Walking away from nursing after 8 months

Whew , you had a bad day. Happens to everyone. You seem like a caring and compassionate nurse, dont let a bad day ruin everything. Can you talk with your manager about this?

Think of how hard you worked to get your license, dont give up.

Good luck and keep us posted:)

it will get better when you learn to delegate better, know how to enforce policies, know your resources and time management, etc. But if this job tends to be over much, consider another location before dropping nursing all together. You are a valuable asset to the patients.

Oh, honey, I'm sorry.

Don't give up. It gets better. Supposedly.

I feel for you. I have adult ADD and it can be difficult to stay organized and forcused in a profession where there are constantly distractions. I am not the most organized of nurses, but I get the job done and I get it done well. My work area looks like a tornado went through most of the day, but it works and I know where everything is at any given time. It is my system and it works for me. It really amazes my neat freak co-workers. I make sure that I put everything away at the end of my shift and everyone is happy.

I am sorry that you work with some co-workers that sound not so nice. Moving stuff around just to mess with you is completely unkind. They obviously have too much time on their hands and should be assigned more tasks. Do not give up on yourself if you like the job and do not let those unkind co-workers get you down.

How about trying something new? Like an assisted living, or home health? :redpinkhe

Take a deep breath.

Read alot of the historical postings on this website, and you will find many people who will NEVER again work in a nursing home again. Join the crowd, don't take it personal and remember you know how compassionate and skilled you are!

You should look into homecare nursing. The pay and benefits are lousy but you truly get to use your nursing skills and should enjoy the 121 contact.

There are sooooo many options outside of nursing homes so give yourself a break and find the right fit.

Be safe, happy and compassionate.

I think you are being bullied.

I'm so sorry you had such a rough day. Don't give up on something that you love because of your coworkers. Why not look at working somewhere else? A new area may be helpful. It seems like you are excellent at what you do especially as a new grad! I know I was no where near that organized by that time. Best of luck to you. :)

I think wal mart job is going to bore you to death. You just had a bad day. Go home and do something nice and forget about your work, come back the next day and start fresh. My supervisor used to tell me I needed a backbone where I can stand up for myself and I am in charge of the unit not the cenas. Explain to cenas why you didnt get patient up and if they are unreasonable, then tell them to go talk to a unit manager.

You may be in a toxic work environment. That's unfortunately, very common in LTC because everyone gets stressed and takes it out on each other. You are especially vulnerable to bullying because you are new. This whole day shift attacking nocs because nocs didn't get enough people up----dealt with that all the time when I worked LTC. The DON lacked a backbone and never said a word to defend her night staff, so the attacks continued. Perhaps your DON is more understanding and would listen to your concerns? I agree that your co-workers moving things around to make you look and feel incompetent is just evil. I should hope someone would write them up for doing that---and rightfully so.

Yes, it is hard to work when you have ADD. But it sounds like you have figured out ways to organize your work in the way that works best for you. It sounds like you have the ability to be very successful as a nurse.

Please don't give up. The first few sentences of your post say volumes:

I graduated from my PN program in August, 2009. I was immediately hired to work in LTC. I absolutely ADORE it! It doesn't even feel like work when I'm with the residents.

You might need a change of work environment but please don't give up nursing. You are too good and conscientious a nurse to let the jerks drive you away from something you love.

I am so sorry this is happening to you. If I were your DON, I sure would not want to lose you. :hug:

It might be hard to see it now. But there is a silver lining behind every cloud. Yours is trying to peek trhough. It's easier said than done, I know and truly understand.

I started to type, that if you run away from this, that you would always be running. But you know what, sometimes it is good to be a coward and leave a situation that cannot get better. Go find yourself some other place and start afresh.

Don't let this comma in your career become the full-stop of it. There's life and dang it, there WILL be hope!

I'd just personally like to say, God bless you for working in an LTC/nursing home. Just being IN one of those places stresses me out, bad. I could never never never never NEVER work there, in fact if forced I probably would go get a job at a Walmart

I'm assuming by your post that this is your first job as a LPN... I think it sounds like you're doing wonderfully. You care deeply about your work, especially about getting it done right the first time, and that is a highly important quality in a nurse. I think others are not realizing your potential nor your eagerness to be all you can be not only for them, but for your residents. And I think that's a damn shame, but I hope you will not let it tarnish your view of nursing enough to leave the profession. We, as a profession, do not have nearly enough people like you, and we need everyone we can get that is like you.

Everyone has bad days, that is true, but if you are unhappy, or fed up, look somewhere else for a different nursing job... Your opportunities in nursing are virtually endless, and there are so many wonderful places where you are needed and would be appreciated.