🩺 Care for Your Work There is a persistent belief in caring professions that experience equals resilience. That the longer you have worked, the better you should cope. In reality, experience brings insight — not immunity. Why Burnout Can Appear Later Experienced professionals often: Burnout in this context is not sudden. It accumulates. The Subtle…
🩺 Care for Your Work Boundaries in caring professions rarely disappear overnight. They soften gradually, shaped by expectation, urgency, and the steady normalisation of doing “just a bit more”. What begins as flexibility can, over time, become something harder to name. How Boundary Drift Happens Boundary erosion often shows up as: Because these changes happen…
(Recommended by a Nurse of 41 Years)** 🩺 Care for Your Work Starting clinical placement can feel overwhelming. Textbooks teach theory, but placement demands judgement, confidence, and practical understanding. Over 41 years in nursing, I’ve seen the difference the right resources can make, not in creating perfect nurses, but in steading uncertain ones. If you’re…
🩺 Care for Your Work Nursing is often described as a vocation. Over time, I have come to see it is something quieter and more deliberate than that. It is a profession built on responsibility. Skills can be taught. Policies can be memorised. But the real weight of nursing sits in the decisions made when…
🩺 Care for Your Work There are moments in caring professions when the discomfort you feel is not about workload or tiredness, but about values. You know what good care looks like.You understand your professional responsibilities.And yet, you find yourself being nudged — subtly or explicitly — in a different direction. These moments are often…
🩺 Care for Your Work There comes a point in many caring roles when something subtle begins to change. You are still showing up.You are still doing what is asked of you.From the outside, nothing appears wrong. But inside, the cost of caring is no longer balanced by recovery, rest, or meaning. This is not…