Why Nurses Stay in Toxic Workplaces (with Psychotherapist Michele Finnerman)
As healthcare providers and caregivers, we are often encouraging others to take care of their mental health and wellness, but do we do enough of that for ourselves? Why do we not follow our own instructions? And why do some of us feel bad when we want to leave unhealthy situations? In this episode Nurse Alice talks to psychotherapist, Dr. Michele Finnernan, about common mental issues she's been seeing this past year with healthcare professionals including compassion fatigue and burnout. She also helps us understand why we feel guilty when we want to leave a toxic work environment, why we fear advocating for changes in our work environment and discusses how we can handle workplace violence.