Nurses play a central role in healthcare and were instrumental in helping the author during their surgical residency. When the author first started, they had no accommodations and struggled, but the nurses cared for them by sharing food. A nurse also taught the author how to properly insert IV cannulas by feeling the veins, which helped the author learn an important clinical skill. Nurses provide crucial non-surgical care from basic tasks to complex procedures. Their dedication to patient care and support of doctors is what truly defines treatment and recovery for patients. The author will always be grateful to the nurses who took the time to teach them.

1. Nurses – The pillar of Health Care System
I joined, my first year of residency,
Surgical Residency, Oh My God – No Hostel, No Room, No bath, No cloth,
occasionally you eat, Occasionally you laugh, - work – work and work. With hope,
one day, you will become a great surgeon, that sounds more of hypothetical.
I still remember – the murmuring from nurses when I Entered in the Nurse's room
to take some blood requisition forms –"New resident, first-year, joined a few days
back" one staff nurse informing to In-charge nurse. She asked –"how does he
work". The Nurse replied – "Oh, he lives here only". I was listening murmuring and
went away like unheard. I realized – the first-year resident has no value in the
hospital.
On the same day- the same Nurse entered the ward around 6 pm with her kits for
medication, came near to me and asked – "doctor, had lunch". Looked at her with
some compassion nodded my head -no" – she said come to Nurses room we had
snacks for you. I was happy, at least someone cares. With due course of time – it
was like a team, and my residency becomes a more memorable time of my life.
For a doctor – complete medical, ethical, professional, social knowledge is essential
to understand the illness – starting from dressing sense to complex treatment or
surgeries to ethics. So, I was ready to learn everything possible.
One day, I got a patient of chemotherapy – the first month of my residency, not
able to localize the vein over 20 minutes of search, even I put cannula twice in my
internship, it was 8:30 pm a nurse entered ward – "leave it, let me try" she said. I
left the patient's arm – she put the cannula in a single attempt without wasting
much time. One thing I realized – something starts from perception, go with
difficulties and end up with the solution. I requested her to teach me how to put
the cannula in such patients. She said – on veins, don't rely on their visibility, feels
them – soft, fluctuant, filled veins, where you go. Within a few days – I became a
master in putting cannula. She was thrilled when I put the cannula the day she
failed. Nurses are the central pillar of the hospital, more of non-surgical skill I
learned from them.

2. Nurses – The pillar of Health Care System
Starting from breakfast to evening snacks, putting cannula to duly scrubbing for
surgery, scolding’s from the wrong use of a biomedical waste bag to scolding
proper donning, coming with extra chapatis for us to hosting parties in the hospital.
Sometimes discussion related corrupt Indian Medical System and Politics, fighting
for nurses doing less work, finally accepting your work means a lot for us.
Discussing most corrupted doctors in the hospital – makes residency memorable.
I think this must be common in all hospitals, especially in India and maybe globally.
Proper Nursing care defines the treatment of the patient; 80 per cent nursing care,
10 per cent family support, 10 per cent clinical decision of the doctors gives
patients life back to society. In the ICU, more thousands of specific actions are
required to come out from there and to the community. Nursing work is
unremarkable; we appreciate, the dedication, stamina, tolerance, support, care, and
sacrifices. I have seen a few doing excellent work in the nursing field, taking the
profession on their shoulders. I expect from everyone work together and make our
country, profession, parents proud.
I will always be thankful to them, who teaches me and teaching me.