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

in regard to families....we are in the unique position to change the climate in which we work. But giving the families what they need,in unison with the Hippa laws, and provide the patients with the best care possible. Maybe pull back on the things that your facility demands..like documentation. That also has gone overboard,as the requirements have been increased, and nothing removed. Something's gotta give....let it not be your sanity. Burnout is a tough road to recover . also there is no offical insurance title to burnout, so all you get is $170./week fromdisability. not much to live on. Beware. and be careful. This is for all the girls and boys who fight on the front lines of hospital patient care. GOOD LUCK.

can't find it,sorry

keep up the anger and you will go nuts and take all your co-workers with you. Try a little spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Lightin up my dear. you're too young to be that hostile.

:paw:hang in there.Nursing,as in any service position, is something that must be tweeked to fit. That is to individualize the care and treatment of each and every person you interact with. Get creative. Use some humor,stories to explain whatever it is your involved with. Have fun. sometimes even get a little "BLUE". it all can be great. Don't let it get to you. Build a defense wall against the things that get under your skin,not just micro-bugs. :paw: you'll live to practice another year. Beware of the dreaded BURN-OUT. it really sucks.

venting is good. keep your cool...being a nurse does mean that you are "RANK". People are people and they need compassion and patience. Do unto others....

try to be considerate of the family's delema. they're scared,dependant,and trying to find people whom they can trust and depend on. we're here do do that for them, the whole bunch of them, even if they come in shifts. Hard? absolutely. Unrealistic, espicially when it comes to duties that are not "can you wait a minute"type things...like vents, remember your ABC's. sometimes the families are your first line of observation. So, cut them some slack. Give them every reason to trust you and depend on you, and your staff, and they will not be the wretched pia's that they are also made out to be. Assess, appease, aline...and put yourself in their place...remember to empathize. It will go a long way. It also decreases your tension,anxiety,and emotional burdens if you really love your patients as youself. God bless all of you.

remember to ask the patient what his pain scale is...you may want to confirm that with the pain in the tushie family member what is their pain scale. Can you feel their pain?sometimes we can. love your job.

this is a synario that will reappear forever. Families are there for their family member. they do not know or care what you do, for how many, how tired or stressed you are. or pretty:yeah: much anything you would expect them to know. all they care about is themselves and what they want.They were not educated in hospital process,or how to interact with personnal. it is probably printed clearly in the admission packet,but you know very well, that no one ever really reads or studies that document...God knows they have the time,cause they are there. Perhaps you could direct them to the nurse manager when you have exhausted your first or second line of defense or explanations. Give them a verbal contract on what you will do and when for them..most often, with families like this, nothing will be good enough. Try to include the doctor...When he makes his rounds, go in with him and direct their concerns to him. This may or may not take someof the burden off of you. Take your breaks. try not to multitask a million things at once. Burnout is a progressive and debilitating process, and not to sound like i know it all, but I'm in the process of recovery from it. Encourance your facility to do a burnout seminar. Use what ever resourses you have to relieve yourself of these pressures. Don't give up. Your nursing career will have many challenges in it. Families is just one. Everbody is an individual and needs to be treated as such. Patients/families are a package deal. Don't expect them to know or understand,even thoiugh you have gone over it. Don't expect anything from anybody but yourself and then you won't get disappointed. This is the gospell....God bless you, and pray for the still,will,and the Holy Spirit to be with you in every room you go into. Keep up the good work,and get help when you get frustrated...you need to. :heartbeat

keep that up and then you can change your name to good nurse. God Bless