when caring kills: why i left nursing for this
Twelve-hour shifts will break anyone. I know this intimately. Not just from nursing, but from the way emotional labour strips you down to raw nerve endings.In the hospital, I was constantly performing
Former nurse, burnout brought her here, the comparison between caring work and this work is the thing she keeps returning to.
Twelve-hour shifts will break anyone. I know this intimately. Not just from nursing, but from the way emotional labour strips you down to raw nerve endings.In the hospital, I was constantly performing
There's something about medical work that drains you in ways people don't understand. I used to think caring was this noble thing. Now I know it's just emotional extraction.In nursing, you're expected