NursingHabits http://nursinghabits.com/ Online business solutions and burnout rescue for nurses Wed, 18 Jun 2025 02:16:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/nursinghabits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 NursingHabits http://nursinghabits.com/ 32 32 102964829 Nurses, it’s okay to quit if you don’t have proper protection during this pandemic! https://nursinghabits.com/nurses-its-okay-to-quit-if-you-dont-have-proper-protection-during-this-pandemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nurses-its-okay-to-quit-if-you-dont-have-proper-protection-during-this-pandemic https://nursinghabits.com/nurses-its-okay-to-quit-if-you-dont-have-proper-protection-during-this-pandemic/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2020 11:01:14 +0000 http://nursinghabits.com/?p=1655 Covid-19 is a morally confronting moment for healthcare workers. It’s INGRAINED in them to put their patients first and they WANT to uphold the integrity of their profession. They didn’t sign up for an easy job and they aren’t inclined to give up easily when things get really rough but the moment I found out...

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]]> https://nursinghabits.com/nurses-its-okay-to-quit-if-you-dont-have-proper-protection-during-this-pandemic/feed/ 0 1655 Is hope a good thing for dying patients? https://nursinghabits.com/hope-vs-reality-in-nursing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hope-vs-reality-in-nursing https://nursinghabits.com/hope-vs-reality-in-nursing/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2019 11:01:14 +0000 http://nursinghabits.com/?p=1587 I had been working myself to the bone. There was never enough staff on board. I had injured myself trying to tug and pull and move very sick patients around. Did my best to get their bodies cleaned up and dress them but I was exhausted. The matrons saw me as a nuisance and a...

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]]> https://nursinghabits.com/hope-vs-reality-in-nursing/feed/ 0 1587 Stress, pain and drug abuse in nurses. https://nursinghabits.com/stress-pain-and-drug-abuse-in-nurses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stress-pain-and-drug-abuse-in-nurses https://nursinghabits.com/stress-pain-and-drug-abuse-in-nurses/#respond Tue, 27 Nov 2018 16:01:03 +0000 http://nursinghabits.com/?p=1551 My sister shared a video of a nurse on duty, high on drugs resulting in this post. In the video, the patient is in her bed, someone secretly records the nurse who is apparently high. The nurse nods off frequently. The only reason I am sharing this video is to talk about what’s on the...

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]]> https://nursinghabits.com/stress-pain-and-drug-abuse-in-nurses/feed/ 0 1551 Sunk Cost Fallacy in Nursing – Why are you a nurse? https://nursinghabits.com/sunk-cost-fallacy-in-nursing-why-are-you-a-nurse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sunk-cost-fallacy-in-nursing-why-are-you-a-nurse https://nursinghabits.com/sunk-cost-fallacy-in-nursing-why-are-you-a-nurse/#respond Thu, 08 Mar 2018 15:12:45 +0000 http://nursinghabits.com/?p=1511 I was just out of high school with no idea where to take my life. I knew what I enjoyed. I knew that there were creative passions within me but I didn’t know that any of those could be turned into a career. That’s too much pressure. The career path is not laid out for...

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]]> https://nursinghabits.com/sunk-cost-fallacy-in-nursing-why-are-you-a-nurse/feed/ 0 1511 Do I ever regret Quitting Nursing? https://nursinghabits.com/do-i-ever-regret-quitting-nursing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-i-ever-regret-quitting-nursing https://nursinghabits.com/do-i-ever-regret-quitting-nursing/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2015 08:48:28 +0000 http://www.nursinghabits.com/?p=1055 So this is a question that comes up from time to time in conversation - people ask me if I regret quitting nursing. I even find myself asking myself that. The short answer is no. There are however things I do miss about it - I definitely DO NOT miss the backache, headaches and stress. I feel better paid for the work I do now as an online entrepreneur and I do not want to go back to a position or career in which I'm literally breaking my back and getting mistreated by my employers. The stress is absolutely not worth it.

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]]> https://nursinghabits.com/do-i-ever-regret-quitting-nursing/feed/ 1 1055 NursingHabits Free Book https://nursinghabits.com/nursinghabits-book/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nursinghabits-book https://nursinghabits.com/nursinghabits-book/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:31:22 +0000 http://www.nursinghabits.com/?p=1041 Artwork by Jeff Conway: Buy his paintings. Hi loyal readers. I want to thank you for the ongoing support and love. I’ve been rather busy but I still get so many beautiful and touching letters and comments coming in daily. You have inspired me to give back to the nursing community. I’ve been working on a...

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]]> https://nursinghabits.com/nursinghabits-book/feed/ 0 1041 Disease is no match for the human spirit | Positive thinking https://nursinghabits.com/inside-us-all/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inside-us-all https://nursinghabits.com/inside-us-all/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2015 18:03:39 +0000 http://www.nursinghabits.com/?p=824 If there is one thing I’ve come to appreciate through nursing, it’s the incredible complexity of a single human being. The brain is one of the most intricate wonders in the universe — and the nose isn’t far behind! Anatomy aside, the human spirit is endlessly fascinating. Over and over, I’ve seen how a person’s...

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]]> https://nursinghabits.com/inside-us-all/feed/ 0 824 A Spooky Night Shift and a Tragedy… https://nursinghabits.com/spooky-moments-on-night-shift/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spooky-moments-on-night-shift https://nursinghabits.com/spooky-moments-on-night-shift/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:19:01 +0000 http://www.nursinghabits.com/?p=692 It was a wintery night shift in the post natal ward, when the midwives from the labour ward called in some of the post natal team to assist with a difficult delivery. The patient was a stage IV AIDS case and she was in no condition to be put under the knife, it was too...

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]]> https://nursinghabits.com/spooky-moments-on-night-shift/feed/ 3 692 Dealing with people who shame you for quitting nursing. https://nursinghabits.com/dealing-with-people-who-shame-you-for-quitting-nursing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dealing-with-people-who-shame-you-for-quitting-nursing https://nursinghabits.com/dealing-with-people-who-shame-you-for-quitting-nursing/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 11:29:50 +0000 http://www.nursinghabits.com/?p=954 Have you ever complained about a certain aspect of nursing or contemplated quitting nursing only to find a bunch of people that would shake their heads at you and make you feel ashamed for feeling the way you do? Some common complaints and the judgmental responses you may get: “I don’t get paid enough! I...

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]]> https://nursinghabits.com/dealing-with-people-who-shame-you-for-quitting-nursing/feed/ 18 954 What are a nurses pet peeves? https://nursinghabits.com/what-are-a-nurses-pet-peeves/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-are-a-nurses-pet-peeves https://nursinghabits.com/what-are-a-nurses-pet-peeves/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:18:14 +0000 http://www.nursinghabits.com/?p=932 Nurses put up with a lot of sh*t. Both literally and figuratively. Here’s a list of sh*t I hated dealing with in my nursing career: 1. Doctors with huge egos.  A doctor I know once had a nurse fired simply for answering the ward telephone in his presence. In a hospital there are all kinds...

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