NurseD28

Seasidesoul, your post speaks to me! I feel the same way. I started on a med-surg floor in November 2015 and have been there for almost 5 months & I'm already fantasizing about leaving the unit. It's super stressful, management has all these wonderful, great ideas about improving the unit, but half of the vital signs machines are broken, ancillary staff isn't always helpful, and we are expected to do way too much for our 6 patients. I know the nurse to patient ratio used to be MUCH higher years ago, and I give props to the nurses who cared for 10-15 patients at a time, but I guess I'm not cut out for this med-surg business. I try to tell myself to make it to one year, but I don't know how... The mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion for 12-14 hours each shift is a lot to deal with (I say 12+ hours because sometimes I don't have a chance to document much until my shift is over, that's how busy we are). I wonder, this is what I signed up for? I know there has to be some other unit out there that would be a better fit for me.