Jesslyn Froese

RN Jesslyn Froese is an outreach nurse at St. Catharines’ Quest Community Health Centre, an RNAO Best Practice Spotlight Organization.

Illustration from Diana Bolton
In the End
by: Jesslyn Froese

I remember my aunt once telling me: “Nursing isn’t just sitting at the bedside holding someone’s hand.” She said it mockingly, as if I didn’t have what it took to be a nurse. Perhaps there is some truth to her impressions of me, since I am not drawn to the adrenaline-producing emergency department, or the intensity of the operating room.