Burnt out

[Hippy chick]

Has anyone successfully dealt with burn out? I still love patient care. The absolute ridiculousness of some of the policies has me jaded. I dread going to work because there is something new every day! The last straw was being written up for not doing hourly rounds during a 5 hour rapid response that turned into a code (no icu beds available to transfer to). I'm seriously ready to leave nursing all together, bagging groceries would be better

[QuarterLife88, MSN, RN, NP]

I feel you, OP. I have been a nurse for two years now, and while the first year as new grad left me feeling burnt out from culture shock and feeling overwhelmed in general, the second year has left me feeling burnt out from the politics and b.s. that impedes the care I would like to give but can't. I find a lot of the practices of the hospital shady, and borderline immoral so that someone higher up can keep their pockets fat. There's a lot of hypocrisy under the guise of "care" and "safety." It has left me feeling disillusioned and spiritually drained.

Like who do they think they are fooling here? I am not here for that. I often feel like an abused, underappreciated lackey who can't wait to leave the bedside. There's no way in hell I'd do floor nursing forever.