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I so agree with you. I recently left nursing a few years before I should have. Young nurses do not care that you have worked 25 years. They want to be off every holiday, weekend and get the days off they want. They absolutely do not understand seniority. We are paid more and the sooner the hospitals get rid of us the better. It is very difficult to continue to work 12 hours shifts ( more like 14). There are no accommodations for senior nurses. I left because I thought I would be fired. Many of the older nurses have been.

If you are sick you are not guilty of anything. Take care of yourself. Call as soon as you can and then forget it.

A nurse may refuse to care for an Ebola-infected patient but should be prepared to accept the consequences including termination of employment. Having proper PPE and training is key. If there is not proper protective gear available and nurses are not trained, the hospital must not accept the patient. If your loved one had Ebola and was admitted to an unprepared hospital, would you want the staff to give their lives so your loved one could possibly live? It is a dilemma no matter how you look at it.

I am considering retiring, although I have not reached full retirement age. This is a very hard decision. I let myself get way too burned out and 2 months off has not helped at all. Anyone taken ss @ 63 years old? Did it work out ok? Or did you regret it?

I "retired" last week from ICU. I tried working in an assisted living facility but it just wasn't for me. There were many total care patients, I was unfamiliar with the meds and received little orientation. I am considering home health prn. My main worry is being asked to go into unsafe areas. How do you handle this? Do 2 nurses go together? Can you refuse?

Good point. The tatts and piercing could have been free and I didn't mean to offend. Typically when I see nice work I think it is expensive. It is good to know a different perspective. I am burned out and partly because of the entitlement mentality of many of our families. I just want to care for my patient.

OK, it was dense material compacted into a small space.

OK, but it was a dense material fitting into a small space.

Once I cared for a patient with a compaction. I could not find room to get enema tubing in so I had to dig. I started having dry heaves. The man's wife said to her husband " you are making this nurse sick. I f you don't get up and get on the pot I will give you an enema you will never forget." Another time @ lady had a nose full of dried boogers. My instructor told me to wet a q tip and dig them out. I started digging and began having dry heaves in the trash can. Now I hate the phrase "Can you dig it?"

I have to leave my critical care unit. I will tell you some reasons. I am a very "seasoned" nurse. I have applied 15 places and have not had success. I am having a great deal of difficulty caring for families instead of the patient. It seems that families need food, bus tickets, vouchers for fast food, coffee (free). So, after those needs are met they begin to complain that the food is not good. I just want to tell them to go away. It is not in the best interest of the patient to take my time finding free things for ungrateful families who have smart phones that are dirty and allow germs into the central line. I am tired of tattooed poor people with multiple piercings who have spent that money foolishly. What is wrong with this picture? The system is broken but does it have to be stupid? Several nurses have left this month from a teaching hospital. Is it like this everywhere? I need a job because my family needs health insurance. I don't want anything free. Our benefits have been cut. I am tired and have no tolerance.

Pray. Apply for jobs. Fly under the radar. Work as though it will be your last day.This is how I am currently surviving burn out!

There is no end to what people do to their bodies in the name of individuality even though they are following a group. When nurses split their tongues or have horn implants - I quit.

You are too funny!

I opened the plastic wall mounted container as though I were going to change the bag. The soap build up was brown and the actual soap is blue. The scum was especially bad @the spout.

Are you talking about parents staying in the room? I encourage mine to stay and comfort the baby. The baby is my focus. Can't change the parents habits or behavior but can encourage them to offer something to their baby.