a sweet thank you

dear christa,

thank you so much for precepting me and teaching me very patiently. i am so blessed to get a chance to be taught by you today because today is my last day here, so your thorough teachings make sense. i was jealous with ruth [her classmate] because i knew you were really good at it [i had precepted ruth a few days in the past]. i think you should become a nursing educator… i want to be a wonderful nurse like you. i’ll keep trying… oh, i need to pass the nclex first and get a job. thank you!

mihoko, spu nursing student

a sweet thank you note i received after precepting a nursing student for an eight hour shift. i should admit that in the morning, i only begrudgingly agreed to have her tag-along with me. i hadn't wanted to teach every little task. it takes extra time and typically, requires more patience than i think i have. but apparently, i did a decent job. and, at the end of the day, i felt honored (if not a little guilty for initially having been so grouchy in the morning) to have had the chance to show a student the nuances of nursing.