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The lamentation of a nurse. She is currently employed in a private health institution here in my city, had her duty for 12 hours (7PM to 7AM) and she had 3 co-staff nurses to care for 4 general wards. She was called by the father of a child with dengue fever, and since she was the one there, she went to the client (the child) and fixed her IV (intravenous) fluid. It is really a toxic time even at night when almost all clients need nurses, and she did her job unconditionally even though she is underpaid, tired and exhausted, and hungry. But the father was not contented with the nursing management done; he shouted at her while she was endorsing the patients to the incoming shift. She, my colleague, reasoned out, but the father was shouting HOW INCOMPETENT the nurse was. The father also demanded that the supervisor be called. The poor nurse cried a bucket in the linen room after her endorsement. My former students now colleagues, sympathized and empathized with her. It is so sad because some significant others do not acknowledge the hard work we nurses do. Although there may be some who do their jobs because of money, generally, we have the inclination to help, assist, and care for the sick and the ill. And we have the heart to serve.