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Before The Straw Breaks E10

It’s 6:30 AM. No hospital call. No rush to get kids out the door. Just quiet. This is what life looks like on the other side of a decision.

In this episode Patrick asks the question most nurses avoid. What is stopping you from defining a future that looks like this? Are you seeking permission? Are you afraid to change?

Nursing today is overworked, short-staffed, stretched past capacity. Nurses keep showing up anyway. Patrick unpacks why, using real conversations with nurses who feel stuck, who are waiting for a breaking point (a pandemic, a shift too far) to give themselves permission to…

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