Do you wonder why there is so much burnout in medicine? As a healthcare worker have you ever felt overwhelmed by fast pace, loud noises, constant interruptions and bright lights? Are you disillusioned with how difficult it is to provide quality care and support your patients within the fixed, rigid healthcare system?
In this week's episode of the Life After Medicine podcast, Becky Corbett RN and Chelsea discuss why highly sensitive people have such a hard time thriving in the medical field. After a severe burnout while working as a bedside nurse, Becky decided to take her nervous system health seriously. During this time she also realized she was a highly sensitive person. Using this information she embarked on a path to gentle living and burnout recovery.
Listen in as Becky and Chelsea discuss what it means to be a highly sensitive person (HSP), how the healthcare environment is not supportive of HSPs, tips and techniques for calming your nervous system, and how to design a fulfilling career as an HSP.
Links/ Resources:
The Highly Sensitive Person Quiz (by Elaine Aron)
www.thegentlelivingnurse.com
@thegentlelivingnurse
Life After Medicine explores doctors' journey of finding purpose beyond their medical careers, addressing physician burnout, career changes, opportunities in non-clinical jobs for physicians and remote jobs within the healthcare system without being burned out, using medical training.
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Life After Medicine explores doctors' journey of finding purpose beyond their medical careers, addressing physician burnout, career changes, opportunities in non-clinical jobs for physicians and remote jobs within the healthcare system without being burned out, using medical training.
