Burnout

StarBrownRN · Oct 10, 2016

I'm sorry to hear of your difficult experiences. To be a profession of caring, nurses can sometimes be very cruel to their colleagues. And chronic dialysis can be especially grueling.

As long as you are doing your job according to policy and the nurse practice act, what your colleagues think is secondary. If you feel that you can't work with them, you could try transferring to a new unit--but you may find a similar situation.

If you like what you are doing and are effective, perhaps you can overlook/ignore the negativity. If you are feeling overwhelmed in general, you may need to make some adjustments to your schedule. Can you take a brief vacation?

You didn't mention having a personal life or family. Perhaps you could find/develop some fulfilling activities outside of work. That might provide you some personal satisfaction and make the discomforts of work a little less painful.

I'd hate to see you leave the profession altogether. I wish you all the best. **sending happy thoughts**

verdeacres · Oct 11, 2016

Unfortunately dialysis units are little hotbeds of drama and personalities. I have found that I need to do my job, ignore the gossip, stay out of the groups of whisperers and work a lot less hours than you are doing. You are probably tired and all that just exponentiates the frustration you are feeling. Hang in there, or look at other specialties. There are a lot of other areas you can try!

Melissaharvey913 · Oct 20, 2016

Thank you for your kind and encouranging words. I too am in a similar situation. I do not understand how people forget so quickly. I was talking with my preceptor and how I felt shunned and as if people treated me like I am incompetent. Her reply was...you should see how bad they treated the last nurse it was much worse than anything you have experienced. The same nurse is one of my co-workers who goes out of her way to talk down to me refuses to help me grow in this position. I will never understand why nursing can be so caddy sometimes. So again thank you.

Melissaharvey913 · Oct 20, 2016

I feel the same way.I always pick up slack while others sit and play on their pho,es. I follow policy,insure eagerly ...I walk my Katie ts to the scale and door post treatment if they are a fall risk. I have been scrutinized for taking the longest to get all my patients on..The same people who do these things...they never use phenoix meters, don't always follow orders...like. 100 ml bolus q30mins,unugging the heat cycle prior to completion because they wanted to leave..I can't understand what the dynamics are here. I worked labor delivery and focused on high risk prior to leaving and we were always relieved to have nursing staff you knew you could count on. I am starting to doubt this is the field for me. I hope things become normal for you. You can't possibly be lacking in skill you are a team leader. Those postiibs are not just handed to someone unable to do their job...have you ever thought your to great of a worker and they do not like the bar being raised???? Not that this is the case but for some reason healthcare workers don't always rejoice in another nurses accomplishments which is absolutely crazy.

Mpagnano · Oct 22, 2016

I know it's not easy but have you tried talking to that teammate not when you are frustrated. Go into the conversation with the expectation to find a way to work it out. If you can't talk to the teammate have you talked to you boss. I find that talking to the social worker helps. They have great ideas and have even set up meetings and helped mediate the conversations social worker is usually not bias they are not on the floor with you and can really guide the conversation. If it's to the point you want to quit you should talk to someone you may not be the only one feeling this way and your boss may not realize what the negativity of one person is doing

Melissaharvey913 · Oct 22, 2016

Great idea....I never thought of that