Many of us have been inspired to work in healthcare. You wanted to make a difference. You had so many ideas, so much ambition, so much passion then over the years of unanticipated trauma and drama, healthcare took its toll. You got burned out.  You've been spending more time with equipment and documentation than you have with the patient. You don't feel appreciated. You sometimes don't even like being a nurse anymore. You sometimes wonder if you made a mistake in your career choices.

In this episode Nurse Alice speaks with Dr. Emily Silverman, internal medicine physician and Volunteer Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCSF and the creator of The Nocturnists, a vibrant community of healthcare workers who are celebrating their humanity through storytelling. 

By airing clinicians’ stories in a safe and generative public forum, The Nocturnists helps shatter the myths of the invincible healthcare provider and reveal the truth: that healthcare workers are human, just like everyone else, and that our humanity is our strength, not our weakness.