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Hello! I apologize for the extremely late reply, I've been super busy since school started back up! Thank you for your kind words! While the nurses are understaffed and we require many floats on a given day, the patient-nurse ratios are not bad. Our nurses never exceed 5 patients. So I do not believe that I am wrong for feeling frustrated when I see them sitting on Facebook or looking up recipes on pinterest (all have happened) while I am running around like a mad-woman. I definitely do not plan on staying on this floor or even this hospital because of the mistreatment I have witnessed. I am about to graduate now in two weeks and am currently look for graduate nursing internships in the OR, as I feel that will be a better fit for me and what I am interested in. Thank you for checking in on me and showing concern! Its means so much!

Hello! I am relatively new to this site, so excuse me if I did not put this in the correct forum. I am currently a nursing student who is about to start their last semester for my BSN. I am currently working 12s at the university hospital as a CNA or Nursing Assistant on a Hematology/Oncology floor. When I first started this job, I was absolutely in love with it. I adored helping patients and the fast-paced environment. I also loved learning about all the new equipment and way the hospital functions. Well, I have now held this position for almost 8 months and I am starting to resent it a little bit. The nights before I have to work I am crippled with anxiety, very afraid that I am going to be overwhelmed with the days work. I am also afraid that I am going to do a poor job or something bad will happen. I am quite the perfectionist and have also had problems with anxiety my whole life. I am the only aide on my floor with usually 18+ patients to myself. I am expected to help them perform all their ADLs as well as other CNA responsibilities. I feel like I never have enough time in the day to finish all my work or provide quality care. By the time I leave, I am exhausted. The nurses on my floor are not the most helpful when it comes to turning patients or cleaning them up, so I get stuck doing it alone most of the time. I guess I am just a little burnt out on the job. Because of this, I am so afraid that I will not enjoy nursing, or will become burnt out on nursing just the same. I do not want to live my life dreading the work I do. I know this is a long post and I apologize, I guess I just need clarification if this means that I am already failing as a nurse and need to consider other career options. Any helpful information, words of encouragement, or personal stories would help me so much! Thank you!

Hello! I am relatively new to this site, so excuse me if I did not put this in the correct forum. I am currently a nursing student who is about to start their last semester for my BSN. I am currently working 12s at the university hospital as a CNA or Nursing Assistant on a Hematology/Oncology floor. When I first started this job, I was absolutely in love with it. I adored helping patients and the fast-paced environment. I also loved learning about all the new equipment and way the hospital functions. Well, I have now held this position for almost 8 months and I am starting to resent it a little bit. The nights before I have to work I am crippled with anxiety, very afraid that I am going to be overwhelmed with the days work. I am also afraid that I am going to do a poor job or something bad will happen. I am quite the perfectionist and have also had problems with anxiety my whole life. I am the only aide on my floor with usually 18+ patients to myself. I am expected to help them perform all their ADLs as well as other CNA responsibilities. I feel like I never have enough time in the day to finish all my work or provide quality care. By the time I leave, I am exhausted. The nurses on my floor are not the most helpful when it comes to turning patients or cleaning them up, so I get stuck doing it alone most of the time. I guess I am just a little burnt out on the job. Because of this, I am so afraid that I will not enjoy nursing, or will become burnt out on nursing just the same. I do not want to live my life dreading the work I do. I know this is a long post and I apologize, I guess I just need clarification if this means that I am already failing as a nurse and need to consider other career options. Any helpful information, words of encouragement, or personal stories would help me so much! Thank you!