I've been an RN for 18 months and I will be resigning from my floor in two weeks. I realize this isn't a wise idea. I'm just so burnt out and I know that's not the place for me. I have an offer for a nursing home, but I feel I may get overwhelmed by the number of pts. I'm really not sure what kind of nurse I want to be. I've considered the ICU. How did you guys find your niche? I love taking care of the pts but hate the unnecessary drama. Drowning in work constantly with no real help. We've been short a good bit and when this happens some of us have to take an extra pt. Our ratios are 4-6 pts. It's mostly 6 now without considering the acuity of the pts.
Also, I think nights are making me feel drained all the time. But I don't necessarily want to have a 9-5, no weekends or holidays. I don't like having to take call 1-2 times per month. I also don't like the scheduling at my job now. Ex. one work week. M, T, F, Sa, Sun. It feels like by the time I recover it's time to go back to work. Part of me feels like I need a 2-3 week break and the other part is worried I won't find a position I like. I'm just so confused.
Specializes in Surgical Specialty Clinic - Ambulatory Care.
On 3/27/2020 at 12:13 PM, ADN_Is_Complete said:
For the most part, I feel I'm pulling at ideas too. And how much experience do they want with Home Health? And I do have to work on saying no, it's very hard. I've been a part of 1-2 codes on other Nurse's pts. I don't particularly enjoy the adrenaline rush plus I haven't had any of my own yet. Maybe I could look into surgery too.
I think surgery is an excellent idea! I know several nurses who like surgery. Home health usually requires at least a year of experience so you should be able to apply. Just realize anything you try is probably going to seem good then first 6-8 weeks, then when you are first on your own your quality of life is going to go down A WHOLE lot because you will be learning the job (even with 8 years of experience I would say it took me 1.5 years to be comfortable with home health....it’s just very different than the hospital and takes a lot of time to figure out the quirks), you should not feel your job is sucking your life away by 6-9months and you should feel like you have a life by 1-1.5 years in the job.
KalipsoRed21, BSN, RN
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I think surgery is an excellent idea! I know several nurses who like surgery. Home health usually requires at least a year of experience so you should be able to apply. Just realize anything you try is probably going to seem good then first 6-8 weeks, then when you are first on your own your quality of life is going to go down A WHOLE lot because you will be learning the job (even with 8 years of experience I would say it took me 1.5 years to be comfortable with home health....it’s just very different than the hospital and takes a lot of time to figure out the quirks), you should not feel your job is sucking your life away by 6-9months and you should feel like you have a life by 1-1.5 years in the job.