healthcare – Brooke's Honest and Truth Blog, RN

When are they going to find out?

I am going on twenty years as a nurse, and I did come down with a mild case of pneumonia and so I am sitting in my house and I am stewing. What am I stewing about, you may ask? The fact the hospital puts on a donation ball every year so they can raiseContinue reading “When are they going to find out?”

Burnout vs. Moral Injury vs. Betrayal

According to Psychology Today, “burnout is a state of emotional, mental, and often physical exhaustion brought on by prolonged or repeated stress.” I hear a lot of peers, hospital administrators saying, “They are burned out.” Then administrators, f-ing fix it. I am not talking managers; I am talking to the upper management. The cost ofContinue reading “Burnout vs. Moral Injury vs. Betrayal”

Becoming a Coach

After 15 years of being a bedside nurse, I was burnt out. I was sitting outside on my patio, and told myself, there has to be more to help people than just put band aids on and feed them pills. I was looking through Instagram and a nurse coach program came up and I wasContinue reading “Becoming a Coach”