导读:近来，一位女子因不满他人对自己“只不过是个护士”的称呼在脸书上发声，引发世界范围内对于护士这一职业的全民思考。
A woman who was called ’just a nurse’ has sparked a conversation around the world about the value of nursing.
近来，一位女子因不满他人对自己“只不过是个护士”的称呼在脸书上发声，引发世界范围内对于护士这一职业的全民思考。
Caitlin Brassington, of Toowoomba, Australia, posted on Facebook that one day last week after work she was in a grocery store, wearing her scrubs, when she ran into an old friend who said she hadn’t realized that Brassington was "just a nurse."
澳大利亚图文巴市的凯特琳·布拉辛顿上周在商店中偶遇了自己的一位老朋友，当时自己身着护士制服，该朋友表示没想到自己目前“只是一名护士”。下班之后，布拉辛顿便将自己的经历发布在脸书上。
"Wow! Over my 18 year career I have heard this phrase many, many time[s], but today it got to me," wrote Brassington, 38, in a now-viral Facebook post that’s received more than 19,000 likes.
38岁的布拉辛顿写道，“我当了十八年护士，听到了无数次这个称呼，但是今天我实在不能接受。”这段话随后便在脸书上传播开来，至今已收到19000个赞。
Brassington went on to gives example of how important nurses are to their patients and communities.
布拉辛顿还列举了一系列事例，以此来证明护士对于患者以及很多社区来说其重要性所在。
"I have helped babies into the world, many of whom needed assistance to take their first breath, and yet I am just a nurse," she wrote. "I have held patients hands and ensured their dignity while they take their last breath, and yet I am just a nurse. I have counselled grieving parents after the loss of a child, and yet I am just a nurse."
“虽然我只是个护士，但我曾接生过很多孩子，帮助他们来到这个世界，很多宝宝需要我们的帮助才能进行第一次呼吸；虽然我只是个护士，但在很多病人离世之前，我都会牵着他们的手，保证他们在生命的最后一刻尊严仍在。虽然我只是个护士，但我会陪伴在失去孩子的父母身边，给他们带去慰藉。”
A pediatric nurse who has been in the profession more than nine years, Brassington told ABC News she’s "heard this phrase said many times before," but for some reason was moved in this instance to speak out.
作为一位在儿科工作了九年的护士，布拉辛顿接受ABC采访时表示，自己在这行听到过无数次这个称谓，但这次出于某种原因自己实在无法接受，想要站出来为此发声。
The a mother of three added that many don’t realize how the role of nurses has evolved over the last 50 years, "particularly with advances in technology and advanced training."
一位三个孩子的母亲补充道，很多人都没有意识到，随着技术的进步，护士们也在接受更高级的培训。过去五十年来，护士这个职业也在逐步进化，逐步完善。
"I think more than ever nurses now have a partnership with doctors and are a vital component of the health care teams," she said.
该母亲还提到：“相比从前，现如今护士与医生之间的互助关系更是医疗服务团队中不可或缺的一环。”
In the U.S. alone, there are more than 2.7 million nurses, according to 2014 statistics from the United States Department of Labor.
据美国劳工部2014年发布的数据显示，仅美国一个国家护士的数量已高达270万人。
Brassington said her post was on behalf of nurses around the globe.
布拉辛顿表示自己是代表全世界所有的护士同僚们发声。
"It has started a worldwide conversation about how we value and respect certain service industries within communities," she told ABC News. "I think this conversation is long overdue."
“目前全世界已经对如何珍惜和尊重社区内一些服务行业展开了相关讨论，”布拉辛顿在接受ABC新闻采访时如是说道，“事实上我认为相关话题的讨论早就应该进行了。”
