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Is it any wonder that in a day to day job that focuses on precision and organization, a lot of nurses, and of course other professional, find themselves feeling stressed and overwhelmed? Balancing both a busy career and busy home life, sometimes while working multiple shifts and midnight shifts, can leave you feeling exhausted. Fortunately there are several small lifestyle changes you can make to help you reestablish balance in your life. Make this Valentines one where you do something for yourself to make every day that much better.

Recognizing Stress

It is a fact that many people see their busy lives as simply that – busy. The fact that they have very little time to relax and decompress at the end of a day almost seems normal. The headaches, the aches and pains, the short temper, loss of memory and focus, all seem to be symptoms that a lot of busy nurses see as a result of living an active life. After all, having a lot to do and juggling a lot tasks is in the nature of any good nurse, right? Well, this may not be the best way to look at things. Recognizing when you are stressed is critical to your health.

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The U.S. Department of Labor notes that registered nurses comprise 2.3 million jobs in the healthcare field – the largest, by far. Furthermore, the Department projects that among all occupations in all fields, more nursing opportunities will be created over the next decade than any other. From a distance, things do indeed look quite good for the nursing profession. After all, we’re still living in an era of tremendous job uncertainty and labor market misalignment. It’s nice to know that, based on this promising statistical outlook, nursing is an wise career move for millions of people today, tomorrow, and for years to come.

Yet there is more to this story than rosy statistics; and the nurses reading this article would no doubt criticize any attempt to paint an incomplete picture of what’s really happening in the trenches. Despite the professional and personal satisfaction that comes from applying their considerable skills to help patients heal or face illnesses with dignity, more and more nurses are facing a situation that, by its very term, sends waves of dread through even the most battle-hardened health professional: burnout.

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