Mentoring is Guiding

Swim or Sink

New Nurses;

I want to inspire,

I want them like me

Willing to run towards a fire,

I want them to study

Their favorite interest,

More in depth

Than photo's on Pinterest.

New Nurses

You have to leap into the saddle,

If you seem uninterested

I'll hit you with a paddle,

Because if you claim you are learning

But you do stupid stuff,

There will come a time

When I've had enough.

Then I will ignore

I won't offer assist,

You can flounder your way

Into the fatal abyss,

If you ask for my help

I will do what is right,

But I won't hold your hand

Into the darkness of night.

New Nurses

Have to be motivated,

Intelligence and effort

Are not overrated,

A passion for learning

Is a professional demand,

If you don't acquire more knowledge

You'll be stuck where you stand.

Some older Nurses

Don't want to learn about new,

At my EKG class

I always meet one or two,

I'm shocked by their complacency

Their unwillingness to grow,

What kind of fool is that?

Not a colleague I want to know.

I like working with scholarly types

Others striving to be the best,

Persons not completely satisfied

Passing one simple test,

Because I meet folks like that

They took one class and quit,

Apparently, that's enough

If you just want to sit.

New Nurses

I encourage them to study,

I am happy to mentor

I'm a professional buddy,

But its a two way street

Payback, one might say,

You need to be a good student

And do things my way.

In time you will be comfortable

Self-assured with good skills,

Critical thinking

Beyond bed baths and pills,

But you have to keep learning

Today and beyond,

Don’t bother to do that

And you’ll drown in the pond.

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4/6/14