I work with a lot of nurses from Africa. They are awesome. They are funny, helpful, smart alacky, sarcastic, and have some good 'toods with even better accents.
My favorite thing is when they get all upset and are telling each other a story in English, then in their language, then back in English, then back in their language. All the while getting more and more animated. So. Awesome.
It's even better when they are talking to me. Take last week for example. A co-worker was explaining how difficult a patient was. I heard, "because" "and then" "so" "the" "crazy." I nodded like I pretended to understand. But the more the conversation went on, the more I understood because I had taken care of the same patient previously.
Who knew crazy was a universal language?
It's such a multi-cultural experience around my hospital.
