Life Behind the Scrubs: Holding On to Your Identity Outside of Nursing

Everyone knows you as a nurse—but do they really know you? In this episode of Shift Happens, Nurse Millie and Nurse Tara dive deep into the reality of life behind the scrubs. When you spend 12-hour shifts pouring your physical and emotional energy into taking care of patients, it is easy to let your career become your entire identity. The hosts share their own hilarious and honest off-the-clock habits—from Millie narrating her house like a reality TV show to Tara’s travel escapes—and tackle an anonymous listener submission from a veteran nurse who forgot what she enjoys after 25 years in healthcare. Plus, Tara delivers a critical Clinical Pearl on recognizing and combating Compassion Fatigue.