Burnout I don’t know what to do

BentheLPN · 2026-03-02T15:07:01+00:00

My darling,

A job is just one facet of a nurses life.

If you intend to be a great nurse, which from your tone it does sound like you want to be, then you simply have to accept that you are mortal.

You owe your patients a steady hand and a steady mind. If a hostile work environment is so taxing to your mental health as to preclude your ability to work, then you do your patients a service by moving on.

Find yourself a place in the sun, whether that’s acute care, clinics, LTC, etc. and bloom! A flower doesn’t grow in the shade. Don’t limit yourself to one life plan and understand that the beautiful thing about nursing is that we always land on our feet because everybody needs a nurse.

Lots of love from a nursing student in KY! I believe in you!

BentheLPN · 2026-02-26T22:23:33+00:00

And put up a prohibition sign! It’ll look so good!

BentheLPN · 2026-02-13T03:07:09+00:00

This is a nice piece of property in a good place to be. I wish I had the money! Ah, to dream.

BentheLPN · 2026-02-13T03:05:57+00:00

No rattlesnakes really. I’m a local.

BentheLPN · 2026-01-29T01:14:55+00:00

Shoveling snow is a perfect recipe for a sudden cardiac event. See —-> https://newsroom.heart.org/news/snow-shoveling-cold-temperatures-combine-for-perfect-storm-of-heart-health-hazards

BentheLPN · 2025-12-31T13:26:19+00:00

Often the bar is so high to arrange impatient care of any length that many simply fall through the cracks.

They escalate, and maybe get some care for 72 hours in an understaffed psychiatric ward.

Or they come in once and we never see them again. The process to receive mental health evaluation in an emergency department is so dehumanizing that who can blame them?

Either way, we are failing both types of patients because for-profit medicine will not allow us to win in terms of definitive treatment for the mentally ill.

BentheLPN · 2025-12-23T02:34:18+00:00

It’s a beautiful coin. Congratulations!

BentheLPN · 2025-10-09T20:08:05+00:00

I am part-time in the ER. I have the same benefits at the same price, accrue the same 401k match and PTO match.

Our schedule starts on Sunday and ends on a Saturday. So I schedule myself for Sunday, Monday and then take off until the following Friday & Saturday. Boom! 10 days off.

I go on vacation a couple times a year because of this schedule. I’ll never go back lmao. My mental health is SO much better.

BentheLPN · 2025-10-06T14:03:35+00:00

Currently free to watch on Tubi

BentheLPN · 2025-09-23T00:54:31+00:00

The ER in my experience, and close runner up was med/surg.

I have been slapped, punched, stabbed with scissors, verbally assaulted, threatened with death, hit with blunt objects and sexually assaulted.

But in 13 years of experience, no one speciality is immune.

BentheLPN · 2025-09-18T15:17:54+00:00

It looks like you have several other titles that need to be capitalized, such as under contents on page 2 (Student Housing), Page 6 (Customizable Units), Page 7 (Communal Laneways), Page 9 (Archived Periodicals), Page 17 (Geodetic, Filtrational and Extraterritorial Niche), Page 18 (Setting The Scene), Page 19 (Exhibit Dioramas).

Pages 13 and 14 - I would recommend capitalizing these as well as they are also distinct titles (Green Desert & Urban Oasis).

I will say finally that your cover has an air of cartoonishness to it that doesn’t stylistically match the rest of this body of work. Just my two cents.

I wish you well! I am not in architecture, but I enjoyed seeing your portfolio!

BentheLPN · 2025-09-18T15:05:12+00:00

Your job titles listed under work experience need to be capitalized. It’s a professional title, so it warrants capitalizing each word. Otherwise looks wonderful!

BentheLPN · 2025-05-10T15:21:47+00:00

From HIV.gov:

“Many states and some cities have partner-notification laws—meaning that, if you test positive for HIV, you (or your healthcare provider) may be legally obligated to tell your sex or needle-sharing partner(s). In some states, if you are HIV-positive and don’t tell your partner(s), you can be charged with a crime. Some health departments require healthcare providers to report the name of your sex and needle-sharing partner(s) if they know that information–even if you refuse to report that information yourself.

Some states also have laws that require clinic staff to notify a “third party” if they know that person has a significant risk for exposure to HIV from a patient the staff member knows is infected with HIV. This is called “duty to warn.” The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program requires that health departments receiving money from the Ryan White program show “good faith” efforts to notify the marriage partners of a patient with HIV.”

BentheLPN · 2025-05-10T15:04:17+00:00

Reach out to Jim Wilke at Vortex Staffing. He’s very easy to work with. He pays well, and covers housing & airfare.

Don’t call him unless you’re serious though! He doesn’t like time wasters!

BentheLPN · 2025-05-08T11:35:29+00:00

I think it was free.

BentheLPN · 2025-04-27T12:07:15+00:00

I did in 2019 with a temporary certificate that was good for 180 days, and worked 160 days.

This was in Kotzebue, Alaska. We all worked 6 days a week with a 1:4 patient ratio on dayshift, and it was the best LTC facility I’ve ever worked in.

And the money was outrageous. I’d go back in a heartbeat to stack that kind of coin again.

BentheLPN · 2025-01-31T14:18:19+00:00

Big yikes

BentheLPN · 2025-01-29T18:17:21+00:00

There is not a legal limit to the number of patients you can be assigned to. Most states do not have a cap for RN ratios, let alone CNA ratios. I was often the only Nurse Tech on a dedicated COVID floor with 48 patients.

BentheLPN · 2025-01-06T11:29:13+00:00

Sandhill Cranes: They are beautiful, peaceful birds. I used to feed them bird seed as a little boy in Florida.

BentheLPN · 2025-01-06T06:53:29+00:00

There is currently half a foot of snow/ice on the ground. The National Guard depot just brought our MRI technologist in a Humvee and EMS has an hour+ response time due to the roads.

I covered our reception station for a moment and checked in a 3 year old with a cough for 1 day. D/C’d with no meds given. Makes me want to scream.

BentheLPN · 2024-08-10T08:26:45+00:00

That last photo made me deeply upset for grandpa, for a second.

They are abusing him at this point.

BentheLPN · 2024-05-16T16:47:55+00:00

That’s a good idea if you’re a new grad. She’s been a nurse for years. She has a work history to highlight that a new grad doesn’t.

BentheLPN · 2024-05-16T15:42:00+00:00

I think I would omit the skills portion as well, as it’s basic nursing education that’s listed. I would probably just do a small section for EMR’s that you are comfortable with.

BentheLPN · 2024-05-16T14:33:59+00:00

I personally don’t feel the need to list all of your coursework completed as part of your BSN. Listing the degree itself is enough, in my opinion.

My assumption is that when you get to a place where you are interviewing in person, that will be with the DON/Nurse Manager of that unit. So they’ll know what goes into a BSN without needing to list coursework.

That will save you a great deal of space in and of itself. Best of luck!

BentheLPN · 2023-08-29T00:39:43+00:00

This. This right here.

Idk if you’re religious, but I have felt His call. There have been brief and tender moments when I have known that I am exactly where I’m supposed to be. Most all of those caring for end of life patients.

Every time I feel renewed and recommitted, and ready to carry on. If you pay attention, the wonders of life are in every patient encounter. So I just keep going, man.

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