you have to look way deepinside you and know that you are doing God"s work. If you have laasted 30 years you're way past the beginning symptoms of burnout. Be careful or you'll hurt so bad that...
so sorry that this hasn't been a great start for you. relax, be yourself and get into your own rhythem. you'll find out that it's hard ,yeah, but not impossible. be nice, be honest, and...
Burnout or compassionate overload is a very real and life altering experience. i seem to be getting better,but only because I'm not working. I can't really afford this,and it may ruin my future,...
i have pretty much decided to stay away from the hospital for now. Home care,or nursing home will probably be all I can muster up. I'm 35+ years into it,not including the nurse's aide years. It has...
the suffering i am in has to do with giving and giving and feeling misunderstood in sooooo many ways. I'm hot and tired and going to take a xanax and chill out. Thanks to all for love and caring....
thankyou from the apex of my heart. Your kind words of empathy and encouragement mean so much to me. I wish the hospital supervisors and administrators understood this half as well as you all do. I...
:banghead:Amen...sister. That's the way iy is. GOD bless the new nurses in the field.:redbeatheI hope the fact that they didn't know it as it once way,the way Florance wanted. Patients appear to be...
to all serious nurses,how ever and whereever you got started. Pace yourselves. It's a tough road ahead. sure there are rewards...liike being a hero,even though your purple heart is a broken heart....
trying to get back into it,but in a different setting. nursing home is not as intense,so I'm applying there.praying for a miracle that it goes well and i can do a few more years prior to...
i know how burnout occurs. too much multi-tasking. delegate and prioritize as much as possible. yeah, it puts it on someone else. But, save yourself. I'm deep into real burnout. in fact, i lost...
when at work, i hardly get to eat,pee, or drink. after a couple of days, i am definately dehydrated. parched lips,dry skin, and not much urine to have to hold in. it is truely subhuman...