My mother is the definition of caring. Working as a critical care nurse is not easy, from seeing a fifteen year old boy take his last few raspy breaths to miraculously save a man’s life. It is an emotional ride of ups and downs working in the critical care unit, yet she does everyday. The pungent smell of fear and dread frequently fill the critical care nurse’s station and yet she braves it each day with a look on her face that is as determined as a warrior in battle, in order to help those who need it the most. Usually, she does not eat lunch or comes home at the end of the day until she checks on all of her patients. Dragging her feet home everyday from exhaustion, the radiant smile on her face lets everyone …show more content…
Leaving so early in the morning that the sky is still a dark abyss, she arrives at work at six in the morning, thirty minutes before she is required to. Her twelve hour shifts soon turn into fifteen as she stays after and meticulously double checks each patient and their paperwork, often coming home around nine at night. After work, she still takes time to straighten the couch and make sure that all the pillows are in their proper spots. Taking no breaks on the weekends, she diligently does the monotonous chores of sorting out the black t-shirts from the white ones and then continues with her chores of washing and drying the empire state building of dishes my family, somehow created in only a few days. She never rests when there is work to