I’ve been a nurse for almost 9 years and most days I feel like I’ve come to this place in my career where I can be empathetic but not get emotionally wrapped up in situations and circumstances. It’s not that I’m cold or uncaring…I used to cry at everything when I was a new nurse. But as I matured in my profession I learned that this is what leads to burnout. So I learned how to detach myself…to leave work at work. Today was a difficult day. It was too close for comfort…too close to home…too much like a situation that is happening right now in my family. I had it together…at least I thought I did…but at the end of the day I broke down and I cried. And I think that it was appropriate for me to do so. I think it means that I haven’t come to the end of my career. I never want to get to a point where I feel nothing. Today just reminded me how much I love what I do despite the stress and long hours away from my son and my husband. Today I made a difference in a family’s life.
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Thank you for sharing. . . God Bless.
Caryn,
I’m sure you make a difference in a family’s life every time you go to work! I greatly admire what you do, and I’m glad there are people like you, who still have a heart, even doing the work so long. 🙂
Andrea
I thank you for what you do as a nurse. Almost 18 years ago, my daughter was a premie. She weighed 1 pound 8 ounces at birth. She was in neonatal ICU for 2 1/2 months. We got to know the nurses pretty well. I wondered how they coped day after day with all the ups and downs. I really think nurses are angels on earth!
yes, thank you for sharing. and may I ((hug)) you?!
Caryn, your such a strong and wonderful person. I am sure this family will never forget you or your kind heart.
I wish I could give you a great big hug right now!
crying does a body good 🙂
nurses aide here for over 15 years and there were days that you had to fight through the pain but we are human as hard as we get I loved the work but my back said no more I am glad that you like what you do