nicizcute

I used to be a bartender and decided that the stress of being a woman in her late 30's competing with barly 20 yr. old's who wore less clothing was too much to bear (no pun intended). Now? I'm seriously considering going back! I got my LPN lic. about 5 years ago and the nursing jobs I've had have been thankless, friendless, and downright harmful to my pyschological well-being. I am punished when I've done nothing wrong and given work assignments that are way too much for one nurse to handle. The people who come after my shift to relieve me are condescending and think they are much more important than me in every way. I have become clinically depressed and it's already begun to affect my social life and marriage. I really really regret going into the Nursing profession. It doens't seem to matter how far up the food chain you get in it, it's damned if you do and damned if you don't! Just yesterday I had a co-worker who I thought was a friend tell me that my med cart was a mess and he personally blamed me for it being that way! I'm only one nurse out of three that works it, we all stock our own meds for ou shifts (respectively), I couldn't believe he not only held me responsible for the cart, but ruined my day and trashed my friendship over it?!! Who cares that I'd just lost a resident the night before and that I just worked the last 8 hours and had been through hell! I cannot get over the lack of sensitivity and kinsmanship nurses have for one another. Dog eat dog is putting it mildly! I have read other posts, I know I am not alone...but I worked so hard for this lic. I've already looked into another Nursing jobs at other facilities, but after reading other posts from nurses out there? ...Sadly, I suspect it will just be more of the same. Is starting over again in a bad economy really an option for me? Any thoughts? My Husband and I have a mortgage that requires 2 incomes. In this economy, selling isn't even an option. Any thoughts? ...And please don't respond that I'm a bad Nurse, I assure you, I'm one of the few out there who still care. But I can see how the bitterness of all this can build and ruin an otherwise good person.

I used to be a bartender and decided that the stress of being a woman in her late 30's competing with barly 20 yr. old's who wore less clothing was too much to bear (no pun intended). Now? I'm seriously considering going back! I got my LPN lic. about 5 years ago and the nursing jobs I've had have been thankless, friendless, and downright harmful to my pyschological well-being. I am punished when I've done nothing wrong and given work assignments that are way too much for one nurse to handle. The people who come after my shift to relieve me are condescending and think they are much more important than me in every way. I have become clinically depressed and it's already begun to affect my social life and marriage. I really really regret going into the Nursing profession. It doens't seem to matter how far up the food chain you get in it, it's damned if you do and damned if you don't!