Assemblymember Norma Torres Walks a Day in Nurse's Shoes

Friday, March 19, 2010 When Assemblymember Norma Torres, D-Ontario,
arrived at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center last Friday, she
looked a little scared. Thats when she admitted that she was nervous
about following an SEIU Local 121RN registered nurse as part of the
national SEIU Walk a Day in My Shoes program.

I didnt know what to expect, Torres said after learning she would be
in the Labor & Delivery department rather than the Intensive Care Unit
as originally planned. By walking a day in the shoes of a nurse, I saw
the tremendous amount of physical and mental stress nurses face.
Workloads can change drastically without notice and the joy of helping
deliver a newborn can quickly shift to the anguish of helping someone
deal with the end of life.

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