Nursing is a wonderful profession. Like all professions, there are good days and bad days. Something new is learned every day as challenges are confronted. Nursing can be more than just a job; it can be a true calling. Inside a Nurse's Pocket is to reveal some of the experiences I have encountered in almost forty years of nursing practice. I hope to encourage nurses to not give up when things become bleak but to instead realize that their influence can make a difference in the lives of patients and their families.