whats the main cause of stress that RN goes through at work?

[yayita]

Personally I can hold down to stress at many jobs but I dont know if I can hold the stress working as a rn. I hear sooooo many negative experience about new nurse regretting going to school for nursing. After spending time, money, tears, stress, non sleep just to get that degree they finally find out is not what they want as soon they start working at the hospital. Im not saying that Im expecting not to go through those crazy stress if I become a nurse , but I want to know what is the *main* causes of stress at your work that makes you wanna quits. ? it the employee, doctors, patients, GOSSIPING, BULLYING, (speaking in general)

[RNperdiem, RN]

I don't regret choosing the nursing field. Since I only work part-time, I can handle the stress of the job better. I am not sure if I could do this full-time again. Nursing does have its rewards too. A lot depends on the demands of your particular job. There are a few plum nursing jobs out there that are great for long-term survival in nursing, but those jobs are few and are rarely hiring.

[icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN]

It all comes down to being understaffed.

[iluvgusgus]

There are days I regret going into nursing, such as my last shift where I got kicked so hard in the stomach I got the wind knocked out of me. That sucked. I work in a teaching hospital, so everyday I work I feel like I am in school, I learn a lot everyday and I am gaining experience. I just think of work as a battlefield and I am in the trenches with everyone else.... and I am going to do enough to where I feel I have a good amount of experience and then I am going back to school to get out of bedside nursing!

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

I can deal with most things, but I get very stressed out when I feel like I have lost control of my time management. It snowballs SO fast.

[kbrn2002, ADN, RN]

The rare days that everything gets done are nice, the even rarer day when everything gets done and on time are amazing! Most days I am pulled in so many different directions I feel the job could be better performed by an octopus with really long arms. The vast majority of the stress is caused by knowing even on a good day I need to accomplish at least 10 hours of work in an 8 hour shift.

[Karou]

Sometimes it's the demanding patients and family members. High acuity patients and understaffing, Most often it's just the stress of being pulled in too many directions at once. It's gotten better as my time management improves, but I still have days where I feel exhausted and overwhelmed, I think even experienced nurses do. There is also the emotional strain of trying to fix everyone and everything.