I worked for 15 years in hospitals and long term care facilities. My dad was an RN. My ex is an RN. My cousin is an RN. My uncle was an LPN. All those years I spent in those facilities, and my dad and uncle can attest, they can be toxic environments. Especially on the 3-11 or 11-7 shifts. This is not a statement on the health care industry, nursing facilities, nurses, etc. I'm only saying this because I know first hand how stressed those employees are, and how easy it is to seek stress relief from alternative methods in those jobs.
Nursing is such a high stress job, that chaos becomes the norm, and stability is what's actually difficult to deal with. From the little I've read, you did all you could. I'm sure she did her best to deal with everything. It's just a horrible situation. But, it's up to you now to be the rock for the children. Be the rock for yourself, and also for her.
This is very, very true. In my work, I deal with aspiring nurses and other aspiring health care workers. Most of them have no concept of what awaits them should they actually find themselves in the job they covet so much. Most of them aspire to these positions probably because someone in their family held one, or someone pressured them, or they hear "nursing shortage" and are lured in by the salaries or whatever.
They don't understand the demands of the schooling, the pressures of the job, how much will be demanded of them, and how the demands and stress of the profession have only increased over time.
Me 59 W 47 T 26 M 23 S18, S14 BD May 2023 D filed June 2023 OM1 confirmed: December 2023 OM2 confirmed: October 2023
