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've been a nurse for (yikes) 30 years. Every few years I ask myself why am I still in the business. I'm a DNS in long term care. Between the shrinking payment system, the plethora of less than stellar nurses (in the hospital too), the ever growing piles of regulations, and the DPH, I'm about ready to call it quits.Then I go in for one more day and see the man who was close to death when he was admitted and now has an order to be discharged back home with his wife of 70 years. Or the resident who was extremely anxious and screaming is now sitting calmly because we assessed her needs and figured out what was so upsetting to her. Or the 94 year old long term resident with dementia who blows me a kiss every morning and tells me I should make more money than those "rotten Red Sox players" because I'm cute and really help people.If all this fails to lift my spirits, I go home, drink a rather large glass of wine, put in a CD and sing at the top of my lungs.We all need to take care of ourselves if we're going to keep taking care of other people.
Love this! This is why I think I would love working in LTC- our elderly patients are often unrecognized gems.
When I would come home after a really nasty night I would watch cartoons the sillier the better. When I first got married my hubby would ask why someone with such a high IQ would watch cartoons. You don't have to think with cartoons. it is all slapstick and fart jokes. It is the best thing in the world to shut off the brain. And my grandkids think it is killer that Granma knows which cartoon is the best.
Specializes in Trauma, ER, ICU, CCU, PACU, GI, Cardiology, OR.
Unquestionably, besides pouring myself a large goblet of red wine and having a plate full of seedless green grapes, Multigrain crackers, and the King of Cheese Parmigiano-Reggiano after work, then getting in my swimming pool and listening to the waterfall as it cascades down the rocks, this rejuvenates my desire to continue in my beloved nursing. In adddition, I been taking Zumba classes they are AWESOME!!!!
Specializes in cardiac CVRU/ICU/cardiac rehab/case management.
I meditate daily. It has taught me that you can handle anything if you take it a moment at a time. Reflective time teaches me that nothing it is ever personal. How I react to it ,however,is. I am on my feet 12-13hrs straight so hot yoga helps de stress and limber me up.
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Love this! This is why I think I would love working in LTC- our elderly patients are often unrecognized gems.