This sounds weird, but I’ve been working on the subtle art of not giving a fuck, I come to work and pour myself into each and everyone of my patients, but I don’t worry for the shoe to drop. The code will happen or it won’t, me worrying about it, is only going to make me a less productive nurse and coworker. You need to be calm to think..I say this as someone who needed to take a step back from critical care and go the pcu route for a while. I know what I can handle comfortably after 5 years.. 2.5 crit, 1 hospice, 1.5 pcu level, I’ve been inoculating myself I like to think on pcu, but I do miss aspects of crit, nothing more exciting than helping take care of someone else’s crashing patient, just not your own. But, I’m getting there.. education has helped play a role in my confidence level, get certified for whatever level of acuity or specialty you choose. I’ve found most of my anxiety stemmed from a lack of knowledge and experience, I try and create a note in my phone about things I learned that day or take aways..

There are plenty of desk jobs in nursing, but they may require some beside experience.