Hello all... It's been little over 3 months since I started this medsurg job... very busy floor with 6 max load, no phlebotomy team, very slow system, horrendous meditech charting, very ghetto clientele, your regular run-around-crazy-head-cut-off MS floor...
I was going to soldier on 3 more months so I can internal transfer, but last night's shift sealed the deal for me. After finding out I had 2 fresh admissions beginning of my shift, then running around for 5-6 hrs straight working around the crappy, slow system, having to deal with all the non-compliant, demanding, complaining, ghetto pts, smiling at them even when I wanted to strangle them, and finally when the pt pulled out the IV, my sanity snapped, cartwheeled, double back flipped and my nose started bleeding with a migraine.....
After I started this job, my bp would skyrocket sometimes to 170/94 when my baseline used to be 120-130/80s. I would suffer from insomnia, not even getting 3 hrs sleep between shifts, dragging my feet to work, hating my life because I hate my job, and demanding, complaining pts just slowly chew me inside out while I have to calmly smile and explain to them because stupid healthcare industry turned RNs into damn hotel servants.
My father has HTN, grandma died of hemorrhagic stroke, and when that nose started bleeding, I immediately thought "I have got to get out of here." I am most likely present my 2 weeks notice early this week; I have no job lined yet, but for the health and sanity, I feel like I must quit. Good grief, I didn't hate nursing school this bad! I am willing to take pay cut to go to somewhere I can work with little more relaxation; fixing my resume and starting to look today at OR, cath, GI, day surg, endo, etc. "Nursing" Webster Dictionary definition: saving others while trying not to take your own. Amen to that. I am done, I want to live.
I'm done here. I'm glad I don't know many people with such a lack of humor in real life. Ever heard of sarcasm?
Susie, we are talking about a very specific type of behavior. Did you read the thread? I was trying to encourage the OP. If you're a bit dry that's too bad.
But I'll explain it again: you can bet that I will have security throw everyone out of the room except for my patient, whom I will sedate as needed to prevent complications arising from being a cracked out, violent shell of a person. If you don't know what I'm talking about, lucky you. If that's you or your family I will not be offended if you ask for a different nurse.
Some of y'all really are THE WORST. Such horrible attitudes. Learn to deal with stress in a healthy way or, no matter what life throws at you, you will forever be stressed to the max and feeling out of control. Chill pills for everyone!
Specializes in ED, Telemetry,Hospice, ICU, Supervisor.
I love working with the underserved "ghetto" population. I'll take your job and you can go work in a kushy office somewhere. I know a nurse that is very judgmental and I've always wondered why she became a nurse if she only wanted to take care of one certain type of well educated, pretty, wealthy client.
Problem solved, you and the OP switch ASAP. Thank you for stepping up. Please contact the OP with your facility and position. Once again thanks for solving the OP's problem. Your one in a million.
Specializes in ED, Telemetry,Hospice, ICU, Supervisor.
Totally support you OP!!
...and what the heck is up with all the silly people denying reality?
GHETTO ('Tis. what. it. is.)
...underserved population, OMG. To those silly posters, yeah you go. You've received your calling Ha, ha, ha.
Didn't you get the memo, its a calling. I mean why would anyone want to get paid for hard work in the profession? Why would any of us complain when pts are mean to us, its a calling.
LOL, do you really think that s/he is so obvious in his/her motives? There's a small chance a nurse like that has already cared for you or a loved one---they rarely have it tattooed on their foreheads "I believe is sedation and isolation!"
I'm glad you won't be taking care of me or my family as I would refuse nursing care from you for myself or my family.
Oh yes I'm sure you were talking about the ghettos of Beverly Hills in your little tirade. You said Kalevra summed up what you meant by "ghetto" perfectly. That post certainly painted a picture of the clientele you are referring to, and it certainly wasn't Jews or Beverly Hills. It's unfair and disingenuous to use a racially charged word and then lay the blame on the audience for misinterpreting your meaning. Everyone needs to take responsibility for the language they choose to use.[/quote']
This. OP seems to be under the impression that there is a "correct" way to use the word "ghetto". This is problematic for a number of reasons. I think we can all recognize coded language and dog whistle phrases when we see them.
You just called her ghetto remark as racist, yet you then write "rich white people "? There are plenty of horrible patients of all ethnic groups to go around. Mentioning a particular race isn't necessary. Girl you got to put in your dues. It will look good on your resume to stay a year. Of course you should get treated for hypertension if you have it. Good luck!
I have been a nurse for 16 years now, and I have not found a department in nursing that does not come with some type of stress level. You are still a newbie, and it takes time to develop the skills to learn how to deal with the stress. It can be overwhelming in the beginning at times, but again it takes time. But, if I was a nurse recruiter, just based on your letter, I would not hire you. You have not given it enough time and just the ignorance of your remark, "ghetto pts", tells me all that I would need to know about you. As a nurse, we are taught that although we may not like our patient, or no matter how upset or angry you get, we have to learn to be careful with our choice of words. Remove yourself from the situation and take a few minutes to just take a breathe and recollect our thoughts and feelings. Words are very powerful, and usually the first ones that come out your mouth are exactly how you feel whether you intended to offend or not. Its too late, you can't take them back once they are said.
To the OP, if you decide to stay in this business, even as a FNP, you will be faced with challenging pts; most people who need us and keep us in. Business are the low income ones; the gap to health disparities are to be filled by NPs-so the reality is that people are people...
Absolutely. FNPs are going to be in the most demand in public health, and in underserved communities, not in imaginary swanky clinics where the clients are wealthy, fit, and never complain or say rude things. Think hard about this.
Absolutely. FNPs are going to be in the most demand in public health, and in underserved communities, not in imaginary swanky clinics where the clients are wealthy, fit, and never complain or say rude things. Think hard about this.
ery true, but a floor nurse may have to spend days or weeks with the same unruly patients, whereas a NP may see those patients once and only for a shorter time. It's definitely better to be an NP.
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I'm done here. I'm glad I don't know many people with such a lack of humor in real life. Ever heard of sarcasm?
Susie, we are talking about a very specific type of behavior. Did you read the thread? I was trying to encourage the OP. If you're a bit dry that's too bad.
But I'll explain it again: you can bet that I will have security throw everyone out of the room except for my patient, whom I will sedate as needed to prevent complications arising from being a cracked out, violent shell of a person. If you don't know what I'm talking about, lucky you. If that's you or your family I will not be offended if you ask for a different nurse.
:)