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!
Specializes in acute rehab, psych, home health, agencey.
the question i have is are u able to reasonably provide professionnel,safe and good nursing care in your position. Is your license or patients at risk? the grass isnt always greener when u change,can u change anything there too make it more tolerable. I too have many concerns about how are employers are changing the workplace and to us nurses not for the better. For me i am lucky enough to been able to distant myself through my schedule to lessen the impact on me
ponytailman
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the question i have is are u able to reasonably provide professionnel,safe and good nursing care in your position. Is your license or patients at risk? the grass isnt always greener when u change,can u change anything there too make it more tolerable. I too have many concerns about how are employers are changing the workplace and to us nurses not for the better. For me i am lucky enough to been able to distant myself through my schedule to lessen the impact on me