Help protecting my mental health
Good morning all
Over the past few weeks I have realized that I need to protect myself and reduce my stress if I want to survive. My job is not particularly bad all things considered, but I find myself feeling rushed and stressed pretty much every day.
I figured I’d stop by here to share some strategies that I find helpful, and to ask you for help and strategies that you find helpful.
One thing I have been reminding myself is to focus on the patient in front of me. I’m generally a people pleaser and I strive for positive feedback. I need to stop this. I need to stop thinking about metrics. I’m not a shareholder in the hospital. Metrics are literally not my problem. My problem is taking good care of the patients in front of me. That’s it.
I’ve also stopped thinking about what my patient experience scores will be. I remind myself that there are people out there that will be unhappy, no matter what. There are a lot of people out there that are just not reasonable. This is also not my problem.
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