I do not care anymore

[JB2007]

Do any of you have trouble caring about what patients, residents, or anybody does anymore?

Today the nurse on 3rd shift was telling me that so and so just will not get out of bed anymore. All I could do is look at her and say I do not care.

If she wants to lay in that bed and rot let her. I have talked until I am blue in the face with this A&O X 3 resident and she chooses to not get out of bed. I am sick and tired of teaching people and they do not do a single thing I ask them to do.

I think that the residents, management, and my co-workers have sucked the passion of nursing out of me to the point that I do not think that I will ever care about a whole lot again. The well of compassion is dry and I do not think that it will ever fill up again. Oh, I will give good nursing care to my residents and their needs will be met one way or another, but that little bit extra will not be there. This breaks my heart in a way, but I can no longer get enough energy to do anything about it.

What do the rest of you do when you can no longer give a care anymore?

[Up2nogood RN, RN]

I am taking some time off soon. However, I have been feeling this way for about 6 months now, so I am not sure that I will feel better afterwards.

I just do not understand this because when I worked as an aide I did not feel this way. I worked so hard to become a nurse and I just do not have that passion for it anymore. In fact, it is becoming so bad that on my days off I can not stand having to interact with people. Of course, I love my children and husband, they are the only exception to the no people rule. I do not want to be with friends or in the general population due to the effort I have to put forth to tolerate them. Everyone just wants a piece of me and I have nothing else to give. I am so weird.

You're not the only one to feel this way. I too feel like this and have been seriously considering my career choice. I was a CNA for 15 yrs and it felt natural and a no brainer to pursue a nursing degree. But I am now sick and tired of playing social worker/psychologist/nurse and just taking care of people in general. I've decided to bite the bulllet and go to the 'other side' (where it's clean-phamacy)! A lot more school to go but I look forward to the day and it gives me some hope :nuke: on those long 12 hr noc shifts.

[JB2007, ASN, RN]

You're not the only one to feel this way. I too feel like this and have been seriously considering my career choice. I was a CNA for 15 yrs and it felt natural and a no brainer to pursue a nursing degree. But I am now sick and tired of playing social worker/psychologist/nurse and just taking care of people in general. I've decided to bite the bulllet and go to the 'other side' (where it's clean-phamacy)! A lot more school to go but I look forward to the day and it gives me some hope :nuke: on those long 12 hr noc shifts.

I was a CNA for several years before going to nursing school also. I wonder why we feel this way so quickly after becoming a nurse. I went into school knowing what I was getting into. I have told many people that I miss being a CNA at times.

[Up2nogood RN, RN]

I was a CNA for several years before going to nursing school also. I wonder why we feel this way so quickly after becoming a nurse. I went into school knowing what I was getting into. I have told many people that I miss being a CNA at times.

I know there was a lot less pressure being a CNA. I love my pts but the politics are crazy and I just have no drive or passion to do this anymore. I think it would be in my best interest to get out before I turn into one of those mean nasty nurses!