The stakes are high in healthcare, which leads many providers to have a perfectionistic attitude, a desire to not miss anything and to review the day with a critical eye. These are admirable qualities and help to keep your patients safe. And, they can also lead to doubting yourself and feeling like you are ineffective,…
Strengths to Tap into Well-Being
Many of us have a vague sense of our strengths, what we do well, without having a vocabulary to really capture these attributes. For me, it took years before I could articulate what it is that I do best. Once I was able to hone in on this and identify it with words, I had…
Take Charge to Build Positivity
Does being in charge ever make you feel uncomfortable? Do your colleagues balk that you’re overlooking their work, when you’re getting an overview of what’s going on so you can help plan distribution of work and admissions, as they come in. There are ways you can take charge to build positivity and lessen burnout. It…
Teamwork to Prevent Burnout
Each summer I spend about 2 weeks working as a nurse at Camp Ramah New England, an overnight summer camp. I was inspired to write about collaboration earlier this month and continue with this theme as the result of that experience. There are just under 600 campers and with all the staff and their families about…
Collaboration to Stem the Tide of Burnout
Sadly, when I speak about burnout among nurses and physicians, the word bullying comes up much more than I would have expected. For physicians there is an historic legacy of hierarchy with medical students being like a gnat and sometimes just getting in the way of all the work that must be done, then the…
Imagine Your Positive Future
Recently, I assisted in a mastermind group in which we all came as we imagine we will be in 5 years. There was so much energy in the room and a sense of success around what each of us achieved. Some of what we noticed about each other in the future is:We each tapped into…
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