Happening again

Thank you for the info about CHF patients but my company started a protocol and have to follow it until discharge and have to document that you are calling the patient to see how there wt is. ANd I am the one nurse that has 5 CHF pts since I am so familiar with the protocol I get all CHF pts. I know I have to stop complaining and just do my job.

Does anyone else work this much? Seeing 6 to 10 pts a day some are 40 min away. Some I have to see 3x/wk due to CHF issues, have to take labs etc. Last two weekends saw 3 pts on sat and still doing charting on sunday to catch up and get ready for next week. I left this company over the summer because of the constant issues. THey did hire a LPN to help with visits but still going crazy. I do not see the other nurses in my company doing this much. Full timers taking time off, having time to babysit grandchildren. I am always calling on my CHF pts to check wts, on weekends, picking up meds for pts who have no family. Maybe I am not cut out for this?

I know I have to stop complaining and just do my job.

Not necessarily, a realized the more and more I complained that I was not wanting and not happy with my job anymore! I tried to make it work and it just no longer fit what I wanted for my career and happiness. I refused to be miserable the rest of my career. Self evaluation is the only way you're going to know if you are happy and satisfied or not. Good luck to you.

HH agencies were/are the targets of Medicare cutbacks. Which trickled down to cut backs in nursing staff. The HH agency I worked for had its THIRD lay off in 6 years.. every 2 yrs the staff was cut. Finally, this past February the last 3 standing nurses was reduced to two nurses. These gals are working 14-16 hr days, charting every waking moment. HH use to be a blessing for patients and their nurses. 1:1 ratio. Time to teach. Time to listen . Now its all about scores and donating one's life to a company who only looks at a bottom line. What ever happened to PATIENT CARE? I miss my work. I miss my patients. However when I read posts like this Im grateful I was the one let go. I'm the "older" nurse, and will admit the long hrs plus being on call was catching up to me. As someone mentioned...life is too short to be frustrated so much of the time.