Bi-monthly Membership:
Attend both the Tuesday and Saturday Sessions - $90
Monthly video-call topics include..
"Learning about yourself"
"Nursing - why you chose the profession"
"Who triggers you? why do you even have them to begin with?"
"What are people mirroring back to you and what are you projecting"
Invisible Challenges in the Healthcare Profession
Nurses have long been regarded as a vital component of the health care system and are respected and appreciated by most people. However, the nursing profession has high rates of burnout.
“Nursing can be stressful and draining. Having worked as a nurse for 47 years in a variety of settings, I can assure you I understand the frustrations associated with the job. Remember when your charge nurse pages you to remind you that your patient in room three has called for a pain pill for the fifth time in the last five minutes, while your patient with dementia spits her lunch on the floor when you walk by her room pushing an IV pole with one hand and your med cart with the other? Meanwhile your patient in room five is afraid to go for an MRI and needs your reassurance that he will not be abducted by aliens when they stick his body in that “metal claustrophobia machine.” Nurses wear many hats indeed. While the craziness I described above is real, I have learned new ways to deal with these stressors and it made the last ten or so years of my career a much different experience.
While on my journey of self-growth during those years, I worked with a mentor who introduced me to some concepts that have helped me immeasurably to deal with the way I allowed my profession to drain the life out of me. What began as a career I trained for and started with unbridled enthusiasm became an albatross around my neck that exhausted me and i had little left for enjoying life. I allowed it to contribute to my depression which had been a life-long problem from the age of twenty-four. These concepts helped my depression and I’ve been off medication for twenty-four years but more importantly brought back the joy of my nursing profession that eluded me for a very long time.
To get back to the career I loved and chose, I had to begin to unravel why I was so drained and fried to a crisp. So what is the trick to putting a stop in the drain? By applying some simple concepts, we can help you improve your personal awareness of what we do to give ourselves away in the name of being a wonderful nurse.”
– Gail
