I'm sure like many of you I have to go to a weekly nurses support group. My experience there is horrible and I simply dread it every week. I'm hoping some of you find your experience not so terrible and could tell me how your group is structured and how the conversation is facilitated. In our group we "check in" every week. People give an update on their lives in incredible, boring detail. I've heard everything from boyfriend issues, cake recipes, what my kid is wearing, I don't like the other nurses I work with.... Yesterday was a particular treat some lady was mad at her husband and another got stuck in traffic. No mention of recovery, nursing, substance abuse.... Those two sucked up a 1/2 hour of my life I'll never get back
Our groups are an hour and a half in length and check in usually takes the entire time. We rarely discuss any issues about substance abuse or PNAP because we aren't supposed to say anything bad about the program and I guess nobody has anything good to say about it.
I'm thinking maybe a focused discussion on a subject we are told to think about in the previous meeting and maybe limiting the time and subject matter for check in. I used to get through these meetings reading the sports page on my smart phone but apparently yesterday many people were doing the same as me and the therapist got mad. I know I did wrong but isn't there a cruel and unusual punishment clause in the Constitution
Eris Discordia BSN, RN
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If you are 20 something with absolutely massive gauges in your ears, it just might be