee of Cabrini

• AIDS Research Nurse Cabrini Medical Center, (1985-1986) 
  
• Critical Care Instructor Cabrini Medical Center, (1982-1985) 
  
• Supervisor, Emergency Services Cabrini Medical Center, (1981-1982)
• Director of Nursing Cabrini Hospice, (1979-1981) New York
• Clinical Instructor Emergency Services Cabrini Medical Center, (1977-1979)
• Head Nurse, Drug Addiction Service Beth Israel Medical Center, (1970-1971)
• Supervisor Critical Care Cabrini Medical Center, (1968-1970)

He will be cremated and there will be no wake.

We will let you know when the memorial mass will be.
Thank you 

Lolita Compas

  

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Peter J. Ungvarski, MS, RN, FAAN
Mr. Ungvarski had been clinically involved in the nursing care of persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection since 1981 and had done so in four major areas of practice: (1) critical care; (2) hospice; (3) the home and (4) clinical research. He provided lectures on HIV-related illnesses for professional and paraprofessional health care workers, community groups and persons with HIV/AIDS in the United States, Europe and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

He wrote and published more than fifty articles on client care related to HIV infection, and was author/co-editor of the textbook, HIV/AIDS: a guide to primary care management (4th edition)

He testified before the United States Senate, Labor and Human Resources Committee for improved education for health care workers regarding HIV infection, and before the Presidential Commission on the HIV epidemic for increased resources for the home care of persons with AIDS. In January of 1986, he implemented a comprehensive program of home care services for persons with AIDS residing within the five boroughs of New York City. This program, the largest of its kind in the nation, provided service to approximately 1,700 persons with AIDS weekly.

His published research endeavors focused on HIV/AIDS home care, including the identification of clinical needs, primary nursing diagnoses used in HIV/AIDS home care, as well as the predictors of costs of home care services. He also studied errors in prescribing protease inhibitors.

Among the numerous awards and honors he has received over the years are the New York State Nurses Association's Nursing Practice Award for the provision of nursing care of high quality to persons with HIV infection; the National League for Nursing/ Ross Laboratories Award for Nursing Excellence in Long-Term Care; the Assistant Secretary of Health, U.S. Public Health Service Award for outstanding leadership in the provision of nursing care for people with HIV infection/AIDS; and the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Annual Nursing Leadership Award. In 1994 he was the eleventh nurse in the history of nursing in the United States to receive the American Nurses Association Honorary Nursing Practice Award.
                                   
Mr. Ungvarski is a diploma graduate of the Bellevue-Mills Schools of Nursing (New York City), has a B.A. in psychology, a B.S. in nursing and has a M.S. as a clinical nurse specialist in HIV infection from the City University of New York, Hunter College. Faculty appointments have included the City University of New York, Hunter College, and Columbia University. He is an elected member of the Hunter College Hall of Fame and the American Academy of Nursing, and is a Vietnam Era Veteran, having served in the United States Navy Nurse Corps.

FORMER CERTIFICATION AIDS Certified Registered Nurse (ACRN) Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 1996

MILITARY STATUS: 

• Veteran, U.S. Navy Nurse Corps 1966-1968, Honorable Discharge

FORMER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/SOCIETIES:

• American Nurses Association
• New York State Nurses Association
• New York Counties Registered Association (District 13)
• Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
• Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, New York City Chapter
• Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Phi, Hunter College
• Fellow, American Academy of Nursing

FORMER POSITIONS/APPOINTMENTS:

• Director Visiting Nurse Service of New York Regulatory Compliance (2000-2009)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Clinical Director, HIV/AIDS Visiting Nurse Service of New York Services, (1994-2000)

           

• A. Ahlstrom-Saxer:  Very sorry to see this. Peter was wonderful. May he rest well. 🙏🙏
• A. Boyce Goonan:  So sorry to hear this. The world and nursing owes a debt to his services! 💔
• B.  Johnson:  Rest in Peace Peter. You were a good man.
• C. Foronda:  My heart is broken to hear this sad news Peter was a great friend ,nurse & person as a whole. He was a big brother to me, call him “Kuya”. You will be miss by many. Rest In Peace you will always be in my heart. 😔
• D. Payoen:  Condolence to the family, Rest In Peace Peter...🙏
• E. Demarais Dorry:  He will be missed  RIP Peter🙏🏻
• F. Magdamo:   Oh Peter, I Did not expect you to go ahead of me. Sleep peacefully in the arms of our Lord. A great Nurse and great person.
• I. Bonilla:   May he Rest In Peace
• M. Kurth:   Very sad news. A truly inspirational person. And also had a great sense of humor! RIP
• M. M. Dioca:   May He Rest In Peace He was a beautiful soul 🙏❤️
• M. Medina:  My heart is broken. I loved Peter from the first day I met him. The kindest ,smartest person I have ever met. Always encouraged me to continue For my arm degree. RIP MY FRIEND. I will forever have you in my heart.his pet name for me was”LINDA “.
• Piloy Page:   Rest In Peace Peter. May perpetual light shine upon him . A wonderful person 🙏🙏🙏
• T. Rivera:  RIP what a great person and nurse.
• V. Vigilia:  May he rest in peace.
• W. Aguilar: This is so unexpected, so sad. I was expecting Peter to be a speaker at the next UPNAAI Convention 💘😭 I’ll miss you Tatay Peter 😭😢