I didn’t go to nursing school to become an insurance appeals specialist. Here’s What Nobody Tells You About Nursing Until You’re Already In It… Nobody does that. You go to nursing school because you want to help people. Because something in you responds to the idea of being present with someone in their most vulnerable moment and actually making a difference. That’s the story we tell ourselves on the way in. And it’s true, for some part of every shift. But there’s another part nobody warns you about. I spent a decade working in the ER as a case management nurse. And while the patient bedside work was everything I…
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Have you ever felt absolute dread the day before a shift…or walking into one?
Have you ever felt absolute dread the day before a shift…or walking into one? If so, this is for you. This is my story from those moments…or for me, several moments…of my body rebelling against something I thought I had to do to the point where I finally said, no more, and found a new way. I’m a nurse practitioner, currently working as a nurse life coach. I’ve been in healthcare for 21 years. During that time, I chose my job over my family, over myself, and over what my body was trying to tell me. My Body’s Protests Grew Louder In the last few years, my body got louder…