Nighttime Routines for Doctors

As physicians, we have many incredibly hard days at work. Some of those days look like having multiple family meetings, delivering difficult news, worrying about whether your patient will do well, or just general busyness and sacrificing in order to make sure your patients are ok.

We all have days like this, and as a podcast that I recently heard said- these days wear on you after weeks, months, and years of doing this. These are some of the things I have been using to get rest after those hard days.

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Practical Tips for Intern Year

July 1 is here! You’ve likely started your first job as a doctor and you are scared (petrified).

Some VERY normal questions that may be going through your mind…

How do I write notes again?

Where is the bathroom on this floor?

Will there be lunch at this lecture?

All of these were questions that were swirling through my mind as I entered my 3rd week of residency (recall that I had 2 weeks on night float to start out).

I have some practical things that I would share with myself if I could do it all over again.

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About That Time I Became Sad

Who didn’t want to share this one? Me. I didn’t want to talk about it.

This one may come as a surprise to some of you, but I thought it was important to share about my struggle with depression.

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Smell Beautiful

Shortly after getting married, I realized that I would have to be very selective in who I allowed myself to get advice from. There were all kinds of people that latched on to me because I was young and married. I know that they meant well and wanted me to avoid the mistakes they made, but they tried to give me all kinds of foolish advice. If I listened to what EVERYONE was telling me to do in my relationship, I don’t even know where we would be. My hubby feels the same way about a lot of the advice he has received.

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