Many of us learn valuable lessons from our patients. I was
36 to learn one early in my career as a nurse. I have
37 her name, but she has influenced the way I treat many other patients.
I was working the 3-11 pm shift at a small hospital at that time. The patient was a 42-year-old woman who had
38 a heart attack. She was expected to stay in 39 for about two weeks before being sent home. She was
40 that she could not see her three young children. We did not
41 children into a hospital in those days.
Every evening, we would
42 our children. I had one daughter and I loved her so much that I could not
43 not seeing her every day. The patient was getting
44 and we both knew it wouldn’t be long before she would be home
45 her little ones again.
About a week later, she
46 me to sit with her for a while. I held her hand and she told me she was
47 and thought she might not see her kids again. I tried to let her know that her
48 so far had been great. It was 10:30 pm, almost time for the
49 of my work. I told her I had to hand in my
50 and that I would come back to her room.
Then I
51 with my friends. It wasn’t until I had got home that I realized I had forgotten to keep my promise. “That’s OK,” I thought, “I will spend
52 time with her tomorrow.”
The next day I was told that she had
53 at midnight. She wanted company and I let her down. She left the world quietly. If I had stayed in her room, would she be home surrounded by her
54 right now? I would never know. What I do know is this: I have
55 every patient’s request since that night.
| 小题1: | | A．fortunate | B．afraid | C．smart | D．brave |
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| 小题2: | | A．replaced | B．spread | C．asked | D．forgotten |
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| 小题3: | | A．treated | B．suffered | C．checked | D．damaged |
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| 小题4: | | A．town | B．school | C．room | D．hospital |
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| 小题5: | | A．delighted | B．calm | C．upset | D．hopeful |
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| 小题6: | | A．need | B．allow | C．pull | D．force |
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| 小题7: | | A．talk about | B．look after | C．play with | D．deal with |
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| 小题8: | | A．imagine | B．avoid | C．enjoy | D．practice |
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| 小题9: | | A．fatter | B．better | C．warmer | D．older |
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| 小题10: | | A．between | B．against | C．with | D．on |
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| 小题11: | | A．asked | B．paid | C．permitted | D．ordered |
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| 小题12: | | A．relaxed | B．scared | C．confident | D．honest |
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| 小题13: | | A．attitude | B．method | C．progress | D．idea |
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| 小题14: | | A．development | B．period | C．change | D．end |
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| 小题15: | | A．homework | B．report | C．design | D．drawing |
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| 小题16: | | A．argued | B．arrived | C．boarded | D．left |
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| 小题17: | | A．extra | B．useful | C．valuable | D．little |
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| 小题18: | | A．died | B．disappeared | C．escaped | D．agreed |
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| 小题19: | | A．kids | B．patients | C．nurses | D．doctors |
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| 小题20: | | A．learned from | B．looked for | C．cared about | D．made up |
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