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When Emotional Numbness Becomes a Survival Mechanism

I have been an ER nurse for fifteen years and I do not feel anything anymore when patients die.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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After years in the ER you feel nothing when patients die, and that scares you.

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“Where Are You with Healthcare — Emergency Medicine & EMS?”

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