Can I talk to you guys here without being bashed? I've been in Med-surg for almost 2 years now and at the year and a half mark, I took up travel nursing in the hopes that maybe the change of scenery and hospital would make me like the work more. But honestly, all it did was make me absolutely sure that I don't like it anymore. When I started, I felt like I was learning so much and I wasn't sitting around all day but now... I love travel nursing because I get a nice change of scenery but the med-surg aspect of it is exactly the same and I hate that. I'm trying to maintain my morale and not come off as "lazy" so I keep a smile on my face and keep moving but honestly, I'm physically exhausted and don't feel like I have it in me anymore. I'm kind of at my breaking point.
Med-Surg/Telemetry is all I know but I get so tired of running around like a chicken with my head cut off for things that just don't feel important. Going into a room every ten minutes for water, ice, a blanket, asking the patient if they want anything else and hearing them say no and then they call me 5 minutes later because they "thought of something" just makes me feel exhausted and annoyed. I know a lot of people are probably going to try and tell me why these things are important and to remember the reasons why I chose this profession but my body has taken a toll and I'm really disliking every moment of it. This isn't why I chose the profession.
I've been thinking of getting into Labor and Delivery where I'm not assigned to 4-6 patients a shift, but I don't even know if its going to make a difference or if I'll still be running around like a chicken with my head cut off. I really really don't like that feeling.
I personally think leadership of nursing currently stinks! There seems to be no organizational pattern and this is the worse I’ve seen in 20 years. The downhill spiral started back in 2010 and has consistently rolled downhill. We always go through fads and the bigger corporations model and business model for profit in the non profit organization has made it like a factory model. Pretty soon there will be no nurses and this is what the higher ups want, to further put profit in their own pocket. The computer and a certification to pass meds will be the way. So unfortunate to see nursing go further in the wrong direction.
RN/WI, ADN, BSN, MSN, RN, APRN
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I personally think leadership of nursing currently stinks! There seems to be no organizational pattern and this is the worse I’ve seen in 20 years. The downhill spiral started back in 2010 and has consistently rolled downhill. We always go through fads and the bigger corporations model and business model for profit in the non profit organization has made it like a factory model. Pretty soon there will be no nurses and this is what the higher ups want, to further put profit in their own pocket. The computer and a certification to pass meds will be the way. So unfortunate to see nursing go further in the wrong direction.