I have a negative attitude - I must leave

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I have been in med-surg night shift for 7 months. When I started I knew that I would feel reality shock and this would improve as my skills grew. Well it has been 7 months and I hate my job. I have a sick stomach every day I work and many times the days I do not. I dread going in to work.

First they took the aides away. Next they took away the phlebotamists. Then pharmacy closed after 3 pm. We now have only 1 respiratory therapist for the whole hospital. I work mostly with agency nurses. 2 new RN orientees left before a week had passed. The telemetry techs frequently leave the monitors unmanned while they take frequent breaks. The new trend has also been to admit psych patients, alchoholic patients and IV drug users without any sitters even though they are going through withdrawl or are wandering into other patient rooms or hanging around the medication carts. Management has said that we need to do more with less.

Yesterday a DNR-CCA patient died at 7 am. The attitude of the day shift staff was - hurry up and give me report - I am getting a late start. I wanted to clean the patient up before his son got there because he was on the way. My friend on day shift told me hospital nursing is like this everywhere. I hope this is not true. I have been offered a job in LTC. The facility is nice, they are well staffed, the patients look clean. During my interview they showed me around and the residents kept telling me how nice the nurses were and how they were happy here.

I love the patients on med-surg and love learning involved in dealing with these patients. Is med-surg like this everywhere? Should I make the move to LTC? I fear that I may soon lose it and yell at the next tele-tech who leaves the desk when my patient is in SVT or tell the nursing supervisor " There are 2 new patients in rooms on my floor - I have not received, report, have not been told they were coming- you come here and take care of them because I do not have the time and will not do it". This will undoubtedly leave me unemployed.

I feel hateful. My attitude has hit rock bottom. Thanks for letting me vent and please tell me if I am just not cut out to be a nurse. The patients say nice things about me so I know I can not be a bad person. Maybe just not cut out for nursing.

Hi guys, I took a few days off from posting because I felt my negativity was not doing anything good for the members of this bb. I also was embarressed about being so self absorbed and whiny. I feel so much better now that I have decided to leave the hospital. Since I have made my decision I have been able to eat, sleep and think again. Life is too short for the type of stress that I was dealing with. I am putting my best foot forward and if my new job doesn't work out I will find another. Thanks for all the support!

Get going out the door and fast!! Don't give leaving a second thought. I am looking and looking hard, my situation is almost a s bad. I hope you all good things in the new job. Let us know what happens. Good Luck.

Hello I am a nursing student that was offered a Patient Care Technician on a Med/Surg floor and I turned down the job b/c my gut instinct told me to. Im glad I listened to it after reading this board!!!!! Thanks

Just the opposite for me, I have only worked in LTC, and just walked out of my present job. I'm an LPN in an RN's position, ADON/MDS Careplan Coordinator, inservices, surveys, supplies, medical coding, staffing, etc etc etc, new jobs added monthly it seems, and continue to get stuck working the floor whenever needed, no appreciation, when asked to do another job, and I even acted the least bit teed off, I got major attitude, no appreciation, just expected of me... I would get home late in the evenings, just in time to cook supper and put kids to bed, phone ringing off the hook, LTC has its problems, at first it looks good, but you want to talk about staff shortages and turnovers, you better ask some questions w/ this facility your thinking about....Don't end up like me, set limits before you start, especially if you have family..........

Just my opinion of LTC, never worked anywhere else, but very excited about a new experience, hope yours is a positive one

Specializes in Community Health Nurse.
Originally posted by CseMgr1

You are NOT alone, Hon. :kiss

BUT, "less is more" is the hateful attitude that Management has ALSO taken...how can they honestly expect us to feel any different or to PRODUCE any more, by driving us all into the ground, by it?

...........................head is being beat in, to produce more with less, too.................But, you can't put out a blazing inferno, or squeeze blood out of a turnip with a skeleton crew either...and, somehow management is going to have to realize that...or they are not going to have ANY of us, to kick around, anymore. :(

You go girl! Tell it like it is, and then some! My sentiments EXACTLY!

Specializes in Community Health Nurse.
Originally posted by Rapheal

Hi guys, ..............................Life is too short for the type of stress that I was dealing with. I am putting my best foot forward and if my new job doesn't work out I will find another. Thanks for all the support!

((((Rapheal)))) Nowwwwww your talking my language! I wish you the best! :kiss

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