First of all I would like to thank all of you for your dedication to this website because it is very informative. I am new to this, so please bare with me.
I have a general question that i need anybody to, please respond, in which ever way you wish. I have been a nurse for 1yr and a few months now. I started with med/surg but the experience i have had has been mostly very stressful to say the least. I feel that i am burnt out by the constant stress of floor nursing were the administration and regulations constantly take you away from really caring for patients to just loads and loads of paper work to "cover yourself should inspectors come by" etc. I won't go much into all that but my state of mind now is definately to get out of there while i still have my licence and before i totally get tired of the profession as a whole. I am a people's person and really like working with pts one-on-one and so i have had thoughts of switching to Home health. I feel that i will find more fulfillment in life and in nursing out side hospital nursing but i don't know where to go. I also have a fear of trying to switch jobs around this time when the economy is in this state and with a lot of employers laying off people but i feel like i can't take it any more. I live in the San Francisco Bay area. Pleassssee, anyone, help me and offer your ideas and advice. Thanks in advance!!
Thanks RNRutRO for your helpfull input. I am still looking for the HH job and i will definately start with per diem before i quit the hospital job. Thanks again! :-)
scoloya
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Thanks RNRutRO for your helpfull input. I am still looking for the HH job and i will definately start with per diem before i quit the hospital job. Thanks again! :-)