I just need to vent away my feelings today at work. It was so horrible that i feel like a walking robot that keeps on going and going and ignoring my time to eat lunch and bathroom because the workload is just too much to handle! I was literaly crying inside. Fast pacing my walk from one hallway to the other. In my head, i need to keep going because im still behind with everything. I hated it. I hate getting piled up with so much things to do. Do this, do that, phonecalls, labs, dr on hold, pain meds, family complain, admission is here, discharge in 10 minutes, pain meds again and again and again, etc. I asked my other co-worker whos been there for 1yr and she told me, just keep on going. Shes right. Even though the workload keep piling up every minute of the hour, i just have to keep going because otherwise, i would have to stay for god knows how long just to finish my unpaid charting. And you know what, no matter how hard i worked without any breaks today, i still ended up staying for 2 hours to chart! Why? I didnt get to chart properly all freaking day long because so many things would come up that its literally impossible to stay in one place without someone calling your name. Ugggghhhh!
Some of you would not understand this situation. But some of you whos been there and done that would understand. So please dont judge me right away. I love nursing. But this type of nursing is toxic and detrimental to someones health overall. I dont want to be in this type of work for so long. I would go nuts! With the economy being so bad, its impossible to find work asap, even as an rn. Yes, thats right, even as an rn. There is no nursing shortage, even as predicted couple of years ago. If they were right with their estimated nursing shortage (look in your nursing books) in 2020, there wouldn't been complains about nurses not finding a job left and right in this site. Its all crap. Its business, and its all about the profits. I just wish someone would do a documentary film about med/surg nurses and see the real nursing as it really is, live and raw! Not the edited ones by johnsons and johnson commercial where everyone is smiling, clean, and happy.
Oh by the way, im still waiting to get that o.r. Job. But i dont have the result yet. Thanks for reading my vent. Sorry its so long. This is my only way of releasing my stress. I love this site.
I have to say that I admire you and I want to congratulate you for the excellent work. I have to say that med-surge is one of the hardest specializations, think about it. You need great organisations skills and none the less critical thinking skills. It's real sad what thESE BIG ORGANIZATIONS CALLED HOSPITALS ARE DOING TO OUR PROFESSION. No breaks or lunches in most days. No a supportive staff or should I say staff provided overall. No raises due to work-culture surveys not meeting expectation
I have to say that I admire you and I want to congratulate you for the excellent work. I have to say that med-surge is one of the hardest specializations, think about it. You need great organisations skills and none the less critical thinking skills. It's real sad what thESE BIG ORGANIZATIONS CALLED HOSPITALS ARE DOING TO OUR PROFESSION. No breaks or lunches in most days. No a supportive staff or should I say staff provided overall. No raises due to work-culture surveys not meeting expectation
I thought you were talking about nurses getting raises for just meeting expectations (vs exceeding- like both getting the same raise) not because of those stupid surveys :)
to the op, i would put a space (or two) between every 4 or 5 sentences.
you would probably be taken more seriously, by the people who should be giving you advice.
seriously??? (when one question mark just won't do, lol) well, since you don't want to take the op seriously (not sure where you got that, but interesting take) due to their ability/inability to format a proper complaint/vent session, why do you bother answering?
see the very first sentence of my original post please, that is why i "bothered" to answer. a post of any length is much easier to read/comprehend with some paragraph spacing. it's pretty much the norm in written communication...honest.
i am sure everyone reading this gets the jist (gist, maybe? ... now i am having a wee bit of fun) of what the op is saying.i do note that op said that some of us would not understand. obviously that's true.
yes, if you do not read all of a post, it would be pretty fair to guess that you may not understand it.
to the op, if any offense was taken by you, i sincerely apologize. it was not my intention. my original post was what i was thinking when starting to read your post, and it was meant to be advice and not what jrwest seems to have taken it for (or the kudos guys/gals). i'm glad you're getting some advice/commiseration.
and just so i'm being crystal clear, i'm speaking about the difference between reading this:
i just need to vent away my feelings today at work. it was so horrible that i feel like a walking robot that keeps on going and going and ignoring my time to eat lunch and bathroom because the workload is just too much to handle! i was literaly crying inside. fast pacing my walk from one hallway to the other. in my head, i need to keep going because im still behind with everything. i hated it. i hate getting piled up with so much things to do. do this, do that, phonecalls, labs, dr on hold, pain meds, family complain, admission is here, discharge in 10 minutes, pain meds again and again and again, etc. i asked my other co-worker whos been there for 1yr and she told me, just keep on going. shes right. even though the workload keep piling up every minute of the hour, i just have to keep going because otherwise, i would have to stay for god knows how long just to finish my unpaid charting. and you know what, no matter how hard i worked without any breaks today, i still ended up staying for 2 hours to chart! why? i didnt get to chart properly all freaking day long because so many things would come up that its literally impossible to stay in one place without someone calling your name. ugggghhhh!
some of you would not understand this situation. but some of you whos been there and done that would understand. so please dont judge me right away. i love nursing. but this type of nursing is toxic and detrimental to someones health overall. i dont want to be in this type of work for so long. i would go nuts! with the economy being so bad, its impossible to find work asap, even as an rn. yes, thats right, even as an rn. there is no nursing shortage, even as predicted couple of years ago. if they were right with their estimated nursing shortage (look in your nursing books) in 2020, there wouldn't been complains about nurses not finding a job left and right in this site. its all crap. its business, and its all about the profits. i just wish someone would do a documentary film about med/surg nurses and see the real nursing as it really is, live and raw! not the edited ones by johnsons and johnson commercial where everyone is smiling, clean, and happy.
oh by the way, im still waiting to get that o.r. job. but i dont have the result yet. thanks for reading my vent. sorry its so long. this is my only way of releasing my stress. i love this site.
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i just need to vent away my feelings today at work. it was so horrible that i feel like a walking robot that keeps on going and going and ignoring my time to eat lunch and bathroom because the workload is just too much to handle! i was literaly crying inside.
fast pacing my walk from one hallway to the other. in my head, i need to keep going because im still behind with everything. i hated it. i hate getting piled up with so much things to do. do this, do that, phonecalls, labs, dr on hold, pain meds, family complain, admission is here, discharge in 10 minutes, pain meds again and again and again, etc.
i asked my other co-worker whos been there for 1yr and she told me, just keep on going. shes right. even though the workload keep piling up every minute of the hour, i just have to keep going because otherwise, i would have to stay for god knows how long just to finish my unpaid charting.
and you know what, no matter how hard i worked without any breaks today, i still ended up staying for 2 hours to chart! why? i didnt get to chart properly all freaking day long because so many things would come up that its literally impossible to stay in one place without someone calling your name. ugggghhhh!
some of you would not understand this situation. but some of you whos been there and done that would understand. so please dont judge me right away. i love nursing. but this type of nursing is toxic and detrimental to someones health overall. i dont want to be in this type of work for so long. i would go nuts! with the economy being so bad, its impossible to find work asap, even as an rn. yes, thats right, even as an rn.
there is no nursing shortage, even as predicted couple of years ago. if they were right with their estimated nursing shortage (look in your nursing books) in 2020, there wouldn't been complains about nurses not finding a job left and right in this site. its all crap. its business, and its all about the profits.
i just wish someone would do a documentary film about med/surg nurses and see the real nursing as it really is, live and raw! not the edited ones by johnsons and johnson commercial where everyone is smiling, clean, and happy.
oh by the way, im still waiting to get that o.r. job. but i dont have the result yet. thanks for reading my vent. sorry its so long. this is my only way of releasing my stress. i love this site.
Wow, Reader 007. Are you an English teacher or what? Personally, I appreciate creative and emotional expression within writting. I refer back to Jack Keroauc (sp?)
I take the original poster's vent as if she/he were speaking to me. And in that fashion, really do "get" the tone of her vent. I personally like to use semicolons, parentheses, periods (many), to mimick the way I would speak. Of course, not in a formal document, term paper or nursing article! But for our purposes on this site....normal human communication......I see nothing wrong with the way she/he posted. But hey; as you like it. The Beatnik writters must have been very frustrating for you! Off thread, but just had to add this. Peace and Blessings to you too! : )
To OP. I would love to get into surgery....(not my body......others')........this economy has struck down all the hospitals' surgery programs (the free of charge ones).......I work med-surg and do like it a lot....but always have been fascinated with the "out" patients and what happens during surgery. I hope you get what you need and want. Blessings to ya. And, oh yes.....when they bear down on you.....and the chaos is infinite....buck your insticts.......and go slower than everyone else is......it really isn't an emergency unless there's a hemmorage or a code.
I empathize with you. My first med-surg job was very caotic not to mention I had a preceptor who always disappeared during my shifts. I felt the same enormous demands pulling me in different directions. I was constantly getting off late due to my charting. I noticed that the other nurses refused to help with patient hygiene care when the CNAs needed help in order to finish their charting and get out on time. I always helped the CNAs in this area because mng made it seem like you have to help in these areas. I hated nursing and always felt I would get off the med-surg floor at some point.
My second nursing job in a different state was about as worse as the first one except for the nurse to patient ratio. The CNAs were nursing students who did not want to do their jobs. Since this hospital sent out patient satisfaction cards and the mngs followed up closely to patient feedback, I felt I needed to keep the patients and family happy. I saw myself getting further behind because of doing more CNA work than making sure my documentation was entered on time. I found myself getting off wk 30-45 min late each shift. I even felt badly when I'd take a lunch, thinking that I could have gotten off on-time if I would have skipped lunch...bad thought process. I learned that not eating slows your critical thinking process as well as make you feel 10x worse with the high anxiety. At the end of my 6mth period on my second med-surg job, I was let go because of my inability to appropriately manage my time. The mng even had lead nurses shadow me to see how I was conducting my day and did not find anything wrong..they did not see the CNAs ignoring my patient's call lights to the nursing station to go to the bathroom or diabetic patients waiting to be fed. Ethically, I felt I could not neglect my patients so I ended up doing it.
After getting let go from my second job (1.5 yr nurse at the time), I signed up with a nursing agency and went back to school to work towards my BSN to see what other nursing specialties out there that are not as demanding and taxing on the body. Now I can go to my assigned med-surg shifts and leave the drama behind. I feel a lot better.
I would advise talking to another staff nurse cautiously about your frustration of the demands of your job. The wrong nurse may report to mng that you are struggling and will cause them to watch you more closely and weed you out if they ever need to downsize in some way.
It gets better. Time management is constantly on my mind when I work because you are not suppose to work off the clock legally. Moreover, management wants you off the floor as soon as you finish end-of-shift report (no one ever says it but they do).
I thought you were talking about nurses getting raises for just meeting expectations (vs exceeding- like both getting the same raise) not because of those stupid surveys :)
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I have to say that I admire you and I want to congratulate you for the excellent work. I have to say that med-surge is one of the hardest specializations, think about it. You need great organisations skills and none the less critical thinking skills. It's real sad what thESE BIG ORGANIZATIONS CALLED HOSPITALS ARE DOING TO OUR PROFESSION. No breaks or lunches in most days. No a supportive staff or should I say staff provided overall. No raises due to work-culture surveys not meeting expectation