As a nurse, your job entails caring for others all day long. Yes, that can be exhausting for sure and it’s important to deal with burnout early on so that doesn’t happen. However, you can make an incredible difference in your workplace! In this post, we’ll discuss five ways you can be encouraged and inspired to keep up the good work in caring for your patients. We’ll also cover how travel nurse housing can specifically play an important role in this.
Difficult times call for empathetic hearts
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- Be a listener. Patients and their families are dealing with the heaviness of grief, especially if the diagnosis is drastically life-changing. Encouraging those in your care to talk about themselves will show them that you want good for them and will help to build trust.
- Look people in the eye when possible. There’s something about face-to-face communication and eye contact that indicates to patients that you are giving them your full attention and want to understand what is being said.
- Go the extra mile. Yes, this is ambiguous, but it means the world to the families of your patients if you take time to include them in simple ways as able. Things such as checking the waiting room to see if they are there to talk with about the patient or offering to call at the end of your shift to give an update on the patient are so valuable. Of course, check with your supervisor beforehand to make sure you’re within hospital protocol.
- Don’t judge the patient. It’s so, so easy to do, particularly if the person under your care has made choices that caused the health issues. However, judging a patient will only compromise your ability to provide the best medical help they need.
- Last but not least, don’t forget to take care of yourself! You won’t be able to serve others at your full capacity when you haven’t taken time to get adequate sleep and mental breaks from your job. Yes, nurses work long shifts, but whatever you do, don’t let burnout ruin your quality of life. Our travel nurse housing can provide the quiet, peaceful spot you need to rest and recharge after a long day.
Yes, relaxing travel nurse housing is a reality
Fully furnished housing is so much more homey and convenient than a hotel room. After all, wouldn’t you rather make your breakfast in your own equipped kitchen area than share a noisy common space with people eating pre-packaged foods and a few select hot items? If you need laundry done, isn’t it nice to throw a load in your own washer and dryer versus waiting at a laundromat or coin-operated machine down the hall? Enter our rentals. We’ve gone to the trouble to make sure that you feel right at home immediately. After a good night’s sleep, you’ll be able to jump right into your temp job at the hospital with fresh energy.
Of course, our Shreveport LA rentals also are available for business travelers looking for fully furnished corporate housing solutions. We also proudly house those in the armed forces with our Barksdale AFB housing or workers seeking construction site temporary housing. Our pet-friendly rentals are ideal for your needs in the north Louisiana area!
Give our owner, Debi, a call today at 318-548-6156 or use our Contact form to ask about availability of our short term rentals.
Sources: https://www.travelnursing.com/news/nurse-news/watching-for-and-overcoming-compassion-fatigue/, https://online.norwich.edu/academic-programs/resources/empathy-in-nursing, https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/expert-insights/how-to-show-empathy-to-patients-even-when-youre-stressed, https://blog.evisit.com/virtual-care-blog/improve-physician-empathy-in-7-simple-steps, https://www.joyce.edu/blog/empathy-in-nursing/
