Nursing at Five Feet and Under: A Daily Survival
Guide for the Vertically Challenged Nurse
Assistant
Salve Fellores
Salve, a Latin word which means to heal or to save, is
currently taking a sabbatical from her nursing assistant
duties.
When not working in her at least 40-hour a week Operations
job, she carves time to satisfy her online and offline socializing
needs. She's currently mastering the art of walking in skyhigh, stiletto heels.
Salve has since gained back the weight she lost while working
as a weekend night shift CNA. Her height, though, remained
the same.
“We only hire tall people” blurted Karen, a Director of
Nursing. She was probably just teasing the resident and
myself. Or maybe not. Fortunately for her, I was no longer as
emotionally sensitive as I used to be. And so, I just shrugged
off her remark and continued on to nursing duties.
Subconsciously, I told myself that I will be the irony of her
remark.
In Shing-Yi Wang’s, a student of Wharton University of
Pennsylvania, research study demonstrated a positive