January 2026

A nurse in red scrubs leaning against a hospital wall, looking upward while holding a phone, reflecting emotional exhaustion and the hidden cost of caregiving.

The Hidden Cost of Being a “Good Nurse”

Reading Time: 7 minutesHow Nursing Taught Me to Abandon Myself (And Why I Had to Unlearn It) I spent 26 years as an ICU nurse. Twenty-six years of carrying the hospital on my back, making sure everything and everyone was okay—except me. How Nursing Taught Me to Abandon Myself (And Why I Had to Unlearn It) By Marquita

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