Scrubs And Sanity
Keeping your scrubs clean and your sanity (mostly) intact
A mental health nurse who (after stumbling and caffeine fueling through training) knows how tough working in healthcare can get. The burnout, short-staffing & never ending training years. Here I’ll give you honest reflections, & strategies to protect your mental health while navigating the chaos of healthcare. About
PS. Real life resources are on their way – think e-journals, interactive grounding methods, planners and study tips. To help you not just survive but breathe between shifts.
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Author: amelia1james
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Busy offices. Noisy wards. Phones pinging. Colleagues chatting. Patients calling. Sometimes your brain feels like it’s running 47 browser tabs at once. Stress replays itself like a bad re-run When I think about the most stressful time in my career (so far), my body doesn’t just remember it — it re-enacts it. Chest tightens, throat…
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How I fell (and stumbled) Into Healthcare Let me start with this: I did not always know I was destined for my chosen profession. That couldn’t be further from the truth. At 16, I left school and picked my A levels like I was choosing sweets — no plan, no vision, no real interest. Unsurprisingly,…
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“Burnout” — we hear it all the time, right?But do we ever actually stop and think about what it really means? And more importantly, whether it might be happening to us (or the people around us)? The truth is, burnout doesn’t just drain your energy — it can quietly creep into every corner of life:…
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