A
nurse I Am is a documentary that was produced by
David Hoffman is the producer of A Nurse
I Am documentary. The movie pays
tribute to exceptional nurses, celebrates the nursing professional as a whole,
and salutes those who facilitate healing through their intellectual capacity,
critical thinking and empathy. Nevertheless, this movie is a suitable resource
for facilitators, instructors and employers in helping to rekindle and maintain
the passion and excitement that inspired nurses to be nurses (Chancellor,
2013).
This is the appropriate movie for nurses who have freshly graduated, those
working with them as well as experienced nurses.
In this movie,
we encounter nurses that exhibit amazing moral audacity and advocate the best
interest of those patients they attend to, most of who are from poor social
backgrounds. Furthermore, it is clear from the movie that ethical practices and
values are the foundation stones for moral actions in this profession are
based. In A nurse I Am, the
interactions and voices of Ardis, Bob, Angela, Mona and others in the entire
documentary snatched me and would not let go. I really wanted learn more about
everything they do and where and how they knew how to do it in such an
admirable way.
Watching this
movie, as an educator of patients and a nurse, has made me realize that it is
my duty to be educated and informed about varied heritages, religions,
ethnicities and cultural practices that I will be encountering in the day to
day life in this profession and in our society that is multicultural and
pluralistic. It will be a continuing life lesson that relates not only to
ethnic, religious and cultural experiences that I get exposed to, but also the
unceasing engagement with multicultural peers and patients to better
appreciate, relate, and offer culturally sound care.
I discovered
this is basically why Ardis Bush and Mona Counts are justly outstanding nurses
and mentor to their colleagues and other people. Regardless of quite impressive
titles (PhD, FNAP, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP) she has after her name, Mona Counts is
one of most compassionate, accepting and “say the way it is” individuals I have
ever met. Her real undertaking, hands down is patient advocacy and patient care
in rural communities. It is evident from the movie that Mona is never
judgemental when dealing with her patients, or their situations and cultural
heritage of Pennsylvania’ s small mining
town where she operates her clinic. Mona is truly understood the socio-
economic status, varied backgrounds and cultural differences of those in
neighbouring communities and specifically at Mount Morris (Chancellor,
2013).
According to me, I think this understanding, together with primary clinic care
she opened, enabled her to provide treatment that her patient trusted, accepted
and most importantly, contributed in. her convenience and readiness to offer
house calls to meet those who can’t or will not make to come to the clinic
connects her to the entire community, which she chose to be a fundamental part
of. She says that “I walk the walks and does the talks” as the patient’s
friend, community leader, a neighbour and a practitioner.
Ardis Bush share
exactly same beliefs as Mona Counts, she has a calm look, but a strong
motivation and determination that is beneficial to her patients regardless of
their situations financially, lifestyle choices, cultural differences and
personal beliefs. Her understanding that each patient’s need, be it emotional,
spiritual, physical or most importantly medical- are all equally pertinent to
the patient, these makes the patient require that priority for her too. It’s my
opinion that her nonstop commitment to make her patients cognizant of their
rights for care and treatment, together with letting her nurses aware of these
rights is simply authorizing for patient advocacy. According to Ardis, it is
equally vital, patients should not at any time have a feeling as if they are
being judged, and their voices should be heard and heeded carefully. She
articulates, “Patients will tell you their problems, carefully listen to what
they say” and “when they tell you they feel pain-they feel pain.”
She remains
commitment to helping her patients, even if it means fulfilling the wish of a
patient who is dying who demands to be baptized (Chancellor,
2013).
As she was reading her poem at the end, it was very emotional reflecting on a
touching journey the nurses undergo day after the other with patients and their
families and also how such lives are always entangled-regardless of how long or
short-lived they may be in contact, or how their beliefs and backgrounds may
differ-the actions and words of these nurses and patients leave behind an
everlasting impress on one other.
Conclusion
These
documentaries on special nurses left me inspired to contribute positively to
this world. Fascinated by what I can learn and see from my mentors and patients
regarding to our differences and similarities, I have a transformed commitment
to pursuing a career that grants me opportunity to advocate for others on
financial, emotional, and physical levels, and most importantly patients care.
References
Chancellor, D., & Fairclough,
C. (2013). I am a nurse. London: Franklin Watts.
http://www.anurseiam.com/video/
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