Nurses: advice needed

[Blueberrymarshmallows]

I’ve been qualified 6 years but I’m not happy. I’ve been in a few different posts and my current post is my longest 16 months
I’m stressed, I worry too much, I take work home with me and end up venting at my family. I feel I’m not good enough, that I’m not confident enough and I feel that back when I was untrained i coped a lot better. Recently I’ve been looking at jobs out of nursing completely but the drop in pay is quite a bit. Would it be worth it to feel better or is there something else I can consider. I posted the other day about down banding but I’m sure my own place won’t allow me to stay as a lower band. I don’t even know if that’s the answer as it too is a drop in money. Am I just having a meltdown, will it pass. I just don’t feel good enough. I’ve always had praise and told I’m good but it’s like I don’t agree. I’m stressed with work, family life as kids been ill recently and just feel I have too much on my mind to make good decisions.

Any other nurses in similar moved on and if so to what? And was it worth it?

Nursing is a difficult job, what sort of area do you work in at the moment? What are your hours? It's obviously having a negative effect on you which is not good for you, your family and your patients.
Would you look at something like clinic work or community?
Do you work in a hospital, are there any "easier" looking jobs on their intranet site. There is always loads of agency work available which pays better and you choose your hours, you can accumulate holiday pay.
Depending on what post you are in now it might be worth taking a break anyway just to get your head together.

What is it that worries you? What kind of area do you work in? Could you consider an area with more staff so you get more support? Or an area with a slightly less critical workload perhaps like a clinic or a transitional care ward? They accept adult nurses on paeds wards which tend to be much better staffed particularly places like neonatal intensive care where they often nurse 1/2 babies per nurse and generally offer pretty good inductions in my experience.

It seems a shame to leave nursing when you worked so hard to get here and there are so many opportunities in nursing

Thanks

I’m in elderly rehab, really heavy going and always always short staffed. Some days you meet yourself going backwards. Everything is rush rush rush and some staff are just not very nice and can cause a bad shift even if it started well IYKWIM.
I’ve done other specialties (surgical and theatres) so I have different experience.
I feel I’m not giving good quality care because it’s rushed and short staffed. The moral is so low just now it’s palpable.
I’ve never done clinics, had a look on job site and nothing like that on there just now unfortunately but it is something I will keep an eye on 👍🏻

What about an assessor for CHC or IMCA advocate. My last trust were always looking for nurses to join the discharge team or CHC team. discharge lounge co ordinator. Elderly care clinic like falls or continence.