Bedside Nurse Survival System
A 12-module, peer support, small group program for nurses experiencing burnout who want to feel better but don't where to start.
You'll learn ways to start empowering and caring for yourself while lifting up others like you.
Do you ever feel….
like a failure because you feel dead inside and broken with nothing left to give but you don’t know how to fix it
guilty for hating people, wanting to walk out and never come back….but beat yourself up later for feeling that way
it’s okay for people to abuse you, invalidate your struggles, and treat you like you don’t matter
scared going to work because you don’t really know if you’re cut out to be a nurse and don’t feel supported by those around you
feel sick going to work but you have to pay the bills and aren’t sure what else you would you do
you still want to help people, but it’s killing you
Deep inside you wonder.….
does every nurse feel this way?
does this have to be my life?
What if I told you it’s possible to…
have more energy and know how to protect yourself from becoming drained
thrive in your career having burnout strategies tailored to what works best for you instead of just sucking it up, pushing harder, and hoping you don’t break
speak up for yourself without becoming a jerk by increasing your confidence
have a support network of peers who already understand where you’re at, encourage you, and have your back
feel at peace and sleep better being able to stop overthinking and second guessing yourself
give yourself a break and get more of what you want by changing your mindset and increasing your emotional intelligence
feel calm and centered by improving your work-life balance
feel hopeful and happy realizing you don’t have to stay stuck where you are….there’s a way out!
And the BEST part is…
You DON’T have to leave nursing to do it!
Imagine having…
Empowerment In Nursing
I TOTALLY GET WHERE YOU’RE AT!
I remember feeling stuck, hated going to work, and my dating stories were a hot mess. I dreaded going to work so much that I was always “late”, and was close to getting fired.
(Notice “late” in quotes? Because after my boss transitioned to a new job, I found out he was inappropriately writing people up for clock in times. Nice huh?)
Ever treated unfairly or felt betrayed by an employer you’ve given so much to?
I felt like no one listened to me. The people that should’ve had my back didn’t, and I felt another little piece of me was defeated.
Although if you asked me, I would be able to say the quote we all know and love “I’m fine”, right?
How many times do you tell people you’re fine when you know you’re not?
I was definitely NOT fine.
I lost myself.
I felt like a warm body punching the clock.
No one cared.
I didn’t matter.
I forgot who I was and woke up one day thinking how the hell did I end up here and how do I get out?!
Over 10 years ago, I started my own journey to change my life and improve my relationship with nursing. As I began to make meaningful change, my energy levels improved.
I started to feel alive inside and hopeful again. I realized my worth doesn’t come from nursing or any approval in healthcare. I found myself again and that’s something no one can take from me.
I didn’t need healthcare to be fixed and I didn’t need to leave nursing to do it!
As I started to heal and move forward, I looked around and realized I’m not alone!
Most nurses look better than they feel.
Even thought they appeared to have it together, they were really drowning like I was!
It’s a nursing epidemic!
I created Christen’s Bedside Nurse Survival System to help more nurses achieve the freedom and healing I did without having to leave the profession!
What is
Christen’s Bedside Nurse
Survival System?
A 6 month program that blends coaching, breathwork, and my own experience in nursing to deliver relief from burnout and a plan to prevent it in the future.
It includes evidence-based modalities and the exact tools I used to change my life and heal burnout. This is a long-term, multi-modal, small group program.
You’ll get a customized plan for your unique needs and the ability to create meaningful, supportive relationships instead of being just another member in a random group.
The purpose is to empower nurses to care for themselves and uplift one another in a safe, encouraging environment.
Christen’s Bedside Nurse Survival System contains:
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Module 1: Breathwork
You’ll learn breathwork and how to use it as a lifelong tool so you can increase clarity, energy, and work through things faster.
Ultimately helping you manage anxiety, move stuck energy, and come with ideas when it seems like there isn’t a way out.
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Module 2 : Mindset
Learn about mindset and how it effects life so you can regain more control over your career, reconnect with your authentic self, and how to use mindset to bring meaningful change to your situation.
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Module 3: Boundaries
A deep dive into boundaries so you can prioritize what’s really important to you, stop feeling guilty for feeling guilty, improve time management, and enhance the quality of your relationships!
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Module 4: Mindfulness
You’ll learn the foundation for other self care tools is important to learn so you can protect yourself from burnout, recognize warning signs you might need a change, and be more present so you can fully enjoy your days off!
Bonus-learning this makes other techniques you'll learn easier
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Module 5: Meditation
In this module you’ll learn to recenter yourself when you feel like the world has gone crazy, provide holistic self care by connecting with your spiritual side, elevate yourself and the world....whether you're at home or at work!
(yes, even if you can't escape for a short break!)
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Module 6: Journaling
Through journaling you’ll learn how to protect yourself from burnout, improve problem solving, gain new percpectives, get to know yourself again, and help you sleep better by decreasing your tension and anxiety
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Module 7: Inner Critic
Shine light on your inner critic so you can increase your confidence, self-esteem, and finally stop beating yourself up over things you're probably too hard on yourself for anyway.. Become your biggest cheerleader instead of your own worst enemy so you can stop the self-sabotage.
(It's been a hard couple of years, you especially deserve this module)
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Module 8: Hobbies
While it might feel like self care is boring or time consuming, hobbies are a great way to improve your improve your work-life balance and stop feeling guilty for taking time for yourself!
In this module you'll start to feel like yourself again through the exploration of hobbies
you know…before you felt broken and dead inside?
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Module 9: Visualization
In this module you'll learn about visualization so you can enhance task performance, move toward creating more of what you want instead of staying stuck, improve confidence, go to work calm instead of the dread in the pit of your stomach.
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Module 10: Grace
The icing on the cake! You receive a customized self care strategy so you can mitigate burnout, have tools to use when you start feeling out of balance, and you don't have to leave nursing!
You can enjoy your profession again.
Plus, what to do if you mess it up
(spoiler alert...you can't mess it up!)
Receive Nursing Contact Hours upon completion, and an exclusive invitation for those that completed the course to stay connected to me and one another for ongoing support!
+Course Bonuses Below!
Course Bonuses:
✔️ 1:1 coaching session directly with me to make sure you’re on the right track. My coaching sessions are unique, powerful, and they always end with an hour of conscious connected breathing.
AND
✔️ 2 BONUS MODULES: Letting Go! Provided over time to enhance your ability to let go of what's weighing you down, increase your peace, and freedom from guilt. You’ll learn a powerful technique I’ve done for years that helps me let go and live freely!
Bonus: These bonus modules can be life changing, enhance your ability to stop beating yourself up, and also help protect and improve your boundaries!
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✔️ Hand selected book: Each time doors open, I select a book from my private collection that’s relatable, relevant, and easy to read. Don’t worry, this is not another boring chapter in a textbook!
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✔️ Nurse-tailored enhancement exercises to incorporate between each meeting to enrich your experience and help you narrow down what works best for you.
AND…
✔️ The unique opportunity to support other nurses. 5% of my profit from this program goes directly to nurses who are injured and unable to work
Upon Completion:
Nursing Contact Hours through the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA)
To successfully complete this course and receive 30 CE contact hours,
participants must:
Attend 90% of 10 live online sessions when offered (can make up missed sessions)
and
Successful completion of post-test with a score 80% or higher
No one with the ability to control content of this activity has a relevant financial
relationship(s) to disclose with an ineligible company.
Expires XX/XX/XXXX
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the
American Holistic Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American
Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Approval for contact hours through the American Holistic Nurses Association is
based on an assessment of the educational merit of this program and does not
constitute endorsement of the use of any specific modality in the care of clients.
Exclusive invitation for group members only
That’s 6 months of support!!
You’re an ideal fit for this program if you
are a bedside nurse
have “nurse” in your title
work in an industry that puts the needs of others above yourself
have trouble saying no
Faced with the struggle of
nursing stress and burnout
Nurselife
surviving a toxic workplace
nurse bullying in the workplace
You may also
feel insignificant
seem stuck in a rut
dread work
You think about
getting away from the bedside but don’t know what else to do
how to successfully leave nursing
“I hate bedside nursing”
You’ve got concerns…..I’ve got answers
Ugh, I hate people. Why is this in small group format?
You know those days when you look at the assignment and depending on who’s working you can tell what kind of day you’re going to have?
Having a strong team around makes all the difference!
Here's a little secret….most people who hate people in general LOVE their people.
They’re actually really loyal and genuine! The goal is for you to have community in your corner to support you during and long after the program is done.
The group setting is designed to give you a team of nurses in your corner! It's time nurses start supporting one another and this is the perfect opportunity to fuel that.
Will I really get the attention I want if it’s in a group?
My groups max out at 10 people. I do this to ensure I’m able to connect with every individual there.
You may also get more support than you anticipated as the relationships you make in these groups are meant to last well beyond the length of the program.
All participants also receive a 1:1 coaching session with me directly.
You’ll have the option for more than 1 for an additional fee.
Will this work even if I already hate my job?
If you already hate your job then this is definitely the place for you!!
It’s not your fault! You were only ever taught how to care for others, no one showed you the ropes!
Most nurses I know give to others and have very little time for themselves. If you don’t know make time for you…how will you find a good fit in another profession?
Either way, that’s where I come in!
Pushing emotions down and trying to reassure yourself you’re “fine” doesn’t fly anymore.
Especially since COVID!
You don’t have to quit your job to be happy. This is a safe place with a supportive community to learn and grow.
Do I really need this? I’m getting a higher degree and won’t work at the bedside anymore anyway.
Yes, this is still for you even if you’re looking to leave the profession or are thinking of going back to school for an advanced degree.
I find a lot of nurses going back for advanced degrees to get away from the bedside. Some don’t really even want to, none of the degrees seem appealing, but they’re exhausted and want out.
What they don’t realize is there are things you can’t escape even with an advanced degree. There’s nothing wrong with leveling up, but you don’t want to be back in the same place you started:
Fighting similar battles, except now you have
a higher degree,
higher risk, and
more student loan debt.
Also, with the increase in nurses getting higher degrees it can take longer to find a job. Many nurse practitioners I know are still working bedside nursing for several reasons:
difficulty finding a job,
student loan forgiveness,
make better money with less risk working at the bedside.
I can’t afford it
Isn’t this always the case? You’re willing to pay thousands to go back to school for an advanced degree, change professions, or even take a pay cut to get away from the bedside.
My question to you is:
Can you afford to keep living this way?
What happens when you keep going down this same road?
How much longer can you keep showing up at work before you break, or worse, make a deadly error?
I’m here to tell you that you deserve to invest in you. You invest in nice stethoscopes, work shoes, cute scrubs, eating out, continuing education, and stuff for everyone else but you!
Why wouldn’t you invest in a program that teaches you tools to survive your job?
You’ll need the j-o-b to keep paying for travel, eyelashes, drinks after work, botox, nails, expensive coffee, wine, _____ (you fill in the blank), and student loan debt.
I’d love to chat with you and see how we can make joining this group a reality for you. Book a call with me here.
I don’t have time
That’s all the more reason to sign up! Do you:
take on more than you can handle?
have trouble making time for yourself?
Have trouble saying “No”?
It’s time to re-evaluate your priorities and this group and help with that!
Time management is one of the biggest reasons people hire coaches.
What’s Included: Bedside Nurse Survival System has it all!
Small group support for 6 months
Topics nursing school doesn’t fully address. These are my must haves of survival:
Breathwork
Boundaries
Mindset
Mindfulness
Meditation
Journaling
Visualization
Hobbies
Inner Critic
Grace
BONUSES!!
2 MODULES: Letting Go!
Hand selected book by yours truly that your group will read and discuss over time.
Nurse-tailored enhancement exercises
A 1:1 coaching session directly with me
The unique opportunity to support other nurses. 5% of my profit goes directly to nurses
AND
Nursing Contact Hours! (see disclosures below)
I only accept 10 people at a time!
Groups open 2 times during the year and fill on first come first serve basis.
Next opening: June 2024
Don’t miss out!
You’re more than just a warm body punching the time clock!
You don’t have to settle anymore. You deserve better for you and those that matter most to you.
Reconnect with yourself and those who truly matter
Deepen your self-insight with enhancement exercises and handselected reading
Find community support among other like-minded individuals
Remind yourself of the truth: You matter!
Improve relaxation and calmness with breathing techniques
Enhance your work-life balance
Renew your resilience and learn how to protect it
Discover what strategies work best for your long-term survival in nursing
Reclaim who you are…not who you were told to be
Improve your confidence in a safe space
Plus…..did I mention
Nursing Contact Hours!
As someone who survived bedside nursing for 18 years, I know what it's like to lose part of yourself. I remember believing the lie we're all told: You don't matter. I'm here to help you re-write that bullshit because YOU DO MATTER! I've been morally injured, burned out, compassion fatigued AND I've gotten to the other side. I know what's it's like to be bullied and I've bullied! That old way of thinking doesn't work anymore. I've made it my mission to empower and support nurses individually and one another using the same techniques I use to empower myself and others around me. I know what it's like to lose yourself, I also know what it takes rediscover and reclaim my life.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are groups online or in person?
Groups were in person however due to COVID they are currently only offered online through Zoom at this time.
The ultimate goal is to have both online and inperson groups. I will be having inperson groups again the future.
How often are the groups?
Each group meets just once every 2 weeks.
I work night shift, do you have evening groups available?
As someone who worked nightshift for almost 10 years, I understand the importance of having nightshift friendly options. You won’t be ignored or forgotten about here!
I rotate days/times of the group each time I open doors to make room for all shifts. Also, you’ll get a list of all small group dates shortly after you sign up so you’ll have them ready to go when your scheduling period opens at work!
Is this program a good fit for me if I’m not a bedside nurse anymore?
If you have or have had “nurse” in your title, you are welcome to join. Although it’s marketed mainly to beside nurses, the program is beneficial for anyone who works or worked in an industry that puts the needs of others above themselves.
I’m not a nurse but relate to all this. Can I still join your group?
Yes! You absolutely can!
Sign Up Now
For Only
$1750
Pay Over Time
($500 deposit and 5 monthly payments of $250)
You get:
10 modules spread over time +2 bonus modules. OVER 6 MONTHS OF SUPPORT!
Exclusive invitation for group members only
Exclusive nurse-tailored enhancements between each module
Nurse guided visualization
Hand selected reading
Nursing Contact Hours through the American Holistic Nursing Association
1 Private Coaching session
Unique opportunity to give back to other nurses
$1500
Pay In Full
You’ll also get:
10 modules spread over time +2 bonus modules. OVER 6 MONTHS OF SUPPORT!
Exclusive invitation for group members only
Exclusive nurse-tailored enhancements between each module
Nurse guided visualization
Hand selected reading
Nursing Contact Hours through the American Holistic Nursing Association
2 Private Coaching Sessions
Unique opportunity to give back to other nurses
$400 savings
An Extra 1:1 coaching and breathwork session valued at $300
Christen’s Bedside Nurse Survival System is starting in June 2024.
Spots fill on a first come, first serve basis.
Reserve your spot now!
To successfully complete this course and receive 30 CE contact hours,
participants must:
Attend 90% of 10 live online sessions when offered (can make up missed sessions)
and
Successful completion of post-test with a score 80% or higher
No one with the ability to control content of this activity has a relevant financial
relationship(s) to disclose with an ineligible company.
Expires XX/XX/XXXX
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the
American Holistic Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American
Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Approval for contact hours through the American Holistic Nurses Association is
based on an assessment of the educational merit of this program and does not
constitute endorsement of the use of any specific modality in the care of clients.