kate1997

Hello, My name is Kate. I graduated from nursing school in May of 2021. I started my first job as a registered nurse in July in an acute care surgery unit. I had so much hope in this first job. I was promised so many untrue expectations like never more than a 5:1 patient-nurse ratio, good morale, and a great environment for me to blossom into a new nurse. Not a day goes by where I don't feel like I've been completely betrayed and broken. Each day I go into work, I have at a minimum of 7 patients. These patients aren't always just post-op simple patients either. Some of them even come from the ICU because they are out of beds and need to put patients "somewhere" in the hospital. Doctors and surgeons are horrible to the nurses, nurses are horrible to each other, and everyone is only out for themselves. Most days I'm on the verge of a mental breakdown. When I try to reach out for help, there is no one there. Management only cares about statistics. They can see us drowning and all they do is fuss at us when we don't live up to their unrealistic expectations. I am completely broken 6 months in. I regret ever becoming a nurse. I have no compassion left for anyone. Please help. Is it just my job or is nursing this way everywhere?