Anyone else tired of LTC?

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Specializes in Geriatric/Sub Acute, Home Care.

Doing LTc/Sub acute for over 20 years..I have found out that I cannot get the heck out of this even if I wanted to.....I am burned out, Geriatrics is a killer. I have hurt myself numerous times to the point of not being able to walk long distances anymore....I am fed up with grumpy, arrogant, complaining, nasty people and families that all they do is want to get you in trouble for something.....if you don't like the care..take your loved one home and care for them yourself.......I am sick of the short staffed, disorganized, way administration deals with things......one time I had the administrator tell me to send a patient to the hospital cause she physically abused her roommate.....I am sorry...I told her..I need to ask the doctor for that...and another nurse tell me to do the same without notifiying the doctor first who didn't know what to do......I was about to quit then..I am sick of nursing, and I want out...I am hoping God finds me something else soon before I crack open like an egg.

You very rarely get compliments...very rarely a pat on the back from family or coworkers...even though I compliment others.....its a very selfish world out there and getting worse every day......I am glad I wont be around in the next 50 years to see what the medical professions will be like.

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Specializes in Gerontology, Med surg, Home Health.

Take a breath, take a vacation, have a drink.....you need to vent before you make yourself sick.

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Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.
Take a breath, take a vacation, have a drink.....you need to vent before you make yourself sick.

As always, right on!

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I will be out of LTC soon....doing it as an LPS and RN but I am tired of it........

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Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.

take a nursing break to home health

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I recently got out of LTC/Sub acute and it was one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life.

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I left after 4 years. I'm in PDN and love it.

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I'm a couple months in and trying to get out ASAP. Could've wrote this myself.

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Specializes in Geriatric.

I am so saddened and appalled by all of these comments. If you want out of long term care, get out!!!!! If you are not wanting to take care of the amazing people we care for, then get out!!!! The thing is, we care for the most vulnerable people in the nation. We care for those who have to rely on others to do everything for them. We care for those who have nothing, but us. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Yes, I deal with staffing issues; yes, I deal with angered family member; yes, I deal with angry physicians; and yes, I deal with angry residents. Not for one time in my entire nursing career have I ever stated that I was sick of it, or wanted to leave. One negative person can bring 10 people down. 1.

I have done acute care, home health, and long term care. Long term care is the most rewarding, amazing career choice I could have ever made. If you don't like, leave. Don't make your residents and staff suffer from someone so unhappy to be there. GET OUT! And good luck and good riddance.

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Specializes in Hospice.

No need for guilt-tripping here. Some of us are lucky enough to eventually find something in LTC that makes the aggravation worth it ... and some people really do belong somewhere else For them, staying around is a waste of their time, energies. I'd keep the "Good luck" and ditch the "good riddance".

I think Cape Cod Mermaid's advice is an excellent first step! OP, time to be your own private duty nurse :yes:

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

Whoa, that's pretty harsh, Jessie. I agree that someone who's burned out needs a change of pace, but that doesn't make them a bad nurse. LTC is a tough job under even the best circumstances. Give the OP a break.

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Specializes in ER I/CCU Cath lab LTC.

People come to allnurses to vent. Sometimes for sympathy, suggestions, or just to get it off their chest. I don't understand why some posters feel the need to make harsh, unhelpful comments. My suggestion to lumbarpain is to try home health. The pace is slower and you do have some autonomy. You have developed assessment, organizational and time management skills that would serve you well in home health. If you feel this miserable working at this place, then look for something else. No job and no amount of money are worth hating to go to work. I'm having the same feelings you are, and am looking to go back to home health. People who have jobs that they enjoy are lucky, and I don't begrudge them that. But being judgemental of others who work in a stressful, disorganized and unsupportive environment is not beneficial to anyone.

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