Adeep Shivalia

Caregivers of children with cancer know all too well the value of the nursing staff who help their children manage toxic cancer treatments. The challenge of nursing has been made more complicated with the Covid-19 pandemic. Many nurses experience burnout. So take a moment to recognize the immeasurable value a nurse has on the lives of others. Show them kindness, respect, and compassion. Let them know you appreciate them. You never know when you may need a gifted nurse to bring you or a family member through a medical crisis.

National Nurses Week was established in 1982 by then-President Ronald Reagan in honor of the pioneering work of nurse Florence Nightingale. The annual International Nurses Day is celebrated on her birthday, May 12. Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was born in Florence, no doubt attributing to her name; her parents were from England, and she was born while they were traveling. Florence Nightingale was a social reformer and statistician best known as the founder of modern nursing.

Her experiences as a nurse during the Crimean War were foundational in her view of the need for sanitation. In 1860, she laid the foundation for professional nursing by helping to establish the nursing school at St Thomas’ Hospital in London, which is now part of King’s College London. In recognition of her pioneering work in nursing, the Nightingale Pledge, taken by new nurses, was named in her honor. So, too, is the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest international distinction a nurse can achieve. Her social reforms included improving healthcare for all sections of British society, advocating better hunger relief in India, helping to abolish prostitution laws that were harsh for women, and expanding female participation in the workforce.

Julie Walden, R.N. is a retired nurse from UCLA where she worked for over 25 years. She worked as a bedside nurse helping ICU patients. She was also a preceptor helping train young nurses during that time. Leaning on the challenges she faced as a young nurse, Julie’s compassion spilled over into her training style of younger nurses. Julie has a charming and calm demeanor; she went into nursing to help others, a trait intrinsic to her nature since she was very young. Coming out of retirement to work in home health care has been brought back the satisfaction she missed from direct patient care. She has recently decided to retire once more to take care of her mother, who now needs full-time care.

Some of the challenges she shared were the emotional toll of feeling compassion for every patient. She learned to compartmentalize and keep her personal life balanced with her work life. As the years went on, lifting heavy patients in ICU began to take its toll on her body. She decided to retire to enjoy travel, gardening, sewing, and creating mosaics. When asked if she would do it all over again, it was a resounding “yes!” When asked how we could best show our appreciation to nurses, she said, “If patients would just wear their masks, get vaccinated, not be mean to nurses, and thank them, they are doing what they need to do.”

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We parked just beyond the dazzling white lighthouse of Pendeen, before following the unmade road further to a lower car park. From here there is a gate that opens on to the cliffs and the adventure begins!

As we opened the gate on to the cliff path I felt the warmest breeze on my face and I knew we would have a lovely day ahead of us. As we followed the cliff top, the path was already tinted to the russets shades of autumn and such a perfect contrast for the vibrant blues of the seas below us.

We scrambled back up to the coastal path and looped around to the far end of Portheras Cove, stopping frequently to admire the view as the sands were revealed below us. Finally we dropped down to the beach, just beside the stream and walked the quiet soft golden sands the length of the cove before returning to find a spot to picnic beside the stream.

This is definitely a place to kick off the wellies or boots and watch the waves ripple to the shore! Sometimes we could see the seal playing in the waves, perfectly outlined through the clear seas.

It was a perfect escape for us for the afternoon, and a pure contrast to the coastline around Mounts Bay. It was so unexpected to find this almost tropical paradise tucked under the harsh granite cliffs of this wild, untamed, stretch of coastline.

As we walked home the waves, growing larger with each minute, rolled passed under the cliffs.

The next day we visited Sennen Beach, further towards Land’s End. There I watched the surfers toying with a very different sea and I knew we were so lucky to experience our blissful afternoon at Portheras Cove.

I think I should tell you “just in case” that Portheras was closed to the public for some time after the shipwreck of the MV Alacrity in 1963. It is only in recent years (2004) that the cove has been safe enough to use but shoes are still advised for bathing in case of sharp metal fragments.

Portheras Cove is one of my suggestion or places to visit to explore West Cornwall in my Penwith Tour that follows the coastline between Lands End to St Ives

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• being honest.
• encouraging open communication.
• being trustworthy.
• rewarding creativity.