Anonnymiss

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1. I think I'm done with nursing.

   Anonnymiss replied to MBrickle's topic in General Nursing

   I support your decision as well! I understand your frustration. I have left the world of bedside nursing recently and am now a care manager with a long term medicaid program. I love it, even if it does involve writing a lot of care plans (the stuff I...

2. Burnt Out, Tired of Floor Nursing

   Anonnymiss replied to MystyqueOne's topic in Career Support

   I answered your question about the job, but about EAP -- it did help me make the decision to take a leave of absence. In my case, I needed out asap. It was not going to work out for me in that environment. I had frankly become a HOT MESS very quickly...

3. Burnt Out, Tired of Floor Nursing

   Anonnymiss replied to MystyqueOne's topic in Career Support

   I left that position, and I avoid floor nursing altogether since then (it was a postop ortho unit that also treated the hospital's oncology population). I have been working as a psychiatric admissions nurse conducting face to face admissions, preadmi...

4. Burnt Out, Tired of Floor Nursing

   Anonnymiss replied to MystyqueOne's topic in Career Support

   Also, I highly suggest seeking the help of EAP counselors and possibly taking some time off to think about what your next move is going to be if you think that things are getting truly bad. For me, it was so bad that I was ducking into the bathroom d...

5. Burnt Out, Tired of Floor Nursing

   Anonnymiss replied to MystyqueOne's topic in Career Support

   You are not alone! I was also burned out with floor nursing. I kept it up for as long as I could before I had to take a week of leave because I was mentally exhausted. Then I was asked to resign, because I was not able to keep up with the workload. A...