I suck at my Job should, I quit?

Ponymom2 · Jun 28, 2019

Listen, knock off the negativity... Get some therapy or something... You need to stop kicking your own *** so much... I see a repeating theme in many of your posts... Just sayin's all. If your not cut out for health care, do something different. There's no shame in realizing health care isn't your forte.

5 hours ago, cjp1994 said:
I'm working short tonight on my floor as a PSW at the nursing home I work at. The floor I work on has the residents with behaviors and the ones who are the most resistant to care. The floor has 32 residents, 8 being independent. I can't handle the floor by myself and, my incompetence and ineptitude is forcing my coworkers to have to work harder to pick up my slack. There is no way lll ever be successful in the LPN/RPN program, I'm so useless, worthless and not good at anything. I'm a loser and a waste of life and space, I can't even do my job well enough to pull my own weight. It's not right that the float has to do extra work because of me, I should just quit. I'm not good at anything.

What the hell kind of comment is this? "Incompetence and ineptitude?" Your floor is understaffed... " Coworkers have to work harder to pick up my slack?" Your floor is understaffed... "No way I'll ever be successful in the LPN program?" Your floor is understaffed... "Useless, worthless", yada yada yada (oh Good Lord)...the rest of your comments is just whining and you sound like a sniveling child.

You're by yourself on a floor that has 32 residents... What the hell, ain't nobody got time for that... Stop your sniveling and buck up... Your floor is understaffed. Is that your fault and are you willing to take the blame for that, too? Is your nurse truly having to work harder to get their job done because of your "incompetence and ineptitude", or is it maybe because your floor is understaffed, instead?

Now normally I would be of the belief that if anyone is giving you a hard time because you can't keep up with the needs of 32 residents, you need to learn to take it upon yourself to teach them how to treat you... But, You are not in a place right now (based on your previous posting history) to accomplish that without falling apart... It might be best to leave health care and get some therapy. As far as LPN/RN school goes, don't go into it with the attitude that you have right now, not only will you most surely fail (and school is the easiest part of this whole nursing life) you would have taken up a spot that someone else could have taken.

Talk to someone, get yourself to a restful and positive place. Then come back fighting. I do wish you well.

allnurses Guide · Jul 2, 2019

You need more help than this board can provide. Your comments are not a normal level of stress and distress and because this is just the Internet, we cannot help you. We also cannot offer medical advice. I urge you to be seen by your PCP to get some help.