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On this Memorial Day, I am thinking of all of the nurses and docs and healthcare workers who spend their nights and weekends and holidays away from their families to care for the sick.

Of course, one realizes that there are stores and gas stations and other services which are open 24 hours a day and on holidays, but somehow it seems easy to forget that hospitals never close. And while a skeleton crew may be in place on certain shifts, there is no arguing with the fact that the wheels on the hospital bus go round and round unceasingly.

Similarly, visiting nurses also must make their rounds, even on holidays. As a visiting nurse myself, I’m aware of the fact that any number of visits simply must be accomplished each and every day, whether there's a blizzard or a hurricane lashing the streets or not.

Any number of healthcare facilities and services are basically in action at all times. From organ harvest teams to dialysis units and methadone clinics, the healthcare system runs on the energy of so many individuals willing to sacrifice time with their families and loved ones again and again.

This is simply a shout out to those who work when so many others choose not to. Thanks for doing what you do, and please know your sacrifice is very deeply appreciated.

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NurseKeith is a nurse, writer, blogger, and nurse consultant. Please feel free to visit his blog, Digital Doorway .