Take Charge of Your Own Career and Destiny Now
Change is never an easy thing to live through. The degree of change of course directly affects the difficulty associated with it.
Don't Be Afraid of Change
Avoiding change is not always the best thing either. If, for example, you are terribly unhappy in your present situation, you need to make a change. Deciding what to change and how much of a change to make will take some consideration.
Easier to Give Up
Too many nurses just give up. They've given all they have to give and don't have the strength left to figure out how to find a better situation. Or they are more afraid of change than sticking with the same old same old until they can't take it anymore at all. They don't believe in themselves, or they don't believe something else could be better. Before you make the choice to give up, try something else.
And don't let management stop you.
Don't Burnout
Nursing is one of the most physically and emotionally challenging professions. Nursing is a giving process and once you've given all you have to give, there isn't anything left. This is burnout. Nurses need to constantly replenish themselves, and yet they are not good at doing this.
Nursing is About Helping Others
Nurses want to help others. That's how they got into this in the first place. Ask anyone considering becoming a nurse and they'll tell you they "want to help people."
Reward Yourself
What nurses (and future nurses) don't understand is that they will have to make their own rewards in most instances. They will give their all to advocate, educate, assist and help others, and what will they get in return? A days wages, which most will tell you is not enough!
Don't Expect Thank You's
Sick people are not at their best. Their families, care givers and other loved ones are frightened and frazzled. All they can focus on is getting through the current crisis and figuring out what and where to go from there. If they smile or even offer a simple "Thank you," consider yourself lucky and well paid. That is not the norm
