RandeeN

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 it'll take a long time to recover. I still haven't.

me to.since my burnout,i can't get a job and have been out on unemployment. can you imagine that?

thanks for the support and understanding...it helps

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 accountable. if something is not in your control. don't take the yelling personally. just keep at it. you're just a baby nurse. it takes time to be a legend. good luck

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, but i couldn't stand it another day.

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 gotten to be so much harder than I can emotionally handle. God pulled me out of the fire...burned out and emotionally spent. I can't believe it myself,but it happened over a 6 month time. I blame them...the administration and supervisors,but myself too,cause I just worked too hard and gave too much. Delegate when you can,and give your patients the best you can. Take your breaks, drink water,even try late afternoon energy bar or drink to get you through. God bless you.

love being a Christian and a nurse.

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. i really do appreciate it. peace

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 breaks my heart that after all these years I went out on my knees. multitasking will catch up to you,even the best nurse, if too much responsibility is heaped on you. Protect yourselves anyway you can.

: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 the last concern..The dollar is first,documentation to assure that dollar,them get them out so that they can get the next dollar. unfortunatelly,that's want I believe now...35+ years into the profession

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. the feild let me down. I was sick a little too long and my facility threw me out,after 20+ years of high quality service. I suspect because my salary level was maxed and they don't want to pay. well something has to account for experience. it's certainly not thankyou.

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 retiring.:typing:yeah::redbeathe

:yeah:thanks for the understanding. Sorry you have troubles too,but it seems to be the norm:typing

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 my job due to it.:cry:take your breaks. drink water,coffee. I recommend cranberry juice with gingsing as a late afternoon pick me up.:nurse:if you feel burnout coming,take some timeoff to pull yourself together. I wouldn't want what happened to me to happen to anyone else.:typing I've been out for 7 months. no joke. on antidepression meds, alldue to that tougher than nails job. yelling to administration didn't help. pledding didn't help. crying got some attention,but didn't help me not to lose my job. I feel discrimminated against. i'm a great nurse....who'se sitting home,jobless,and sick. this was years in the making. i'm 35+ years nursing,the last 3 were the worst. the last 6 months were intorrible. but with therapy and meds, i'm getting better. also the time off. Getting gruff fromthe family dueto lack of normal income...but i'm trying to deal with that. feel sorry for me? well, me too. DON'T LET IT HAPPEN TO YOU.

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 treatment,and we are not allowed to keep anything to drink at the nurse's station. just in the kitchen or breakroom. but our manager is such a neat-freak, that she throws stuff out, it's unbelievable