Been a nurse since 2007, hate nursing. Tired of the BS, micro managing and clicky Co workers.... Get tired of people saying " you make such a difference" that only goes so far with all the BS you have to put up with:
1. People not in the trenches making up new rules all the time.
2. Jerk co coworkers that have to play their little games. Working short handed.
3. Power trips by people in management that are poor managers. ( but if you stomp around like they do, you get written up, they do it---no problem)
Fed up, tired of it all. Getting close to retirement age, take it day by day, don't know how much longer I can hold on.
I have been a RN for nearly 40 years. Spent the last 25 years in school nursing. You need to quit and find your passion. I work with nurses who hate their job, it's stressful for everybody in that situation. I have been blessed to have had a great career. of course I have had nursing jobs I hated, but I have never stayed in a job I hated. That's the key. Get out. I've done everything from medical units, dialysis, float, ICU, recovery room, NICU. I haven't worked in a hospital in 25 years. Things there might be different today. When I did work in hospitals I only worked at large teaching hospitals (Mass General, Strong Memorial, MCHV) I do believe that made a difference. I was never disrespected as a nurse in those hospitals. We were equals. When I worked at Mass General the president of the hospital would walk through the wards every day and thank us nurses. I tried a small community hospital just once, I lasted 2 weeks. Nurses were treated totally different there, doctor's were different there. Life is too short to stay at a job you don't love. I did ICU for 10 years and when I got the job I didn't think I'd last, it wasn't what I set out to do, but I ended up absolutely loving it, and to this day I tell people it was the best nursing job I ever had. I am so sorry you haven't had good nursing experiences, you haven't been a nurse that long. You haven't found the right fit. Don't waste your life being miserable, it will kill you.
Thanks for your input glad you get it. From what I hear from other nurses in other fields, in other hospitals, etc. The general consensus is: IT all sucks!! They squeeze more and more out of nurses every day, its ridiculous. Mean while those at the time put more $$ in their pockets, ( CEO's), on the backs of those of us in the trenches. If it weren't for the need for health insurance, I would quit right now!!
It definitely depends on who you talk to. I’m happy in my clinic jobs. We have pretty high turnover though so clearly not everyone is. But I like this job a hell of a lot more than I liked teaching elementary school (in which I had a masters degree and taught in a struggling private school where I was paid, literally, less than a shift manager at McDonalds).
It is not “Burn Out”. It is Moral Injury. You are working in a system that values money over relationship to patient, care, and what it realistically takes to heal people. This places you in opposition to your moral values which is not a good place to be placed with The Self.
It is not “Burn Out”. It is Moral Injury. You are working in a system that values money over relationship to patient, care, and what it realistically takes to heal people. This places you in opposition to your moral values which is not a good place to be placed with The Self.
Camillemm
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I have been a RN for nearly 40 years. Spent the last 25 years in school nursing. You need to quit and find your passion. I work with nurses who hate their job, it's stressful for everybody in that situation. I have been blessed to have had a great career. of course I have had nursing jobs I hated, but I have never stayed in a job I hated. That's the key. Get out. I've done everything from medical units, dialysis, float, ICU, recovery room, NICU. I haven't worked in a hospital in 25 years. Things there might be different today. When I did work in hospitals I only worked at large teaching hospitals (Mass General, Strong Memorial, MCHV) I do believe that made a difference. I was never disrespected as a nurse in those hospitals. We were equals. When I worked at Mass General the president of the hospital would walk through the wards every day and thank us nurses. I tried a small community hospital just once, I lasted 2 weeks. Nurses were treated totally different there, doctor's were different there. Life is too short to stay at a job you don't love. I did ICU for 10 years and when I got the job I didn't think I'd last, it wasn't what I set out to do, but I ended up absolutely loving it, and to this day I tell people it was the best nursing job I ever had. I am so sorry you haven't had good nursing experiences, you haven't been a nurse that long. You haven't found the right fit. Don't waste your life being miserable, it will kill you.