Finding Gratitude in the Workplace

Starting my shift one afternoon, I found myself overwhelmed before even settling in. I was assigned a large patient load, and within the first minutes I was caught in the extremes of human emotion. One patient was actively dying, and I needed to provide compassionate care to their family. At the same time, another patient was angrily upset because their lunch order was incorrect. The contrast between each “emergency” caused me to wonder if I should be grateful for this. “In every thing give...