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...

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 emotionall...

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...

: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,documentati...

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 lo...

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...

take it easy ladies. wars are not fought in the hospital unless it's against some swine flu. give your patients your sweetest smile and you gentlest touch. Love them, and your ability to care for them:redpinkhe:yeah:peace

sometimes a unit is build from the ground up. remember a building must have a sound foundation in order to stand strong.

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...

keep working on the attitude girls. Be a CHRIST_LIKE example,and others will want to be like you too. Peace

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...

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 ...

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....

I feel sorry for you. That kind of behavior is sooooo bad. It knocks the crap out of everyone, and creates the enviornment of tension :angryfirethat is so hard to work in. :cry:It also severely lowers your credibility as a facility,and as professi...

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. Unrealisti...