Enough is Enough

national | worker & community struggles and protests | event notice Wednesday April 13, 2005 10:01 by na banaltraí (nuh BAHN-uhl-tree); nurse, the nurse, - of the nurses - they're cool may you never really need one on a professional basis ino at ino dot ie The Whitworth Building, North Brunswick Street,Dublin 7 + 353 1 6640600

Spread the word. Nurses are cool & they've had enough.

‘Just a Nurse’
I’m ‘just a nurse’. I just make the difference between life and death.
I’m ‘just a nurse’. I just have the educated eyes that prevent medical errors, injuries and other catastrophes.
I’m ‘just a nurse’. I just make the difference between healing and coping, and despair.
I’m ‘just a nurse’. I just make the difference between pain and comfort.
I’m ‘just a nurse’. I’m just a nurse researcher who helps nurses and doctors give better, safer and more effective care.
I’m ‘just a nurse’. I’m just a professor of nursing who educates future generations of nurses.

I’m ‘just a nurse’. I just work in a major teaching hospital managing and monitoring patients who are in cutting-edge experimental medical research protocols.
I’m ‘just a nurse’. I just educate patients and families about how to maintain their health and independence.
I’m ‘just a nurse’. I’m just a geriatric nurse practitioner who makes the difference between a patient staying at home or going to a nursing home.
I’m ‘just a nurse’. I just make the difference between dying in agony and dying in comfort and with dignity.
I’m ‘just a nurse’. I’m just the real bottom-line in healthcare.
Don’t you want to be ‘just a nurse’ too?
– Suzanne Gordon

excerpted from the President of the INO's letter to her members in which she asks them to read the work of a seminal feminist writer. Which just goes to prove they are a punny lot.
http://www.ino.ie/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=6014


Respect to ye!

Enough is Enough is the campaign by the INO to end the A&E crises. It's second protest will be held on April 14th 2005 at these hospitals :-

Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24
Cavan General Hospital
Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar

link to first event notice-