Modern Nursing Demands More: What If We Treated Ourselves With the Same Care We Give Our Patients?
- Glennae Davis, RN, Workforce Care Specialist™
- Jun 18
- 2 min read
June 18th 2025
Modern Nursing Demands More: What If We Treated Ourselves With the Same Care We Give Our Patients?
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With 1 in 4 Americans using medication to sleep, wake up, cope, or just get through work—maybe it's time we asked a harder question:
Where should a more holistic approach to nursing begin?
Because the truth is, it’s not just patients who are overmedicated. It’s nurses, too.Burnout, moral injury, chronic job stress—we’re not immune. But unlike our patients, we’ve been trained to assess before we act.
So why aren’t we applying our own nursing process to ourselves?
The System Needs Modernizing—And Nurses Must Lead It
We’re practicing in outdated environments where trauma is normalized, and medication is the quick fix. But psychiatric medications don’t solve workplace injury. They blunt the very stimuli we need to respond to: injustice, overwhelm, disrespect, and misalignment with our purpose.
If our goal is a modern healthcare workforce that’s sustainable, safe, and strong, we need to start with two things:
Patient education and informed consent—before any psychiatric prescription is accepted as “treatment.”
Nurse empowerment through our own process: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation.
That’s not just for patient care. It’s a life skill. Especially when the pressure’s on us.
Ask Yourself the 5 Rights—For You
Before a single med touches your tongue, ask:
Am I the right person to be taking psychiatric medication?
Is this the right time to intervene with a prescription?
Is workplace stress the right reason for long-term chemical treatment?
Am I being accurately diagnosed—or just being sedated to stay employable?
You were trained to protect others. Now it’s time to protect yourself.
Because let’s face it: your employer doesn’t want to hear you complain. Neither does God. But your body is speaking loud and clear. It's time to listen—and take the next right step.
In the Age of AI, Your Mind Is Your Career
As artificial intelligence changes our industry, maintaining your thinking clarity and license viability is more than just a mental health concern—it’s economic survival.
That’s why at Glennae’s RX for Life, we teach nurses how to apply the Nursing Process to workplace trauma. No labels. No shame. Just clinical clarity, legal literacy, and next steps that don’t involve sedation.
You don’t need a diagnosis. You need a strategy.
There are simple steps you can take to move forward from the depression you're feeling:
Assess your environment, your symptoms, your options
Diagnose what's truly harming you (hint: it may be the job, not your brain)
Plan practical interventions
Implement changes that restore you
Reassess regularly—and protect your license like your life depends on it (because it does)
Modern Nursing Demands More: What If We Treated Ourselves With the Same Care We Give Our Patients?🔗 Need help tailoring the Nursing Process to your workplace?Book your Nurse Recovery Call today. Let’s modernize the system—starting with you.
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