Emotional Emergency Room: Stress and Passion in the Hospital

Love blossoms in the most unpredictable places. And sometimes, these feelings emerge in the most unlikely places—the hospital. Dee Bostic’s Love, Lies & Lab Coats Book Vol. 2 explores human connection in this high-pressure environment. It examines the insights of an emotional emergency room and the other feelings involved between different characters.

Get a glimpse of the emotional intensity, responsibilities, dilemmas, and struggles faced by the practitioners in the medical community.

Looking at the Healthcare System

Healthcare workers are one of the most overworked sectors in the country. They meet countless problems and situations every day. According to an article written by the ANA Nursing Resources Hub, 69% of young nurses under the age of 25 have reported experiencing burnout. Moreover, over 50% of nurses, regardless of age and race, describe feelings of burnout. In simple terms, burnout is the result of unmanaged and overwhelming work-related stress.

So, what are some stressors or difficult situations experienced by various healthcare providers? At the moment, discussing workplace stress can be summarized in three points.

First, medical teams encounter life-and-death situations daily. It heavily affects their mental state, especially when witnessing traumatic moments in the hospital.

Second, long shifts, which can last for more than 16 hours, can take a mental and physical toll on the healthcare worker. They have to endure the long hours of no rest. On top of staying awake and keeping their bodies ready to move, they also have to handle other responsibilities. Health workers also have to manage doctors’ and patients’ demands or requests, document events, and keep track of their daily tasks.

Third, it’s the emotional strain of the work. Healthcare providers have to implement urgent emotional support for people experiencing grief from loss or difficult news. They also have to handle patients’ emotional stress caused by their personal struggles and suffering. Nurses can deliver immediate psychological help in instances when it’s necessary.

The Two Sides of Working in Hospitals

Choosing to be a medical practitioner has its advantages and disadvantages. While it’s not a walk in the park, becoming a nurse or doctor is a pathway many people are proud to take. As an honorable profession, it comes with positive and negative connotations.

On the positive side, working in the medical field and being part of the sector is an advocacy that individuals choose to follow. It brings a sense of accomplishment when you provide crisis intervention for patients. For example, during a mental health crisis, you can bring comfort and care to a person in need of empathy. Being a healthcare worker also helps in building resilience, strength, courage, and perseverance.  

Now, let’s discuss the negative side of things. As a medical worker, you are always exposed to a stressful, fast-paced, and high-stakes environment. Despite being emotionally available and strong, healthcare professionals experience compassion fatigue from all their encounters. It can also cause health issues when they are emotionally invested in the circumstance.

Whether you choose to be a medical practitioner or not, it’s important to learn the two sides of being in that particular work environment. When it’s your passion, you can overcome challenges to become a respectable and admired member of the medical field.

The Emotional Emergency Room

Multiple types of emergencies exist. An emotional emergency room serves as an area where people experiencing emotional distress, discomfort, and those on the verge of a breakdown receive emotional first aid and help to ease their worries and tension.

This space acts as a buffer that alleviates emotional pain and realigns a person’s mental state. Hospitals are more than a place where physical healing happens; they’re also an avenue for the mentally weary.

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In an emotional emergency room, patients, their families, and healthcare staff experience a range of emotions. Patients have anxiety, fear, and dread because of their diagnoses and possible diseases. Some might have concerns with procedures such as surgeries; others are terrified of confinement and hospital bills.

On the other hand, families mirror the dread and worries felt by their loved ones. They might feel helpless and angry when they can’t help the patient.

And for the healthcare staff, they witness and absorb all these emotions and process them in different ways. Eventually, they will experience emotional exhaustion due to the emotional emergency room’s overwhelming levels of raw and relatable feelings. Being overloaded with intense emotions can be harmful to anyone’s mental health. Hence, medical staff also need breaks to get themselves checked.

Dee Bostic’s Love, Lies & Lab Coats Book Vol. 2 delves deep into the intertwined lives of people working in the hospital. While not all characters are in the medical field, they are connected through that pathway. The book has a diverse theme that embodies varied aspects of life that are relatable and easy to follow.

The Human Cost of Stress

Stress in the workplace is unavoidable. In the medical field, being stressed out has some major consequences.

For instance, stressed and overworked medical staff are prone to errors in their work, such as mistakes in paperwork, administering the wrong medicine, and misplacing equipment.

Medical workers, who are burned out from too much work, have higher risks of getting mental health issues, anxiety, depression, and PTSD. The negative emotions they have can be shared with other family members as well. Or the medical staff might reflect negative energy towards others.

All this stress causes nurses and doctors to leave the workforce. In this situation, hospitals face a shortage of staff, which forces the remaining medical teams to step in and work more hours. Eventually, the cycle continues until it’s broken by a better system for the medical team.

Lessons from Love, Life & Lab Coats Vol. 2

Dee Bostic’s Lessons from Love, Life & Lab Coats Vol. 2 is a realistic portrayal of the struggles of the medical community. It showcases how to handle these situations and make the best of the circumstances.

The novel offers the importance of human connection and why it matters to people. It also shows the weight of finding balance between the things you love and your other passions. It talks about self-care and finding the right peer support for your mental health. Human emotions and decisions are complex. Being more empathetic and patient goes a long way toward fostering healthy relationships.

Explore the relationships, interactions, decisions, and triumphs of characters living in Dee Bostic’s Love, Lies & Lab Coats Vol. 2 today. Grab a copy of this incredible novel right now!