Came home from work yesterday in tears, which happens often lately. Could not sleep at night, worried about everything that happened at work. Had family members yelling and threatening me, was pulled into manager's office to explain things that were twisted out of context, feel totally unappreciated and unsupported. Had to question myself - why am I doing it? Most patients take everything for granted, nothing is ever enough for their families, manager is there only to reprimand and never to praise. We are working short all the time. For the first time in my life I am on anti-anxiety medications, and I've never ever felt so miserable and trapped as I feel now.
I've had enough with nursing. I am submitting my resignation today and will be looking for a job that won't be ruining my life. Sorry to sound so negative, but for me it's time to move on.
I followed all procedures per the manual, enforced visiting hours, regulated who got info per the chart (ie spoke only to designated family rep and not every 3rd cousin who called in). I knew when a patients level of care was beyond our facilities care level and advocated and charted that they needed to move on. I wasn't kissing enough family orifices.
Came home from work yesterday in tears, which happens often lately. Could not sleep at night, worried about everything that happened at work. Had family members yelling and threatening me, was pulled into manager's office to explain things that were twisted out of context, feel totally unappreciated and unsupported. Had to question myself - why am I doing it? Most patients take everything for granted, nothing is ever enough for their families, manager is there only to reprimand and never to praise. We are working short all the time. For the first time in my life I am on anti-anxiety medications, and I've never ever felt so miserable and trapped as I feel now.
I've had enough with nursing. I am submitting my resignation today and will be looking for a job that won't be ruining my life. Sorry to sound so negative, but for me it's time to move on.
Big hugs to you Mystic Fish. I am so sorry to hear about your situation. You are in good company, my friend. Good for you for recognizing when enough is enough. God bless you and much luck in your next endeavor. I hope you can take some time off - you deserve a nice long vacation! I hope your next employer appreciates all you bring to the job.
Thank you all very much for your support and kind words. I did submit my resignation and plan to take a few weeks off, to rest and to think about what I'm going to do in a future. You are all wonderful people; some of your posts brought tears to my eyes.
Came home from work yesterday in tears, which happens often lately. Could not sleep at night, worried about everything that happened at work. Had family members yelling and threatening me, was pulled into manager's office to explain things that were twisted out of context, feel totally unappreciated and unsupported. Had to question myself - why am I doing it? Most patients take everything for granted, nothing is ever enough for their families, manager is there only to reprimand and never to praise. We are working short all the time. For the first time in my life I am on anti-anxiety medications, and I've never ever felt so miserable and trapped as I feel now.
I've had enough with nursing. I am submitting my resignation today and will be looking for a job that won't be ruining my life. Sorry to sound so negative, but for me it's time to move on.
I know exactly how you feel!!! Sadly, this is modern nursing and things are only going to get worse.
Don't totally give it up until you've had time to get over
this. Take a break and re examine it later.
Is there any where else in health care you could use your experience? What about a different speciality, or setting - like a doctor's office or clinic or school?
There are so many opportunities out there that are not as stressful!
I'm tired of the lazy, trouble-making ones always getting away with shirking, but those that do their job always get grief.
It is eye opening when one looks at the whole picture, to realize how much the misdeeds of poor employees saps the strength of a good worker over time. Even with self imposed blinders on, one can not help but notice how much having even one shirker around affects the entire work atmosphere and even worse, when managers and supervisors do nothing about it, or even encourage this type of behavior.
I forgot to say in my previous post that I'm glad that you are out of that situation mystic fish and hope that you are able to rest up, put things into perspective for yourself, and find something that works for you. Good luck and have a happy and safe new year.
Thank you all very much for your support and kind words. I did submit my resignation and plan to take a few weeks off, to rest and to think about what I'm going to do in a future. You are all wonderful people; some of your posts brought tears to my eyes.
Thanks you again and good luck to everybody
Kudos to you Mystic fish! Knowing when to get out and doing it. Bravo. Nursing burnout can take a huge toll on your life. Been there, done that
Thankfully there are many different areas in which nurses can practice hopefully another direction will work out for you. I found HH visits to be a wonderful change. Best of luck to you
Take the time off to rest, relax and do some fun things. Once you are rested you will have the ability to think about your next step. You need space from that job.
I left bedside and rushed into a job that was not good for me. I wound up leaving right away. Now I am taking my time looking for a good job. I have a few options. I do know what I will and will not do now.
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I followed all procedures per the manual, enforced visiting hours, regulated who got info per the chart (ie spoke only to designated family rep and not every 3rd cousin who called in). I knew when a patients level of care was beyond our facilities care level and advocated and charted that they needed to move on. I wasn't kissing enough family orifices.