Nursing can be stressful at times. Every often we get a patient that pushes our buttons. We just want to scream and tell them a thing or two. Other days we are overwhelmed with the number of patients we have. Running up and down the halls to do the tasks that we were given. It can be upsetting.
These are the times we need to sit back, relax, and breath. We need to take care of ourselves.
Give yourself a night out with your friends, exercise for an hour, eat a great meal, or just give yourself 10 minutes of pure relaxation in complete silence. These are just a few things that can help you relax.
What do you do to help you relax?
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I currently workout to help relieve stress. I didn't do this as much through nursing school but now that I have the habit I love it! I think I will start getting massages every couple weeks also. That sounds amazing!
Don't do it, if you don't love it. (No, that doesn't mean that you will love it everyday. There will be bad times and days, but overall, you should love what you do, care about people, and you should make it your business to continue learning and practicing with excellence.)
If you don't love it anymore, go into a different area or do something else. Gotta pay the bills? OK. Start making a exit plan/strategy or do this as you work per diem.
Miserable, insecure, and lazy nurses make for miserable, insecure, less productive, and potentially unsafe environments.
I make sure I take my 1 hour lunch break every workday. In 3 yrs this happened less than 10 times I know for sure. When I take lunch I LEAVE THE UNIT. Play games on my phone, call friends, browse the internet.
When I leave work if I had a stressful day I am able to "offload" to my hubby, who is very understanding or other RN friends. Any issues I have with management or coworkers I take directly to them at the time it happens so there are not lingering problems or hostility in the workplace.
Some days off I sleep all day if I want. Some days off I go on mini vacations and excursions.
I do know that the majority of ppl that I KNOW that hate nursing are those that work multiple places in short periods of time (unstable), always work overtime, can't seem to stay out of trouble, lack the personality it takes to get along well with others, drug addicts/abusers, and those that are accident prone/negligent.
Vitamin Z is a little harder to guess, but let's just say that it keeps me mellowwwwwwwww, LOL!
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You're kidding.....nobody knows what Vitamin A is?
Vitamin Z is a little harder to guess, but let's just say that it keeps me mellowwwwwwwww, LOL!