I’m a nurse. I’m a home health nurse, to be exact. I HATE my job. I got this case when I lived in the area where the case is, but recently have relocated and now I drive 45 mins to an hour to work DAILY in the morning and then about an 1 and 15 home because of traffic. I’m 8 weeks pregnant tomorrow, extremely exhausted, and can’t fathom having to drive 5 days a week as much as I do anymore. I have to wake up extra early, get my 5 year old ready, drop him off to the sitter since he isn’t in school right now due to summer, and then make it to work by 8 am Tuesday-Saturday. On top of that, the patient I take care of is secluded to a tiny ass room, that is ALWAYS hot & ALWAYS dark. So it makes me even more nauseous and exhausted. Some days I just want to CRY. I asked my job if I could change cases, which they are going to do for me once a replacement nurse is found for my current case, but honestly I don’t think I can hold out any longer. I’m so miserable, and I hate being a nurse right now because of this shit. I haven’t told my job that I am pregnant yet, but I feel like I need to, because 1- I can’t make any doctors appointments because of my work schedule, and my doctor never has anything available on Monday’s for whatever reason or past 5:00pm on any other day..& 2- there are some days where I just need to stay home and rest because of how exhausted I am & how sick I feel sometimes.

WHAT SHOULD I DO?? I want to just tell my job that I can’t continue this case. It’s becoming too much for me. & I also want to tell them I’m pregnant.