High divorce rate among nurses? Why?

My husband heard something on the radio about the top 10 jobs for divorce. Of course the obvious ones like entertainment industry folks were on the list, but nurses, especially psychiatric nurses were like number 8 of 10. Can this be true? Why? And if so, why psych more so than other fields?
Quote from RevolutioN2013My husband heard something on the radio about the top 10 jobs for divorce. Of course the obvious ones like entertainment industry folks were on the list, but nurses, especially psychiatric nurses were like number 8 of 10. Can this be true? Why? And if so, why psych more so than other fields?

Quote from revolution2013..., but nurses, especially psychiatric nurses were like number 8 of 10. can this be true? why? and if so, why psych more so than other fields?

Quote from mbarn08btw, i am still married.

There is such a pressure to GIVE when you are a nurse- give up your time and mental energy, what is left for spouses? For those that seem to give their life and always jump when the phone rings to work their day off or extra long shifts, I assume not much. Sometimes it is hard to come "down" after a bad shift- you need support and "take" support from your spouse, but there isn't always much left to give. Throw in mandatory overtime when the spouse at home and is over-whelmed with kids or elderly live in parents, rotating shifts, weekends, holidays, not being allowed to use PTO when the kids are on summer vacation- Throw in a couple of young kids with a nurse who works a lot of extra, and the partner of the nurse gets left holding the bag a lot. Daycares usually aren't open for holidays and weekends, so the spouse gets kid duty. Especially since nurses can't just call off every time the kid(s) get sick- it puts extra onto the spouse. I can totally see how someone would feel they were being neglected emotionally and want to move on. I am sure many spouses of nurses feel as though the nurse puts the job before them and the family. Also, psych nurses can smell the crazy from a mile away, and know to get out before it gets bad.

Quote from revolution2013my husband heard something on the radio about the top 10 jobs for divorce. of course the obvious ones like entertainment industry folks were on the list, but nurses, especially psychiatric nurses were like number 8 of 10. can this be true? why? and if so, why psych more so than other fields?

I am always a little suspicious of those pop "statistics" that you might hear on the radio. It is not difficult to manipulate data to show anything.

Quote from ruby veemy psych nursing instructor told us that all psych nurses are crazy . . . maybe that's a factor.i think it's the weekends, nights, holidays, etc. that and the fact that we nurses seem to have little sympathy for illness/injuries that are not life-threatening or at least life-altering.

Quote from ruby veemy psych nursing instructor told us that all psych nurses are crazy . . . maybe that's a factor.

Quote from ruby veemy psych nursing instructor told us that all psych nurses are crazy . . . maybe that's a factor.i think it's the weekends, nights, holidays, etc. that and the fact that we nurses seem to have little sympathy for illness/injuries that are not life-threatening or at least life-altering.

Quote from mbarn08maybe those nurses are more in tuned with self and know what they will and will not accept in life? or maybe being around psychiatrist all day and having to counsel people, they understand that their significant other is crazy???! just a guess... i worked psych as a non-nurse and know that you can spend a lot of time self reflecting when psych is what you do for a living. btw, i am still married.

Absolutely. Firstly, Nursing being a largely female profession you have to adjust the stats since the divorce rate is high in the general pop anyway,so figure a large portion of females are Nurses. Probably Nurses have a higher rate of divorce than teachers, also a largely female profession. (Better hours, home early, summers off). Interestingly I am divorced, my ex is a physician. My sister is a school teacher. Believe me, having the same schedule as ur kids takes alot of stress off ur plate! Don't know about psych nurses specifically, but everyone knows all Nurses are a little off!

Would like to see the report. In general, the US has a high divorce rate, period.