Megan Sullivan
Aug 23, 2026
I quit nursing after 11 years and felt like a traitor
ICU nurse. I was good at it. I was the one they gave the hard families to. After the pandemic years I just never came back to normal. I'd sit in my car in the parking garage for 2…
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After 11 years in ICU nursing, burnout made every shift feel impossible. Leaving brought guilt as well as relief. I am finding a different way to use what I learned, while accepting that caring for others cannot mean losing myself.
There’s a comeback in this one. Six months of doing almost nothing, then I went back to school for health informatics. I still use everything I learned, just fro…
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