Why This Is Necessary:
I need this for me. I need this for you. I know there are others out there like me. Frustrated about what is really going on out there. Disgusted at the shitty “gifts” you got for Nurse’s Week. We used to get really useful, awesome stuff back in the early 2000’s . When I am feeling frisky, I blame it on the Affordable Care Act.
I see us as a nurse tribe. We all speak the same language, have same experiences, work in the same environments and deal with the same BS. I need a place to say whatever I want about an episode at work that sucks and isn’t fair because I know I am not alone in this. I can’t say what I really feel at work! I would get fired! There shouldn’t be any fear in regard to nurses purging their souls about their crappy days at work. There certainly shouldn’t be an email asking you to meet with your director after voicing your unpopular opinions. All that backlash just proves that in nursing, you can’t say what is really going on without someone higher on the food chain telling you it isn’t “professional behavior” to openly discuss your unique and singular opinions about this or that hospital or clinic or hospice company. There should be NO FEAR when it comes to nurses speaking out because some things need to be said. For real.
Free speech isn’t free in the nursing world. There are loads of journals, magazines, newspaper articles discussing signs and symptoms of burnout and how to avoid it. Get plenty of sleep, eat right, exercise, meditate, deep breathe, take a vacation, take a bubble bath. All BS. This is the same advice a magazine article would give an accountant during tax season and we both know accountants ain’t got shit on working as a nurse.
If you found this blog, it is probably because you googled or searched something about nurses, nursing, or nurse burnout. It is obvious you are looking for something to help you feel less alone in your nursing world. I have googled nurse groups and blogs but never found any that did it for me. I couldn’t relate to their story because they identified themselves and put themselves in that place where they really couldn’t say what they truly felt deep in their souls. They kindly disagree and don’t go too far into the dark places of nursing. They can’t go that extra inch where the whole truth was out. They all hold back a bit. I see that as counter-productive and not fully worthwhile. I had to find a way to go that extra inch and that’s why I am Anonymous.