5 Actions for Overcoming Nursing Career Attention Deficit Disorder

In the midst of a fast-paced, 21st-century life, it ' s possible for a hard-working nurse to experience what I call Nursing Career Attention Deficit Disorder (NCADD). In this context, the nurse in question loses sight of her goals and dreams, instead becoming scattered and distracted by life ' s myriad responsibilities and demands; she ' s pulled in multiple directions and feels like she ' s running around like a chicken with her head cut off. Can NCADD be turned around? Can our distracted minds be tamed in the interest of developing a more satisfying nursing career?Photo by chuttersnap on UnsplashAn Understandable Nurse ConditionModern life can be intense and overwhelming. If you ' re a member of the so-called " Sandwich Generation " , you have both school-age children and aging parents to contend with (I know many people in this position, myself not being one of them, thankfully enough). These duel responsibilities consume much of your time, and tending to the garden of your nursing career can seem completely laughable when you think about the amount of energy you have left at the end of the day.We ' re also barraged with information at every turn: emails, social media, phone calls, voicemail, bills, Netflix, news, and politics all crowd around us seeking room in our brains for just " one more thing " to think about. Time to read a book for fun? Not always possible. An afternoon for a yoga class and a massage? You may be laughing ironically when reading that ...
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