Personal Intuition
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My experience with intuition has been evolving since early childhood. The signals have been strong and impossible to ignore. After many years I have learned to listen astutely and trust the information provided to me. I feel I am in tune with a certain frequency that allows me to be sensitive to those closest to my surroundings and as well as myself. As a young woman, I left school early and walked home because I felt my mother was in danger. I felt an energy that compelled me to leave and go home. Opening the door, I knew I was right. She was alone and had a mild stroke. Till this day she is shocked that I appeared at home early that day. After that I began to realize that I see things about people instantly. Once I stayed for dinner at a friend's house and realized she was being severely beaten by her father. We didn't have TV shows back then that informed us of the signs of abuse or the stereotype of an abusive parent. I just saw it over the table during dinner. I looked at her father and had a vision of him being violent. It was as it I saw through his theatre of the bazaar. As our friendship went on, I eventually talked to her about it. When she asked how I knew, I told her about the night at dinner. She didn't believe me, but started to tell the ugly story for the first time. I didn't have dinner there again. My friend eventually moved in with her grandmother after 2 more years of violent episodes. I helped her pack in the night and sh
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evil disease and thinks that I am an old friend or family member, I choose to role-play for them. I never insist that they wake up and call me by my name. I listen and comfort. I make my patients laugh when some may believe laughing to be inappropriate.
Everyone has the ability to make tough choices, but some find it easier to keep it simple or safe. Hard choices are never simple or safe, but stimulating and empowering. As a result of many evenings of soul searching and much energy critically thinking about the issues faced daily, I have made the choice to practice nursing the way I do. This choice is an on going process that lasts a lifetime.
Power
I have found power to be extremely volatile. At times I have been able to harness it, other times it slips away. Much the same as medication, it can be positive and healing or abused and addictive. A person can have the power to inspire greatness in others or to perform beautifully alone. While nursing, I have seen a patient take power over his/her recovery and respond to all treatments. I have also seen a patient with just enough power left to just die in peace in spite of modern medical interventions. As we all know, power can be abused on large and small scale
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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page)
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