how do you do it?

ANNE MARIE
I just meant ... God, I’m not even sure what I meant.
LOOK AT YOU YOU’RE SO PROFESSIONAL. ALWAYS WEARING A CONFIDENT SMILE. I’M HERE CRACKING UNDER THE PRESSURE YOU’RE AS COOL AS A CROCODILE. HOW CAN I BE SO TOGETHER, TOO?
WHAT’S THE RECIPE FOR BEING BETTY SUE?
HOW DO YOU DO IT?

BETTY SUE
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

ANNE MARIE
WHAT GETS YOU THROUGH IT?

BETTY SUE
PATIENCE, CAFFEINE.

ANNE MARIE
Hey, I mean it.

BETTY SUE
WE’RE HERE TO EASE THEIR JOURNEY. IT HELPS ME TO THINK OF THEM.

ANNE MARIE
SOME DAYS ARE SO TOUGH.

BETTE SUE
IT CAN BE HARD.

ANNE MARIE
I’M NEVER GOOD ENOUGH. SO NEAR, YET SO FAR.

BETTY SUE
I KEEP IT IN PERSPECTIVE.
I KNOW PART OF LIFE IS DEATH.
LIFT YOUR CHIN UP OFF THE GROUND,
BRING THE PATIENTS ’ROUND,
THEN STEP BACK AND TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

ANNE MARIE
HOW DO YOU DO IT?

BETTY SUE
IT’S HARD FOR SOME.

ANNE MARIE
WHAT GETS YOU THROUGH IT?

BETTY SUE
A SPOONFUL OF RUM!

ANNE MARIE
Come on!

BETTY SUE
THIS JOB IS A SERIES OF MOMENTS. DON’T LET IT GET YOU DOWN.

ANNE MARIE
SOME DAYS I WONDER.
SOME DAYS I THINK-

BETTY SUE
What’s that?

ANNE MARIE
WHEN I’M PLOWED UNDER I MIGHT NEED A SHRINK.
PLEASE DON’T MISUNDERSTAND ME, I TRULY LOVE WHAT I DO. BUT CARING FOR THESE PATIENTS CAN BE SO DEMANDING.

BETTY SUE
THAT’S WHEN YOU CRACK OPEN A BREW...OR TWO.

ANNE MARIE
I’m serious!

BETTY SUE
So am I.

ANNE MARIE
SOME NIGHTS I JUST LIE AWAKE AND CRY.
YOU CAN BE SO LEVELHEADED. WHY CAN’T I?

BETTY SUE
Come here, honey.

BETTY SUE
NURSING CAN BE A GRIND, GIRL. JUST TAKE IT DAY BY DAY.

ANNE MARIE
SOME DAYS I’M WORN THIN.

BETTY SUE
I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.

ANNE MARIE
IT’S LIKE I’M RUNNING IN A BIG HAMSTER WHEEL.

BETTY SUE
SOME DAYS WHEN I FEEL FED UP.
AND THE SONG AND DANCE NEVER STOPS.
THAT’S WHEN I JUST TAKE A BREATH AND HOLD MY HEAD UP AND REACH FOR MY OLD FRIEND SCHNAPPS.

how do you do it?

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