i am fried. 2 folks just up and quit. always from the overnight shift... we were very busy on the weekend and of course, understaffed. don't know how much more i can take...when i can't get a fucken IV catheter is a Rottweiler, my freaking hands were shaking... because i am sleep deprived and fed up with assistants who drop fractious cats despite the fact that the cat has a urinary catheter and is still hooked on fluids... i don't know what else to do. i am working with grown men who are afraid to handle fractious animals. why do i have to grab the patient from the cage and hand it to them so that they can restrain so that i can do treatments?????? why is it that they leave me with muzzling the bad mannered rottie?
i'm only as good as the restrainer
i'm only as focused and confident as how i'm treated when it comes to the terrible overnight weekend shift where management doesn't seem to give a shit i am overworked and understaffed OR staffed with useless assistants who i have wake up to ask for help or who can't properly restrain bad mannered patients...
don't know what to do.
want to quit.
ps. i have spoken to my supervisor. tired of having to be a fucken tattle tale. that's not fair either...putting me in that position.