| Sonia’s boyfriend
had a tender and painful lump on his leg. His mother was too "grossed
out" to examine it with tweezers, but Sonia was not. Sonia
took the tweezers and examined the mound more closely. She discovered
that the lump had a simple cause: three ugly, but not dangerous,
ingrown hairs. Using the tweezers (and rubbing alcohol), Sonia extracted
the hairs. The pain went away almost immediately. And the boyfriend
and his mother were so thankful to Sonia. Sonia later thought about
the day’s event with a glow of pride. She had:
- successfully analyzed a medical problem
- determined what needed to be done
- performed a simple task that ultimately made someone
feel better
The gratitude the boyfriend and his mother expressed for
her efforts was the best part. She liked this feeling and she wanted
to keep on helping people.
Sonia has since graduated. She’s working part-time
and attending her local community college with plans to transfer
to a nursing program at a four-year school. She says she’ll
probably work in pediatrics. She may even go on to become a Nurse
Practitioner, later. "But for now, I’m going to check
nursing out as an RN and see where it takes me." |
