Posted On: May 9, 2024 by Community HealthCare System in: General
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It's National Nurses Week and we are celebrating our wonderful nurses who extend compassionate care daily to our patients, our friends, our neighbors.
What better tribute than to honor them with this poem:
“Footprints of Compassion” author unknown
In corridors, both long and bright,
A journey unfolds, day and night.
Nurses walk, leaving behind,
Footprints of a special kind.
Steps of hope, strides of love,
Guiding hands, fitted like a glove.
In their path, worries dissolve,
Challenges met, mysteries solve.
Each step taken, large or small,
Leaves a mark, touching all.
In the footprints they compassionately fashion,
Resides the soul of their noble passion.
Thank you for all you do each and every day!
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