Re: Any ideas on how to detach from your work? Originally Posted by grbrico 
Hi.. its me again.. the nurse falling apart.
I talked with a manager today... explained feeling so stressed and that I am crying all the time...
"Well sometimes Hospice is not for everyone"
Let me put it straight.... I love Hospice... I love seeing and taking care of my patients. I feel right now that they are pushing all of us beyond what we can handle.
I dont want to leave.... but I think I should.... I think the management need to be realistic in how to run it. We have some knock down best nurses in the area... that would give everything for this job... problem is.. they are giving everything and have nothing left for themselves or for their family.
Right... now... I am just looking for ideas on what y'all do to destress
what thing do you do daily.
I am very spiritual... and even my devotional meditations are not enough Im a big ball of nerves and and tightened muscles..lol
I never was that before....
Husband says to leave... do something else.... but I do love this work so...
I feel like I am letting this beat me... I can do this... .
From what you wrote, I'm assuming the cause of your stress is not the nature of hospice work-- e.g. the emotional loss of your patients always dying--but instead the way your agency is run.
If you don't have a sufficient amount of down time--no pager, no cell phone--you
will end up as a basket case, and likely sooner rather than later.
You can put off the reckoning by stress reduction strategies, but if the fundamental situation doesn't change, you're buying time, not solving the problem.
Buying time is a worthy intermediary goal, because it allows you to either create change at your agency or find employment at another with a more realistic view of the ability of staff to function and remain sane in this difficult field.
For me, time off is the most effective, and I take a day every few weeks, and a week a couple times a year. I schedule these well in advance, as then I have something to look forward to. "I have a long weekend coming up in x days."
On a daily basis, I make sure I exercise, get the dog out, and take some time for my hobbies, photography and reading being two. And last but not least, I try to get enough sleep.
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