Will I be refreshed? I want to know your experiences.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Geriatric, Hospice.

I know no one can answer this question for sure. Ive been in the same job for a couple years and I am officially burned out. I took 3 weeks vacation so I know it's not that. New management has come in and cut staffing to pitiful levels yet added a litany of new duties and responsibilities and paperwork to our plates. (And of course we don't have supplies. God forbid you have sheets for a bed change or towels to clean someone with). Morale is the lowest I've ever seen, people are being fired left and right, pt's conditions are going unnoticed, everyone is overworked, under-appreciated and out to kill one another. Including me. I am miserable at work, and when I'm home because I know I have to go back. I have zero patience for anything and I snap at people a lot more than I ever did. I dread going there, and I hate every second I'm there. I try to be positive, but without going into great detail about how sad my place of work has become, I just can't.

I want to see if I can find somewhere else, somewhere better, but I'm stubborn and I'm not a quitter. I also afraid it will be more of the same! I don't want to leave, then end up with same problems. I guess I'm posting to ask who has been in a similar situation and successfully gotten out of it. I guess I'm a glutton for abuse? I knwo it's hard out there, but please tell me not all places are so horrible!

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Not all places are so horrible. :)

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

:hug:.....not all places are so horrible.

you must work for the place I just quit (I'm kidding). But I recognize a for profit facilities budget...:grn:

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Specializes in ER, ICU.

You need to look out for yourself. If you aren't happy, ask yourself if the climate is likely to change soon. If not, start looking for a new job. Look for a unit where there a lot of long-termers.

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Specializes in School Nursing.

I totally understand where the OP is coming from. The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know. At interview, the place could look like heaven on earth for nurses but we all know reality can be much different.

It is a tough decision. Maybe you could go PRN with either the current job or with a new prospective one so you don't close one door until you see what is on the other side!

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A couple of things I used to ask myself when I'd had it...

-will new problems at least be a changes from what I was in?

-are there any redeeming qualities about staying?

-does anybody at the current place care if I feel horrible?

-is it worth waiting to see if things get even worse?

If I couldn't live with the answers at the current place, I didn't let the door hit me in the butt.

Good luck :)

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Life is way too short to be that unhappy. Get moving forward. Change your situation.

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Specializes in FNP.

If I were so unhappy at work that it was affecting the rest (and much more important aspects) of my life, I'd resign.

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I too was very unhappy at a job that I had. It was my 2nd part time nursing job on the weekends. We need that money right now, but you know what.. I was soooo unhappy I was sick to my stomach the whole time I was there. When I wasn't all I could think about was how many days until I had to go back. I was so unhappy and stressed. One day I decided I deserved better, and that I didn't care if I had to no eat. And you know what.. I am eating rice and beans, but I no longer have the absolute misery I had before. I have found a temp job that will hopefully get us through the next few weeks. No matter what I am happier.

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Specializes in PACU,Trauma ICU,CVICU,Med-Surg,EENT.

Not all units are this horrible.

I've learned, the hard way, to listen to myself. I knew I had to leave a unit,I'd had it. I searched and searched the hospital looking for a department which interested me and was a good fit schedule-wise. I stumbled upon my current unit and have never been happier...so,it does happen. All the best!

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i think you must try another job..

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Why don't you report the place for understaffing and then get out of there!

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