TJ, I get the feeling that when you're talking about bits of interaction with your named nurse you're doing it "politely" and "diplomatically"??
So I feel some real credit should go to you for the way you managed the conversation with her!!! And in how you got something positive out of it in the end!!
And yes, probably a good idea to take your return back to work slowly. Maybe just settle into being back at home when you're discharged first?? Because of course, you're bound to need some adjustment to that first and formost. And then you can look a little later into the getting back to work. Just don't let the thought "hang over you", hey?? No rush to decide anything there/yet.

Alison