Journal 8 Marissa Hardin

The profile that meant most to me so far is The ICU Nurse Michelle Alore. This profile meant the most to me because my grandpa’s been in the ICU before for being really sick, and it was really scary. “Her family never wanted to give up hope. They just had this incredible courage that gave us a lot of hope, too. But we just couldn’t fix her, and we had nothing to offer other than keeping her out of pain and taking care of her family.” (Alore, 139) ICU nurses are very kind, and give their all.

The profile I had the most personal connection with was, Farmer Johnny Bradley, because my dad does some farm work. My dad works with cows and pigs and crop. He grew up farming with his Uncle, and liked it a lot. He also has a job during the week, but farms at night and on the weekends. I like the quote, “When a man quits, it’s over. And when I quit, I want them to put dirt on me.” (Bradley, 92) My dad has the same mindset of never giving up, and he wants me to have the same mindset too.

One of my favorite quotes from my active reading was from Gayle Lynn, 72…, “Always, always forever. And maybe when we get to heaven, he will be there. I’d like to give him a hug, smell his pipe tobacco, and have a laugh. I’d like to tell him some of his stories and see if he agrees that’s exactly how it is. I think it was. That’s what I really believe.” (Lynn, 103) A vocab word I didn’t know was facsimile, it means, an exact copy. One of my research questions was, how long does it take to become an ICU Nurse? Nurses must have at least 2 years experience in working with critical care patient.

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