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gery center," says Melinda Cain, RN, BSN, MHA, CNOR, CASC, administrator of the Good Samaritan Surgery Center in Mount Vernon, Ill. "Take time for yourself and family." "Don't let it take over your life," adds Ralania Tignor, BSN, RN, CNOR, surgery center manager at Chickasaw Nation Medical Center in Ada, Okla. "Make sure you still make time for your family." "Focus on your personal life when you're off the clock," echoes Dianne O'Connell, RN, MBA, director of surgical services at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.H. "Leave your work stress at work."
'Exercise, eat right and sleep well. Life is too precious to be in a job you don't enjoy.'
Others point out that no matter how hard you work today, tomorrow is likely to be both another challenge and another opportunity: "Time lost with family cannot be recaptured," says one. "The work you leave today will be waiting for you tomorrow." "Do your best and leave knowing you did your best," says another. "What you can't get done today will be on your desk tomorrow." "When you've put in a full day, go home,"
urges another. "Tomorrow is another day."
Or, in the words of another manager: "Leave work-related issues at work. Do your 8 and hit the gate!"
