Within the health professions, systems of oppression discretize the world into factors and determinants. Nursing institutions are rife with contradictions and still our many forms of connection and resistance endure. This dialogue captures 2 h spent among nurse educators and scholar colleagues. Generally, our time together has defied task and deliverable-oriented agendas and, instead, has invited the power of counter-storytelling, strategizing, and support. The experiences we share are not only manifestations of power dynamics in nursing but also made possible through trust we continue to build among each other while navigating the labyrinth of struggling for social justice in and through nursing. We create paths for ourselves and each other while keeping future generations of nursing students and nurses as our north star.

Keywords: burnout; emotional labour; exploitation; navigating; nursing; resistance; social justice; status quo.

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在卫生专业领域，压迫系统将世界划分为各种因素和决定性因素。护理机构充满矛盾，但我们之间的多种形式的联系和抵抗仍然存在。这场对话记录了护士教育工作者和学者同事之间度过的一个半小时的时间。通常，我们在一起度过的时光打破了任务导向和成果导向的日程安排，取而代之的是邀请反叙事的力量、策略制定和支持。我们分享的经历不仅是护理领域权力动态的表现，也是在追求社会正义的过程中相互信任的结果。我们在导航护理领域的迷宫时彼此建立的信任使这一切成为可能。我们为自己和他人创造道路，并以未来的护理学生和护士为北极星指引方向。

关键词：职业倦怠；情感劳动；剥削；导航；护理；抵抗；社会公正；现状。

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