As chief nursing officer I'm so far from a patient's bedside that some days I don't feel like a nurse at all anymore. I have real influence now, a seat at the big table -- but I traded the thing that made me love this work to get here. I keep asking whether the reach was worth how far it pulled me from the reason I started.
More people experience this than they realize.
You climbed so far from the bedside that you're unsure the influence was worth the distance.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.