Thursday, 13 October 2016

‘Just a nurse?’ Woman’s heartfelt letter to those who devalue her profession

‘Just a nurse?’ Woman’s heartfelt letter to those who devalue her profession A nurse from Queensland, Australia, has been praised for a heartfelt open letter she wrote following a meeting with an acquaintance who described her as ‘just a nurse’.

Caitlin Brassington was returning home last week from a busy shift at the hospital, where she works as a paediatric nurse, when she bumped into the woman during a stop-off to pick up milk.

The acquaintance had never seen Carrie in uniform, she later wrote for ABC, and told her “she didn't realise I was just a nurse.”

“Over my 18-year career, I have heard this phrase many, many times,” she later wrote. “ But today it got to me. The Daily Telegraph

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