Exhausted

It sounds like you might be getting burned out...

We can always hope that we will end up with polite, appreciative patients, but that rarely happens, does it? At my hospital it is the uncooperative, rude teenagers and the Type A, overbearing parents who get under my skin the most. I just have to remember that I have a responsibility towards my patients and can only do as much as I am able during any given shift. In the end, it is a job like any other. If I was doing this job for the kind words of thanks, I would have quit a long time ago...

Yeah, it sucks to be busting your butt and simply be taken for granted.

The admonition of "Work as though working unto the Lord..." is very helpful for me, too, when I'm feeling overworked and underappreciated.

For what it's worth, this issue transcends nursing...

at least one of my instructors told us that we couldnt count on getting our job satisfaction from our patients, it would come from what we did FOR our patients.....

The STAFF get on my freaking nerves moreso than the patients. I can understand a client; they are sick, afraid and some are just buttheads. But when we get no support from unsafe nurses and a sorry administration, it makes me feel that I have to watch my back. Many of my decisions have been based on who was on duty and how to get around the ones that I don't trust. This has made me physically, spiritually and emotionally exhausted. And, plantar fasciitis.

Every day i go to work, I try to give it all I can but am tired of unappreciative people. The harder you work the more disappointed i get. The only satisifaction I get is that I have done right by my Lord. If people wanna appreciate my efforts great, If they wanna complain thats okay too

Hang in there, continue to know he is with you even when you feel you can't go on. At the end of the day ask yourself if you feel like you did all you could do . If the answer is yes, then take pride in that. If others are unhappy , rude or even abusive toward you , thank God, for his grace that you didn't have to be like them today. Imagine how unhappy they are in life just because of their attitude alone. You may have a rough day, but it sounds like you have the tools to make it through !

And I find that the mounting stress kind of sneaks up on you. The difference between normal everyday stress from a job, and one that a nurse does by taking responsibility for anothers health, well as we know that darn huge. And we still have the everyday stress of family and our own health. Yes, sometimes praying is the only thing that gets us out of the pits, and back on our feet for another round.