stress relief kit

[ACute RN]

At the advice of a friend, I made a stress relief kit to keep in my locker at work. I have a bottle of lavender rosemary body spray and mini dark chocolate bars. Belief it or not, have a few whiffs of the body spray and pop a few chocolates... it actually helps to ease my mind. Just thought I would share!

[MedicalLPN, LPN]

Awesome idea, thanks for sharing!

I have an anti-stress kit that I use at home that includes a glass of wine, a cigarette, and a trashy romance novel, the stress just melts away! :)

[stefanyjoy]

percocet and a vibrator.

[canesdukegirl, BSN, RN]

MedicalLPN, you are so silly! I can't say that I haven't indulged in the occasional glass of wine myself after working in the seventh level of hell.

I asked my DON the other day if she would share her bottle of vodka with me that she kept in the bottom of the file cabinet. Mind you, myy DON is a very "by-the-book" sort of woman, and I thought that she might take offense to my comment. Surprisingly, she responded, "Well, it is empty. How about I give you my keys and you can make a run?" Just the thought of this straight laced woman taking a healthy pull from a vodka bottle was stress relief for me!

Stress is just part of our job. My goodness...we have so much responsibility and we are expected to do our jobs WITHOUT ERROR. When I find that I have had it to the gills with stress, I walk to the bathroom (and pray that nobody has just taken a heavy dump), close my eyes and take several deep breaths. I imagine myself doing the one thing that I love more than anything...deep sea fishing. I take just a few minutes and place myself there on the boat and try to feel the wind in my ears, the sun burning my shoulders and hear the gulls whining while I frantically reel in a big fish. It never fails-I walk out of the (hopefully un-stinky) bathroom and feel that I have a new sense of energy.

I find that guided imagery works for me and for my patients. Humor helps as well!

[canesdukegirl, BSN, RN]

percocet and a vibrator.

Oh no you didn't! Ha!

[pgotm]

MedicalLPN, you are so silly! I can't say that I haven't indulged in the occasional glass of wine myself after working in the seventh level of hell.

I asked my DON the other day if she would share her bottle of vodka with me that she kept in the bottom of the file cabinet. Mind you, myy DON is a very "by-the-book" sort of woman, and I thought that she might take offense to my comment. Surprisingly, she responded, "Well, it is empty. How about I give you my keys and you can make a run?" Just the thought of this straight laced woman taking a healthy pull from a vodka bottle was stress relief for me!

Stress is just part of our job. My goodness...we have so much responsibility and we are expected to do our jobs WITHOUT ERROR. When I find that I have had it to the gills with stress, I walk to the bathroom (and pray that nobody has just taken a heavy dump), close my eyes and take several deep breaths. I imagine myself doing the one thing that I love more than anything...deep sea fishing. I take just a few minutes and place myself there on the boat and try to feel the wind in my ears, the sun burning my shoulders and hear the gulls whining while I frantically reel in a big fish. It never fails-I walk out of the (hopefully un-stinky) bathroom and feel that I have a new sense of energy.

I find that guided imagery works for me and for my patients. Humor helps as well!

I need that kind of DON!

[RN0310]

Lol, that's a good idea for the work place. I may have to put that in my locker at work. But my anti-stress, is a bottle of wine, a soothing bath & a night full of excercise...wink..wink...