Leaving Work at Work

[WonderWomanLPN1]

I have been a nurse for almost a year and at my current job for 8 months. I recently have had a lot of changes with the staff d/t our company being bought out by another larger company. New management and new nurses. With these changes I have been thrust into a completely different world than how I was trained, leading me to be degraded by the new nurses that have had longer experience in things being this way.

The issue I have is that the literal insults that have been hurled my way are very hard to leave at work. I have tried different techniques amongst speaking to my friends none of them work. This leads me to a constant level of stress that just increases with work, and them slightly decreases upon returning home. I have a husband and daughter that deserve my full attention, but I am finding that to me utterly impossible at this time. Am I not cut out for this profession? Nurses keep telling me you need to keep your work at work... I don't know, or apparently cannot do that. Has anyone experienced this eating of young, and/or not being able to leave your work at work?

[TriciaJ, RN]

Insults hurled your way? It will be easier to understand what you're dealing with if you can give us some specific examples.

[canigraduate]

Here's a thread that was started not long ago that could help you with leaving things at work.

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/how-do-you-996621.html

As far as eating your young, I have no sympathy. The people I have known that have used that term only use it because they can't get along with their coworkers and are trying to drum up outrage.

If they are truly being rude and dismissive with you, use your corporate compliance line and report it. I had to do that in an LTC and they came and investigated and ended up firing half the management.

You may be better off looking up ways to improve coworker relations. It is only to be expected that a new company is going to do things differently. You will do better if you look at change as an opportunity for growth rather than something to be afraid of or avoided.

Also, if you no longer fit in with the culture at your job, it may be time to start looking for a new one that fits you better and causes less stress.