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Lemmings who work in Emergency wards at hospitals, do you do therapy for work related issues? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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My gf works in an emergency ward in a support role (neither doctor nor nurse). I sometimes wonder how things are affecting her. I ask every so often if she's ok, and listen when she rants about things.

But I wonder if therapy would help her. It's a high stress environment even if she's not the one getting her hands dirty.

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[–] mystrawberrymind@piefed.ca 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I think therapy is always a good option depending on the person. But answering for myself, no therapy needed. To echo another comment, I don’t really get upset by patient cases, it’s more the coworkers that get to me. It does take a certain type of person to work in the ED. Like you need to be a person of action, you can’t be sensitive, can’t get hung up on small details, just do what you can, no regrets. Some aren’t cut out for it, but they usually don’t last that long and end up transferring to another unit.

Idk how long she’s been working in the ED, but if it’s been years now then she’s probably fine lol. And IMO it’s pretty normal for healthcare workers in general to not like talking about work when off the clock lol. But if she’s ranting, then it’s nice to have a listener even if you can’t fully understand. ;)