I'm not a nurse, but I do work in a hospital in a stressful clinical job (I'm a medical technologist on a melanoma clinical trial). The hours are often long and unpredictable and many times we are too busy to take lunch or even the "20 minute snack breaks" we are allotted (similar to nurses' schedules, I'd think).
Needless to say this job has greatly worsened my ibs and hiatal hernia. I continue to stick with it because I really like what I do and the people I work with. But I probably can't do this for much longer.
Not to discourage you. This is just my experience. And...I was a teacher before this. My ibs wasn't so bad then, thank goodness or I don't know how I would have survived. I barely made it through each school year - so much stress and long hours and weekend/evening work. Obviously I didn't like it and that's why I became a medical technologist which is better for me than teaching I think, even though it has it's downsides.
I don't know if there is an ideal ibs friendly job, but I often wish I had an office job where I could have snacks/drinks at my desk so I could eat when I needed to as well as be able to use the restroom when I needed it.
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Re: But don't we have to be realistic too?
I continue to stick with it because I really like what I do and the people I work with. But I probably can't do this for much longer.
