President's Message

Abstract

I have to admit, I have been struggling with what to write for this particular President’s message. Finding inspiration has eluded me. The cold blustery days of winter, the never ending stresses in our health care system, the feeling of never having enough time to complete the work on my desk has taken its toll. That is until my eyes were opened and I was reminded about why I chose not just nursing but specifically perioperative nursing as a career. The source of my new-found inspiration arrived in my Operating Room with enthusiasm, boundless energy, and a notebook full of questions ….. in the form of a 4th year student nurse! The daily grind seems to have an uncanny ability to make us numb or less sensitive to the importance of what we do for our patients. Sometimes we need a reminder of where we all started – if only to snap us out of that numbness – and there is no better reminder than daily contact with a student!