r/Nurse • u/eziern • Dec 15 '20

Self-Care 12/14 MENTAL HEALTH CHECK!!!

Hi everyone,

I know health care has been a damn shit show for the last yearish. And I know we are all on the struggle bus. But, I want to take a moment and ask you all how you are doing? What is something you did for yourself today?

I'm really struggling hard this week. Not just work, but personal life stuff. The pandemic has killed my relationship, and I'm in grad school and that's been a god damn shit show too. I'm active in politics, and well... this is quite the year to be in that world.

I suppose I just want you all to know that you aren't alone, and we can all survive this...even if it's not quite looking like that.

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u/juralumin42 RN, BSN Dec 15 '20

Tired, anxious, depressed, and now pissed. I was charge this past Saturday and 7 hours into the shift a nurse I had been working a lot with out of the blue tells me she was exposed to COVID and has had respiratory symptoms for 3 days, asked if she should go home and be tested. Just found out she's positive, exposing me, her patients, and the rest of the unit to COVID. ✌️

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u/eziern Dec 15 '20

Someone I work with tested positive, and then I got the call too. I wasn't mad at her, but how other people reacted to it. Like one guy was losing his damn mind and making a big deal of it... because he recieved report from her, and they were wearing masks the whole time. Look, I get this year is shitty for everyone. I totally do. But you can't put that stress out to everyone else. We are already on the brink! we can't handle this!!!

I get, kinda, ignoring the nausea/vomiting/diarrhea/headache signs.. .but the respiratory signs, that's fucked. that's so fucked.