Looking back at my post, I should have mentioned that changing your career should be the very last thing you do. If you don’t reflect and explore what the causes of your burnout are, you may wind up burned out in another career and faced with similar problems. Also, it would be sad to turn away from nursing if you have several years of nursing experience behind you.

Before you can reprogram your thinking you must have the more helpful statements readily available in your mind. You can create a powerful exercise by writing the negative statements on file separate cards. Then write your translation of the negative statement on the flip side of the card. This creates a kind of flash-card set. When ever you think of it, or when you are waiting on hold on the phone or in line pull out your cards, read the negative statement and then flip to the helpful statement and read it. You can more tips for overcoming burnout on my site.