When your partner doesn’t understand work stresses: How can you help the non-nurse in your life to appreciate the pressures of the job? We ask Liz Charalambous.
Nursing is a tough gig. As well as long shifts, unsocial hours and unpaid overtime, there are the emotional hardships and the physical labour. Then there’s the tiredness, stress and anxiety, not to mention money worries and concern about patients, which can be hard to switch off.