A brief muse on nursing home surveys

State survey day 2 is over. Hopefully only one more day. Why do we put up with the paperwork, the scrutiny? Because we are doing a good thing. We are taking care of the sick and elderly who can't take care of themselves. We build relationships, rebuild bodies, we send people home. And when we can't, we ease them into another chapter of their lives. We're nursing home staff. It's what we do, and maybe it's a little bit of who we are.