AHHHHHHHH REAL Monsters!!!!!!!!!!!!

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a stressful day can make us loose it, when i loose it i laugh ,crack hysterical jokes and even sing :lol2::idea: wow, like now, when in reality, i'm smoking mad.!!!!:angryfire how do you cope, sing , act silly, go silent!!!!!!!, turn into a real monster, only you know!!!!!! tell all!!!!!!!!

Specializes in Utilization Management.

I get very quiet. At that point, if I'm left to my own devices, I'll get my stuff done asap and get out of there.

Or I bluster and yell like a wounded animal. Then I get over it.

Or -- when it's really bad and I've really been horribly wronged -- I have a complete meltdown, crying and mad at the same time.

The last two always make me feel pretty stupid the next day, but it's nice to know that I'm not the only one who can lose it now and then.

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Specializes in Tele, ED/Pediatrics, CCU/MICU.

When I get very frustrated and upset (i.e., I ask 3 available techs "Can any of you help me bring up my tele admit?" and they stand together, look at me, and begin to crack jokes about how short I am, or "UUGGHHH I just brought up a tele admit" or "It's so-and-so's turn")

.. I lose my sense of humor FAST. The silly smile is gone. No eye contact.. just walk fast, get my crap done, and move on.

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Specializes in UR/PA, Hematology/Oncology, Med Surg, Psych.

Depends, if really mad/stressed I might cry in the bathroom then vent to my buddies. But sometimes I just get very quiet and keep to myself (probably so I don't cry or vent.) I have noticed though, if I'm only somewhat irritated for whatever reason, I will quietly hum to myself. I do it unconsiously and it seems so dumb. Maybe my mom used it to soothe me as a baby?

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Specializes in Behavioral Health, Show Biz.

After hissing to myself for the hundredth time, "Unbelievable." I treat myself to something, ANYTHING, when the shift is over.

I EARNED AND DESERVED IT.

No Monsters! ;)

Nurses are angels...RIGHT?

AMEN

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I just let it all go....usually have to tell whoever made me mad what they did....

If it is stressed about the day or the work conditions I usually turn the radio on and sing along then go home and walk the dog and walk away the stress.. My job now is less stressful so do not have to do that as much might be why my dog is getting fat..lol

I can agree with the poster who talks about being understaffed and busy ...my biggest complaint is that is usually the day you never see the house supervisor...no one seems to care ifyou got lunch or if you are even still breathing....those kinds of days get me.

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Specializes in Peds.

I usually get very quiet and get "that look". Or if I'm really pissed, I will let the person pissing me off know. That is usually only for people doing things blatantly piss of worthy though. If I'm really stressed, I will cry when alone.

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Peds/O.R./Legal/cardiology.

As most of you know, I don't usually have a problem expressing my frustrations. :rotfl: I just say what I need to and go on. I try to do it in a very "British" way, though. I think that the Brits can be so very polite while voicing their "displeasure".

It also helps that I'm married to a man who looks and acts EXACTLY like Jeff Foxworthy! After I blow up (when I get home) he always makes me laugh! He gives me the Foxworthy look and says "Well...Honey... have you lost your mind?"

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Specializes in Med-Surg, ED.

I think for me, it depends on what is bothering me. If its an issue with supplies, or pharmacy, or something like that I just go call whoever I need to in order to fix the problem. I just dig right in to fix it before it becomes a huge issue.

If its a person, I try to ask them why they are doing XYZ and try to put an end to it before it gets worse.

If its a situation where the tech just doesn't get the job done no matter how many times being asked, well..I stop asking politely and start kind of ordering. (Instead of "would you please find the time in the next half hour or so to help me with XYZ" it will be "I need you in 10 minutes in room 123. We need to do XYZ" and then I will go find the tech if not there when needed)

If its just been one of those rotten days, I tend to cry on the drive home.

Sometimes I come in the house crying and wake up my husband and make him hear it all and he cuddles me til I feel better.

But if not crying, I will blast my CDs and sing all the way home---loudly and off key.

Oh, and when I do get stressed at work, I always find myself humming the song "Yellow Submarine". For some reason, that song just shows up on my internal radio station and plays all night long lol. It does help.

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