A nurse's story, by Wayne Little
Meditative Story
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ποΈ 24 February 2026
β±οΈ 30 minutes
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Fresh out of nursing school, Wayne Little finds a treasured mentor in his first job β a nurse whose lifelong mission inspires his own. Years later, in the middle of a global pandemic, he calls on those lessons he learned so long ago.
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| 0:00.0 | On Sunday, I'm out here and walking down the line of waiting cars. |
| 0:18.5 | And I see a particular pod of nurses who have all become friends and all work together, |
| 0:23.6 | in part because they all like to sing. It's great to watch people driving through react to it. |
| 0:30.6 | People tell us they're looking forward to their second dose, because it's kind of fun just to actually be here. |
| 0:36.6 | It amazes me. |
| 0:39.7 | But the nurses actually like to dance up and down the line. |
| 0:43.8 | Even working in the rain, you can see the joy on their faces. |
| 0:47.7 | We have very few absences. |
| 0:50.4 | The workforce out here has become exceptionally tight. |
| 0:53.3 | This is the first nursing job they've ever had. |
| 0:56.7 | And I can see many of them love it, just like I did, from the very first day. |
| 1:09.4 | Many of us have heard the stories of very real challenges healthcare workers have had to face this last year. |
| 1:15.8 | You may even be one yourself. |
| 1:17.8 | But for Wayne Little, the pandemic reaffirmed his devotion to nursing |
| 1:22.1 | and brought some of the most profound and the most joyful moments of his professional life. |
| 1:28.3 | As a top nursing administrator at UC San Francisco, Wayne is a lead at the mass COVID |
| 1:33.5 | vaccination site at the City College of San Francisco, where they were administered over 100,000 |
| 1:39.2 | doses to date. In this episode of Meditative Story, Wayne shares an intimate reflection on his calling to be a nurse |
| 1:46.8 | and what he will take with him |
| 1:48.6 | from the biggest mobilisation of nurses the world has ever seen. |
| 1:53.5 | In this series, we combine immersive first-person stories |
| 1:56.9 | and breathtaking music |
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