Think broadly, because that is the nurse's very essence
“Keep the kids alive, and don’t think too broadly” — **לשמור את הילדים בחיים, ואל תרחיבי ראש**. Those were the words of the new vice manager of “KidVille,” a special-needs rehabilitation kindergarten. I asked her, "what are your expectations of me", and the above was her answer. I had already been working at "KidVille" for about six months, initially in place of another nurse's maternity-leave replacement. At the time, that arrangement had seemed ideal: I could try the workplace, they could try me, and if it proved to be a good fit, I could stay. If not, there would be no hard feelings. In retrospect, perhaps those words should have told me that it was time to leave. But if every experience can become a learning experience, then staying became part of the experiment. The kindergarten that followed that six months was an experiment of sorts. It was a continuation of the organization's daycare program, adapted so that there would be a place for “Bonnie...