A tribute to nurses | Carolyn Jones

Translator: Jum'atil Fajar Reviewer: Sarmoko Sarmoko

As patients,

Sebagai pasien,

we usually remember the names of our doctors,

kita biasanya ingat nama dokter yang merawat kita,

but often we forget the names of our nurses.

tapi seringkali kita lupa nama perawat yang merawat kita.

I remember one.

Saya ingat namanya.

I had breast cancer a few years ago,

Saya sakit kanker payudara beberapa tahun lalu

and somehow I managed to get through the surgeries

dan entah bagaimana saya berhasil melewati operasi

and the beginning of the treatment just fine.

dan awal perawatan berjalan lancar.

I could hide what was going on.

Saya dapat menyembunyikan apa yang terjadi.

Everybody didn't really have to know.

Semua orang tidak perlu tahu.

I could walk my daughter to school,

Saya bisa mengantar putri saya ke sekolah,

I could go out to dinner with my husband;

Saya bisa makan malam bersama suami;

I could fool people.

Saya bisa mengelabui orang-orang.

But then my chemo was scheduled to begin

Namun saat jadwal kemoterapi saya dimulai

and that terrified me

itu membuat saya takut

because I knew that I was going to lose every single hair on my body

karena saya tahu rambut saya akan rontok

because of the kind of chemo that I was going to have.

akibat kemoterapi yang akan saya jalani.

I wasn't going to be able to pretend anymore

Saya tidak bisa berpura-pura lagi

as though everything was normal.

seolah-olah segalanya normal.

I was scared.

Saya takut.

I knew what it felt like to have everybody treating me with kid gloves,

Saya tahu rasanya setiap orang mengasihani saya,

and I just wanted to feel normal.

dan saya hanya ingin merasa normal.

I had a port installed in my chest.

Ada alat yang dipasang di dada saya.

I went to my first day of chemotherapy,

Saya menjalani hari pertama kemoterapi,

and I was an emotional wreck.

dan saya sangat terguncang.

My nurse, Joanne, walked in the door,

Perawat saya, Joanne, masuk pintu

and every bone in my body was telling me to get up out of that chair

dan anggota tubuh saya meminta saya untuk bangkit dari kursi

and take for the hills.

dan lari sejauh mungkin.

But Joanne looked at me and talked to me like we were old friends.

Tapi Joanne bersikap seolah-olah kami teman lama.

And then she asked me,

Kemudian dia bertanya,

"Where'd you get your highlights done?"

"Di mana kamu menyemir rambutmu?"

(Laughter)

(Tertawa)

And I was like, are you kidding me?

Apakah Anda bercanda?

You're going to talk to me about my hair when I'm on the verge of losing it?

Anda bicara tentang rambut saya ketika saya akan segera kehilangannya?

I was kind of angry,

Saya agak marah,

and I said, "Really? Hair?"

dan saya jawab, "Benarkah? Rambut?"

And with a shrug of her shoulders she said,

Sambil mengangkat bahu, dia berkata,

"It's gonna grow back."

"Itu akan tumbuh lagi."

And in that moment she said the one thing I had overlooked,

Saat dia mengatakan itu, satu hal yang saya lupakan,

and that was that at some point, my life would get back to normal.

bahwa pada suatu saat, hidup saya akan kembali normal.

She really believed that.

Dia sangat yakin akan hal itu.

And so I believed it, too.

Dan saya juga meyakininya.

Now, worrying about losing your hair when you're fighting cancer

Sekarang, khawatir kehilangan rambut saat melawan kanker

may seem silly at first,

mungkin tampak konyol pada awalnya

but it's not just that you're worried about how you're going to look.

tetapi tidak hanya penampilan yang membuat Anda khawatir,

It's that you're worried that everybody's going to treat you so carefully.

tapi bagaimana sikap orang terhadap anda yang Anda khawatirkan.

Joanne made me feel normal for the first time in six months.

Joanne membuat saya merasa normal untuk pertama kalinya sejak enam bulan.

We talked about her boyfriends,

Kami berbincang tentang pacarnya,

we talked about looking for apartments in New York City,

kami bicara tentang mencari apartemen di kota New York,

and we talked about my reaction to the chemotherapy --

kami bicara tentang reaksi saya terhadap kemoterapi --

all kind of mixed in together.

segala sesuatu yang campur aduk.

And I always wondered,

Saya selalu bertanya-tanya,

how did she so instinctively know just how to talk to me?

bagaimana dia tahu cara berbicara dengan saya?

Joanne Staha and my admiration for her

Joanne Staha dan kekaguman saya kepadanya

marked the beginning of my journey into the world of nurses.

menandai dimulainya perjalanan saya ke dunia perawat.

A few years later, I was asked to do a project

Beberapa tahun kemudian, saya punya proyek

that would celebrate the work that nurses do.

untuk merayakan kiprah para perawat.

I started with Joanne,

Saya mulai dengan Joanne,

and I met over 100 nurses across the country.

dan saya berjumpa dengan lebih dari 100 perawat di Amerika.

I spent five years interviewing, photographing and filming nurses

Lima tahun saya mewawancarai, memfoto dan memfilmkan perawat

for a book and a documentary film.

untuk sebuah buku dan film dokumenter.

With my team,

Dengan tim saya,

we mapped a trip across America that would take us to places

kami memetakan perjalanan melintasi Amerika yang akan membawa kami

dealing with some of the biggest public health issues facing our nation --

berurusan dengan masalah kesehatan masyarakat terbesar di negara kita --

aging, war, poverty, prisons.

penuaan, peperangan, kemiskinan, penjara.

And then we went places

Kemudian kami pergi ke

where we would find the largest concentration of patients

tempat di mana kami akan menemukan konsentrasi terbesar pasien

dealing with those issues.

yang menghadapi masalah itu.

Then we asked hospitals and facilities to nominate nurses

Kami meminta rumah sakit dan fasilitas untuk menunjuk perawat

who would best represent them.

yang akan mewakili mereka.

One of the first nurses I met was Bridget Kumbella.

Perawat pertama yang saya temui adalah Bridget Kumbella.

Bridget was born in Cameroon,

Bridget dilahirkan di Kamerun,

the oldest of four children.

anak tertua dari empat saudara.

Her father was at work when he had fallen from the fourth floor

Ayahnya terjatuh dari lantai empat tempat kerjanya

and really hurt his back.

dan sangat mencederai punggungnya.

And he talked a lot about what it was like to be flat on your back

Dan dia banyak bicara tentang bagaimana rasanya terbaring telentang

and not get the kind of care that you need.

dan tidak mendapatkan perawatan yang memadai.

And that propelled Bridget to go into the profession of nursing.

Hal itu yang mendorong Bridget untuk menekuni profesi perawat.

Now, as a nurse in the Bronx,

Sekarang, sebagai perawat di Bronx

she has a really diverse group of patients that she cares for,

dia melayani berbagai kelompok pasien,

from all walks of life,

dari semua lapisan masyarakat,

and from all different religions.

dan dari agama yang berbeda.

And she's devoted her career to understanding the impact

Dan dia mengabdikan karirnya untuk mengerti dampak

of our cultural differences when it comes to our health.

dari perbedaan budaya terhadap kesehatan.

She spoke of a patient --

Dia berbicara tentang pasien

a Native American patient that she had --

-- seorang pribumi Amerika --

that wanted to bring a bunch of feathers into the ICU.

yang ingin membawa seikat bulu ke ICU.

That's how he found spiritual comfort.

Begitulah ia menemukan ketenangan spritual

And she spoke of advocating for him

Dan dia membelanya

and said that patients come from all different religions

dan mengatakan para pasien berasal dari agama yang berbeda

and use all different kinds of objects for comfort;

dan menggunakan berbagai objek untuk menenangkan,

whether it's a holy rosary or a symbolic feather,

apakah itu tasbih atau bulu simbolis,

it all needs to be supported.

semuanya perlu didukung.

This is Jason Short.

Ini adalah Jason Short.

Jason is a home health nurse in the Appalachian mountains,

Jason adalah perawat kesehatan rumah di pegunungan Appalachian,

and his dad had a gas station and a repair shop when he was growing up.

dan ayahnya memiliki pom bensin dan bengkel ketika dia kecil.

So he worked on cars in the community that he now serves as a nurse.

Dulu dia memperbaiki mobil di komunitasnya yang sekarang dia layani sebagai perawat.

When he was in college,

Ketika dia di universitas,

it was just not macho at all to become a nurse,

sama sekali tidak macho jika menjadi perawat,

so he avoided it for years.

sehingga ia mengabaikannya bertahun-tahun.

He drove trucks for a little while,

Dia pernah jadi supir truk,

but his life path was always pulling him back to nursing.

tapi jalan hidupnya selalu mengembalikan dirinya ke perawat.

As a nurse in the Appalachian mountains,

Sebagai perawat di pegunungan Appalachia,

Jason goes places that an ambulance can't even get to.

Jason pergi ke tempat yang tidak bisa dijangkau oleh ambulans.

In this photograph, he's standing in what used to be a road.

Dalam foto ini, dia berdiri di tempat yang dulunya adalah jalan.

Top of the mountain mining flooded that road,

Penambangan di puncak gunung membanjiri jalan itu,

and now the only way for Jason to get to the patient

dan sekarang satu-satunya jalan bagi Jason untuk mengunjungi pasien

living in that house with black lung disease

yang tinggal di rumah itu dengan penyakit paru-paru hitam

is to drive his SUV against the current up that creek.

adalah mengendarai SUV-nya melewati sungai kecil itu.

The day I was with him, we ripped the front fender off the car.

Saat saya bersamanya, bemper depan mobil itu robek.

The next morning he got up, put the car on the lift,

Keesokan paginya dia bangun, mengangkat mobilnya,

fixed the fender,

dan memperbaiki bemper,

and then headed out to meet his next patient.

dan kemudian menemui pasien berikutnya.

I witnessed Jason caring for this gentleman

Saya menyaksikan Jason merawat pria ini

with such enormous compassion,

dengan penuh kasih sayang,

and I was struck again by how intimate the work of nursing really is.

dan saya sangat terkesan dengan bagaimana intimnya kerja perawat.

When I met Brian McMillion, he was raw.

Ketika saya bertemu Brian McMillion,

He had just come back from a deployment

dia baru pulang dari penempatan

and he hadn't really settled back in to life in San Diego yet.

dan dia belum benar-benar kembali bekerja di San Diego.

He talked about his experience of being a nurse in Germany

Dia cerita tentang pengalamannya menjadi perawat di Jerman

and taking care of the soldiers coming right off the battlefield.

dan merawat tentara yang kembali dari medan perang.

Very often, he would be the first person they would see

Seringkali dia adalah orang pertama yang akan mereka lihat

when they opened their eyes in the hospital.

ketika mereka terbangun di rumah sakit.

And they would look at him as they were lying there,

Dan mereka akan melihat saat mereka terbaring di sana

missing limbs,

kehilangan anggota tubuh,

and the first thing they would say is,

ucapan pertama mereka adalah,

"When can I go back? I left my brothers out there."

"Kapan saya bisa kembali? Saya meninggalkan saudara saya di sana."

And Brian would have to say,

Dan Brian akan mengatakan,

"You're not going anywhere.

"Anda tidak akan ke mana-mana.

You've already given enough, brother."

Anda sudah cukup mengabdi."

Brian is both a nurse and a soldier who's seen combat.

Brian adalah perawat dan tentara yang menyaksikan perang.

So that puts him in a unique position

Jadi dia berada pada posisi yang unik

to be able to relate to and help heal the veterans in his care.

untuk menghubungkan dan membantu menyembuhkan veteran dalam perawatannya.

This is Sister Stephen,

Ini adalah Suster Stephen,

and she runs a nursing home in Wisconsin called Villa Loretto.

dia mengelola rumah jompo di Wisconsin, namanya Villa Loretto.

And the entire circle of life can be found under her roof.

Dan seluruh siklus kehidupan dapat ditemukan di sana.

She grew up wishing they lived on a farm,

Dia bercita-cita ingin tinggal di sebuah peternakan

so given the opportunity to adopt local farm animals,

sehingga punya kesempatan untuk mengadopsi hewan ternak setempat,

she enthusiastically brings them in.

dia sangat antusias membawa mereka,

And in the springtime, those animals have babies.

Pada musim semi, ternak tersebut beranak.

And Sister Stephen uses those baby ducks, goats and lambs

Dan Suster Stephen menggunakan anak-anak bebek, kambing, dan domba

as animal therapy for the residents at Villa Loretto

sebagai terapi hewan bagi penghuni Villa Loretto

who sometimes can't remember their own name,

yang terkadang tidak ingat lagi nama mereka sendiri,

but they do rejoice in the holding of a baby lamb.

tetapi mereka menikmati saat mendekap anak domba.

The day I was with Sister Stephen,

Saat saya bersama Suster Stephen,

I needed to take her away from Villa Loretto

Saya membawa dia pergi dari Villa Loretto

to film part of her story.

untuk memfilmkan ceritanya.

And before we left,

Dan sebelum kami pergi,

she went into the room of a dying patient.

dia pergi ke ruang pasien yang sedang sekarat

And she leaned over and she said,

Dia membungkuk dan berkata,

"I have to go away for the day,

"Saya akan pergi seharian,

but if Jesus calls you,

jika Yesus memanggilmu,

you go.

kamu pergi.

You go straight home to Jesus."

Kamu pergi langsung ke Yesus."

I was standing there and thinking

Saya berdiri di sana dan berpikir,

it was the first time in my life

ini pertama kalinya dalam hidup saya,

I witnessed that you could show someone you love them completely

saya menyaksikan bahwa Anda bisa mencintai seseorang secara penuh

by letting go.

dengan merelakannya pergi

We don't have to hold on so tightly.

Kita tidak harus memegangnya begitu erat.

I saw more life rolled up at Villa Loretto

Saya melihat begitu banyak kehidupan berlangsung di Villa Loretto

than I have ever seen at any other time at any other place in my life.

dibandingkan tempat-tempat lain yang pernah saya lihat dalam kehidupan saya.

We live in a complicated time when it comes to our health care.

Kita hidup dalam zaman yang kompleks bila terkait dengan pelayanan kesehatan kita.

It's easy to lose sight of the need for quality of life,

Kita mudah mengabaikan kebutuhan akan kualitas hidup,

not just quantity of life.

tidak hanya kuantitas hidup.

As new life-saving technologies are created,

Seiring teknologi terbaru penyelamat jiwa dibuat,

we're going to have really complicated decisions to make.

kita harus mengambil keputusan yang sulit.

These technologies often save lives,

Teknologi ini sering menyelamatkan jiwa,

but they can also prolong pain and the dying process.

tetapi mereka juga memperlama penderitaan dan proses kematian.

How in the world are we supposed to navigate these waters?

Bagaimana seharusnya kita mengarahkan arus ini?

We're going to need all the help we can get.

Kita memerlukan semua sumber daya.

Nurses have a really unique relationship with us

Perawat memiliki hubungan yang unik dengan kita

because of the time spent at bedside.

saat mendampingi di tempat tidur.

During that time,

Selama itu,

a kind of emotional intimacy develops.

berkembang hubungan emosi.

This past summer, on August 9,

Tanggal 9 Agustus musim panas yang lalu,

my father died of a heart attack.

ayah saya meninggal kena serangan jantung

My mother was devastated,

Ibu saya sangat sedih,

and she couldn't imagine her world without him in it.

dia tidak dapat membayangkan kehidupannya tanpa ayah saya.

Four days later she fell,

Empat hari kemudian dia jatuh,

she broke her hip,

panggulnya patah,

she needed surgery

dia harus dibedah

and she found herself fighting for her own life.

dia berjuang untuk tetap hidup.

Once again I found myself

Sekali lagi saya menemukan diri saya

on the receiving end of the care of nurses --

menerima perawatan dari para perawat --

this time for my mom.

kali ini untuk ibu saya.

My brother and my sister and I stayed by her side

Saudara saya dan saya mendampingi ibu

for the next three days in the ICU.

di ICU selama tiga hari.

And as we tried to make the right decisions

Dan kami mencoba untuk membuat keputusan yang benar

and follow my mother's wishes,

dan mengikuti keinginan ibu,

we found that we were depending upon the guidance of nurses.

kami sangat bergantung pada bimbingan dari perawat.

And once again,

Dan sekali lagi,

they didn't let us down.

mereka tidak mengecewakan kami.

They had an amazing insight in terms of how to care for my mom

Mereka memiliki pandangan yang luar biasa menyangkut perawatan ibu saya

in the last four days of her life.

dalam empat hari terakhir kehidupannya.

They brought her comfort and relief from pain.

Mereka menenangkan dan menghilangkan nyerinya.

They knew to encourage my sister and I to put a pretty nightgown on my mom,

Mereka menyarankan kami untuk mengenakan gaun malam untuk ibu kami,

long after it mattered to her,

karena itu sangat berarti baginya,

but it sure meant a lot to us.

dan bagi kami tentunya.

And they knew to come and wake me up just in time for my mom's last breath.

Mereka membangunkan kami saat ibu menghembuskan napas terakhir.

And then they knew how long to leave me in the room

Mereka membiarkan kami berkabung di ruangan

with my mother after she died.

dengan ibu setelah meninggalnya.

I have no idea how they know these things,

Saya tidak tahu, bagaimana mereka mengetahui hal-hal ini,

but I do know that I am eternally grateful

tapi saya tahu bahwa saya sangat bersyukur

that they've guided me once again.

bahwa mereka membimbing kami lagi.

Thank you so very much.

Terima kasih banyak.

(Applause)

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