Many people go into nursing because they want to help people and care about them while caring for them. Nursing may not just be physically exhausting, but you have to remember to care for your mental health too. I found this article on Medscape about "compassion fatigue" that you can check out:
"The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing Compassion Fatigue: A Nurse's Primer"
by Barbara Lombardo, RN, MSN, PMHCNS-BC; Caryl Eyre, RN, MSN
Posted: 07/22/2011; OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. 2011;16(1) © 2011 American Nurses Association
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/745294
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