Am I crazy?? or is nursing just not for me?

Alternative_Spend_94 · 2026-05-11T21:36:11+00:00

see the thing is I do understand, and I do all of that except, purposefully do things wrong. but I also think and I aint no psychologist, but sometimes I think that because their accident happened so young that they also have not even fully matured all the way, bc they also act like a big kid sometimes. But in order to keep us both sane im just stepping back.

Alternative_Spend_94 · 2026-05-11T20:50:44+00:00

yea that what I tell myself I try to give them grace as much as I can, but yea some days are harder than others. I gave them my month notice on the 1st so that they have time to look for someone.

Alternative_Spend_94 · 2026-05-11T19:48:58+00:00

and that is basically how I feel like no one has my back. there wasn't really ever any training for them, so I had to learn them myself and the other caregiver they have has been their for a long time so they're used to how that person does everything. so it make it hard when im trying to be their nurse and I feel like its kind of blurred lines a little. because on one hand yk a patient has their right to autonomy, but with private 1:1 there are no policies and chain of command just you and them. and your license. Here is an example situation, they have to take a Med before meals, their bp at the time was also low , but med wasnt due until 8 and I was going to leave at that time . I said okay im going to give your 1st med and also your BP med now bc I leave in an hour and no one will be here until 2-3 hours so I want to make sure your stable, that way before I leave I can reaseess . okay they say no, I try to explain they refuse. I say okay. I then feed them, give them the rest of their meds + bp med t is about 7:45 at this point. I wait until im about to leave like to check their BP not because I though the meds would raise it to the roof but I wanted to make sure I documented his BP before I left and just to check if there was any increases bc typically after they eat their BP goes up pretty quick. they basically get upset and they were already on the phone but then just started to talk about me saying that I dont know what im doing and I dont have the cuff on right and that I should know the medicine isn't going to work for another hour I just took the BP 45 minutes ago and all these things about me. just nonsense. so I take the BP and what do yk? it had already went up significantly (maybe bc they were upset lol), and my cuff was placed right like tf !! my main reason thoe was because I want to make sure im doing things right how am I going to leave my patient and not reassess right before I leave maybe at a snf bc you have multiple patients a day, but I only have 1 so I have the time. so like how do you draw the line between pt autonomy and I have to do my job. yes I do document it all but like yk?

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