When Nursing Becomes Your Identity | The ER Edit Ep. 7
In this episode of The ER Edit, we get real about what happens when nursing stops feeling like just a job and starts becoming part of your identity. We talk about how nursing school, working in the ER, and years of caring for patients can shape the way we think, the way we live, and the way we see ourselves long after we clock out.
We open up about the pride that comes with being an ER nurse, the adrenaline that keeps us going, and how hard it can be to separate who we are from what we do. We also talk about how motherhood changed everything for us, from the way we process pediatric trauma to the way old cases, anxiety, and PTSD can resurface years later.
This is an honest conversation about nurse burnout, mental health, work life balance, setting boundaries, using PTO, and learning how to be proud of our nursing careers without letting nursing become the only thing that defines us.