i was browsing allnurses.com last night..and came across this post...you can click the link for the full post and responses right here: http://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/patient-made-me-397257.html ... but i'll go ahead and copy and paste the whole post write after this sentence... all i have to say is this is a account of a TRUE nurse... A patient made me cry today by flightnurse2b Premium Member ~*beach bum*~ Years Exp: 1: LPN, 6: ParamedicNursing Specialty: EMS, ER, GI, PCU/Telemetry Received 3,686 Kudos from 1,137 posts Join Date: Jul 2007Posts: 1,967 my skin is really thick. i've seen alot of things between being a nurse and a paramedic. i've seen abuse, neglect and death before. today, i got a patient from the emergency room with a massive infarct. the report i got never could have prepared me well for this patient. he truly broke my heart. when he arrived to the floor, i couldn't honestly tell if he was breathing. his gaze was fully deviated, he wa...