Need Help with Burnout

[kam41566]

I have been a nurse for 13 years, all at the bedside and I have reached the breaking point. I have been trying to get away from the bedside for over 2 years and cannot get a job that is away from the bedside. I have tried everything I know to try to make my situation better; switching shifts, units, getting involved in outside activities, seeing a psychologist (4 different ones!!), but I am still very unhappy. I feel washed up as a nurse. Moral is so bad where I work and people are leaving right and left. I am so burnt out and I don't know what to do. I have little support from anyone outside of work. I am single so I can't just get up and leave, even though my body is screaming at me to do so. Oh, and I have a NP degree, but was not able to get a job, and now it has been years since I graduated, so I am not the least bit competitive for NP jobs anymore. You always hear people say there are lots of opportunities for nurses away from the bedside. I would sure like to know how to get them!!