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Hello, all. I was browsing the web tonight looking for information on burnout... and found this place.

I've been a nurse for 14 years. Started in ICU. Then LTC for 11 years, most of them as DON. I thought I had recovered from the burnout that coincided with the failure of my 20 year marriage that I thought was "really solid". I am trying to figure out if I'm really "done". I think I've lost the passion and devotion and determination that is needed to continue in the job I have. Pretty sure that I'm afraid to give it all to the job again and risk losing another precious part of my life. I left my former job about 8 months after the divorce and about 2 years after I started burning out. I tried for a long time to get out, but I repeatedly agreed to stay. Big mistake.

I can't believe I was talked into taking my current position as manager of a post-acute hospital based unit. I just don't believe I have what it takes any more - I think I used it all up!

Anybody out there survive burnout and learned to thrive again?

Sorry for the gloom, and thanks for the sympathetic ear... :rotfl:

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Hello and welcome to allnurses!

I feel burnt out every other week it seems. I do know what its like to have a marriage fall through. That alone seems to drain everything from a person. I know that I went through a devastating period when i first started my current job about 4 years ago. I was "unable" to work....they were patient and gave me the time I needed. Later, when i came back, I was a better and stronger person. I just needed the time to pull me together, and go forward. My job, and my co workers are a big part of me... Maybe you just need that time to get it together as well....

By the way... this site is pretty cool, hang around and visit. Great resourses, and a great bunch to keep you feeling so alone.

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