#2: Strawberry Fields Forever

"Strawberry Fields Forever"

The intended audience of this picture is myself and my loved ones. The only reason the picture was taken during my trip to New York City in 2008 was to produce memories. While this picture was simply intended for mine and my families use, a secondary audience would be anyone interested in John Lennon and his movement. The actual audience of this photograph would be any of you reading this because now you are involved with it.

The photograph itself portrays a specific image and emotion in color. The flowers and the people are able to be shown in more detail. You are able to tell in this picture that it is modern and was taken in this century. The colors of the different flowers add some vibrancy to the picture.

Changing the color to black and white makes the image seem more solemn, to me. The emotion seems different, especially since this is a known memorial site. I believe the color change allows the audience to perceive this image in a different emotion than before. I don't think the subject changes, but the way the person feels when they view it may be different.

I titled this picture "Strawberry Fields Forever" because of the location and John Lennon's music. The memorial site in Central Park, New York City, is named "Strawberry Fields". I definitely feel that title's aid in the way a person perceives an image and it's purpose. In this case, my title just confirms where this picture is and what it stands for.

#1: Nurse

Everyone has their preconceived ideas pertaining to a nurse and what he/she does.

For instance, I work night shift and I hear many, many times from my elderly patients, "I hope you get some sleep tonight!"...do people really think I get out my cot and take a nap?

I don't think you really know what a nurse does until you've lived it, mainly because we do so much.

This is fairly accurate (and funny). I chose this pictures to display the role of a nurse based on my own personal encounters with each of these groups.

My friends either think I wipe a lot of butts in a twelve hour shift or they think I'm helping to perform some crazy life-saving measure on my patients. In reality, I'm usually just helping my patients get through another night, hopefully comfortable and restful.

My mom (or any family member) feels that each night I'm holding the hands of an elderly person, loving them, and having an easy, stress-free night...but, I don't think this ever happens. I get a mix of patients. Sometimes their cute and kind and just want some TLC, other times their withdrawing from a mix of substances, combative and angry.

Society often times relates my job as a nurse to the medical dramas that they show on television. I, myself, wish my job as a nurse was like that of Grey's Anatomy, but it's not even close.

Now realistically my boss does not assume all we do is sleep on the job, my manager is actually a wonderful person and supervisor. I think in some settings though, especially as a night shift nurse, we are thought to do less than day shift. People assume our patients sleep and that we kick back and do nothing..this is false.

In my own perspective, I feel like I have no time to accomplish anything in those twelve hours that I work. I feel like I sit at a computer screen charting redundant information over and over again in various different places. Documentation is vital in nursing.

In all actuality, I am a caregiver above all else. I take the time to hold my patient's hands and give them TLC. I give them tough love if that's what is necessary, too. My job for the night is not to get all of my patients medicated and sleeping so I can finish my charting and have time to socialize, etc. My job is first and foremost to tend to my patient's needs. Regardless of how needy some people are, at the end of the day, my job is not about me and will never be about me.

I've learned that I know exactly what my role is despite what other people may believe. If I truly know what it is I'm called to do, I can do it and do it well.

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