How Burned Out Are You?

You're a good nurse. You don't take it out on your patients.
But you recognize that nursing is a stressful job and that you and your colleagues could be in various stages of burning out.


So......how burned out are you?
I have only been a nurse for a little over a year now and I feel like I am slowly burning out. working understaffed and answering call bells while trying to pass meds within a 2 hour time frame every shift. add to that mix families with unrealistic expectations ( 1 of me to 22 residents).... I give and give and give at work, then come home and give and give to my family. There is not much left of me at the end of the day..... I love being a nurse though. Maybe I should do private duty.....WendyLPN

While I recognize that burnout does exist, I personally find the challenges and whirlwind pace exhilarating at work. The satisfaction I receive from making a difference in a baby's or parent's life makes my tired feet and aching head at the end of the shift worth it. I could work any job and get tired and burnt out, but also not experience the satisfaction I get from my job as a NICU nurse.

floor nursing is burnout city.i am tired of floor nursing.

I enjoy my job. If you had started this poll one year ago I would have said "I hate my Job, I'm burnt out, I can't do it one more day". What a difference a change makes. Hallejah!

At the risk of sounding like a Pollyanna, LOL, I really don't ever have days when I don't feel like going to work...after 6 years in an extremely busy ER, I still love it. Helps to have an amazing nurse manager and director, docs that are fun to work with, and a lot of my closest friends on my shift. Of course I have moments where I'm completely stressed out at work, but I vent and get it out..most of my coworkers have the same twisted sense of humor that I believe comes from working in the ER. I don't take it home with me, any stress I have stays at work and doesn't affect my personal life. And my schedule helps too, every 2 weeks I have a stretch of 6 days off, like a mini-vacation.Just curious, to those of you who are feeling burnt out..why not change jobs, floors, shifts, etc?

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Some work days are good, whereas other days are disastrous. I experience some dread when thinking about going to work, because I am just not sure how the day will turn out. Just curious, to those of you who are feeling burnt out..why not change jobs, floors, shifts, etc?

I'm done. I've only been doing this a year and I hate it. I'm looking for a desk job.I may like being an RN more, which I'm studying to become, but being an LPN? Too much for too many with too little for too little for too long.

Quote from SuesquatchI'm done. I've only been doing this a year and I hate it. I'm looking for a desk job.I may like being an RN more, which I'm studying to become, but being an LPN? Too much for too many with too little for too little for too long.

I make excellent money as an LPN on the east coast.But I'm at the point where the money, no matter how much, isn't enough....patients too sick, paperwork overwhelming.... definately burnt! I scrape the blackened char off me and head in for another shift HOPING today will be OK...sad, but true. when you dream of being a stockroom clerk, it "ain't good."

Quote from neneRNJust curious, to those of you who are feeling burnt out..why not change jobs, floors, shifts, etc?

After 22 years, I still love taking care of my patients, enjoy all the science and technology of ICU nursing, and my empathy and compassion remain intact. Staffing ratios and unreasonable workloads imposed on bedside caregivers are the source of my dread.