http://www.realityrn.com Real Nurses, Real Conversations Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:55:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My first year of nursing, I considered becoming a forest ranger. Nursing was bleeding my emotions. When I first got out of school, hospitals faced a big nursing shortage—not unlike today. The unit was understaffed, and the level of responsibility quickly overwhelmed me. Worse, I became trapped in a destructive internal dialogue. ... http://www.realityrn.com/more-articles/nurse-relationships/finding-allies-at-work/210/