I don't know if its just me, but I'm a na now at a nursing home and I'm miserable there. I have never felt so unappreciated in my life. The charge nurses treat us bad,family, and DON and Administrator. I'm so tired at the end of the day , until i can't study and I'm falling behind in school. I sometimes go in the bathroom and cry. We have so much to do and the charge nurses cut no slack, the expect for us to put people on the toliet that cannot stand. I work on longterm and 95% are total and they're getting 3 showers a week and i have up to 6 showers a day and sometimes the hoyers are broke and theres no help. I've seen the Lpns and cnas I work with get together and lie and get someone fired. And i'm tired, I have anxiety at work everyday and everyday I'm stressed and its affecting my life. I love the residents, i guess thats why I've been there so long. I've been brainwashed into thinking all nursing homes are the same and thats what you have to go through until you finish your nursing degree. But i can't take it, i have an interview at another place and everyone seems nice, but i;m scared its the same. It's all the way across town and this one i'm at now is only 5 mins. It's like hell for me. I don't know what to do, is this just nursing? should i stop school?
I just hope I made the right choice.:(I'm going to miss my residents terrible. I also feel crazy for taking a pay cut. I make more for base pay at assisted living. But I have a lot of it was differentials at the ltc.
mzsuccess
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I just hope I made the right choice.