How does a busy nurse cope??

So many things can make our work very stressful and very demanding on different levels - physically and psychologically. It might be short staffed or you may have several acutely ill patients or it may even be addressing various issues the patients' families may have. And I know every individual nurse has their own unique way of coping at work. For me, it is a combination of a number of different factors including the support/friendship of fellow nurses, the collaboration of all the different experts I work with (ex PT and OT and SW and pharmacist and dietician), my own effort to keep an open mind when listening to others, and sometimes, the families of the patients I care for. The camaraderie among the staff I work with and the relationship I have with them has a significant impact on how I cope. How about you?