Loving the person

#4
Yesterday I went to my resident's room, and as soon as I walked in I realized she had not slept well the night before. I knew this because she was so irritable and not herself. Usually when I greet her with a smile, she usually smiles back. This little "good morning smile" is the highlight of my day. But there was no smile this morning. The first thing she said when I walk in was, "Where have you been? Are you here to help? Go clean out my dresser drawers." Willingly I did it, and then helped her with her morning care. That was not the end of it though. She soon ordered me to rearranged her bathroom drawers, to re-hang everything in her closet, to re-fold everything in her dressers, and to decorate her room with some Halloween decoration (which she was never content with how it looked). I was getting a headache, and there were other things that I needed to be doing. Then after 4 hours of that, she was tired and I transferred her to her bed, and she laid down for a nap. My head hurt and I was stressed because I did not do the things I needed to be doing, like physical assessment practice, or Gordon's part II and I now needed to catch up. I went to ProM (Professor Morgenroth) and told her about my morning. She gave a little of her wise insight. She explained to be how it is easy to love people when they love you back. She explained that I have to put myself in my resident's place. If I had not slept well that night because I was shaking from Parkinson's, and needed to clean but was too tired to do anything, and wanted some attention, I would probably act in a similar fashion. She explained that I need to love them even when they are not so lovable. Why? Because of the mere fact that she is a person and she is made in the image of God just like anyone. That is the reason I love and help her, and should not be dependent on anything else.