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Bold Journey into Burnout

I was working in the Palliative Care Unit at Vanderbilt when the pandemic hit. Palliative Care is a specialty in medical care that focuses on treating the symptoms of a disease that cannot be cured. Sometimes it leads straight into end of life care in a short period of time. I had been doing this work for the past 7 years and found it rewarding and that it was my calling.

Cancer, chemotherapy, community, healing with music, healing, health, music, nursing, pandemic, take good care, take good care albumMegan PalmerNovember 14, 2023Bold Journey, Burnout, pandemic, deb shields, Take Good CareComment

Why I left my last job...

So how do we go about finding wholeness on a more regular basis? It’s a question I am always asking, and I come to different answers all of the time. Lately I’ve been feeling pretty good physically, mentally and emotionally. A work in progress as always, I have found a lot of joy in living and one of the reasons is because I left the job that was killing me slowly.

memoir, nursing, hospital, health, healingMegan PalmerFebruary 2, 2023nurse, nursing shortage, healthcare, staffing, hospitals, shift work, shift Comment