“You seem like a nice person, Rick, but I’ve lived with diabetes for 30 years and you’ve just read a book!” (My first big lesson from my first real patient!) – “The” Trainer Outdoor Training Specialist /Consultant- @61!

Tell us about your first day at something — school, work, as a parent, etc.

“You seem like a nice person, Rick, but I’ve lived with diabetes for 30 years and you’ve just read a book!”

My first patient as a “real RN” gave me that response above when he was telling me how his diabetes gives him “symptoms!” Right after I quoted something from a book! Yeah, I definitely learned a lesson, a big one, from my first patient ever and I’m so glad I did! That patient helped me get my nursing career off to a much better start because he knew what he was “feeling” and he knew to speak up to me! I, well I had read a page out of a book! – “The” Trainer Outdoor Training Specialist /Consultant- @61!

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