How often do you dissociate at work?

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I’ve been an ED nurse for 3 years and moved to days from 3a-3p about a year ago and it still sucks. I find myself staring at the screen at 9am watching those 10am meds for our admit holds come up and wondering what I’m doing with my life. I watch docs put in orders and often find myself not even wanting to get up from my chair to go give them (I obviously do lmao).

Not sure if it’s burnout or what but as a naturally introverted person I don’t even want to speak to patients unless I’m literally buzzing from caffeine or took adderall.

Unsure if this is common or not but I’d like to hear from you guys. Switching to midshift in the coming months to help with my sanity we’ll see if that helps lol

Posted Oct 30, 2025, 3:54 PM UTC

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