I am a nurse
A person called into healing and serving
A person chosen and set apart
Chosen out of the chosen by the chosen to make people whole.
I am a person called into a calling for the sagacious and patient,
The empathic and compassionate.
I am a nurse
A person with a heart that hardens,
A touch that never hurts,
A smile that never fades,
And a temper that never tires.
A person who said yes to the calling for the sharp minded,
The marshmallow hearted and the non-judgemental.
A health guru with mastery, meek and nifty, optimistic and pre-emptive.
I am a nurse
A health guru with determination
Determined to reduce child mortality rate
Improve maternal health,
Combat HIV, Malaria and others.
Preserving lives,
Working according to standards.
A health guru affable with exuberant and bounteous agility
I am a nurse
A health guru who said yes to the calling for the virtuous and zealous
Giving bravura performances in what they do
Living in concord with others,
Growing everything they touch.
A nurse
A person who said yes to the calling for the pure hearted
The extroverts forever chummy and chaffed
Working with brilliance showing splendour
Becoming heroes and heroines.
A person who said yes to the calling for the virtuous and the vigilant
The cogitative with bountifulness
Taking away the gloom in the lives of others,
Bringing back smiles on their faces
I am a nurse
A person who said yes to the calling of those with rooted love and care
Optimistic with aptitude,
Present at the arrival of a life and the departing of one.
A person optimistic with an aura of confidence
Becoming a tonic in times of storms.
I am a nurse
A nurse God ordained,
Anointed with healing
Called into meekness and humility
Conscious of the fact that humility and meekness are not weakness
I am a nurse wisdom filled with determination and courage
And will stop at nothing until the core standards are established.
But best of all, the nurse that I’m talking about is you.