Hospitals are willing to pay 3 to 4 times more for travel nurses than increase pay for their own nurses.

@kloatlanta

2 жыл бұрын

100%

@cu99460

2 жыл бұрын

Why don't you become a travel nurse then?

@secondworldproblem

2 жыл бұрын

@@cu99460 yes, we could all do that... Except most nurses are women with school aged children... So they cannot move to get those travel jobs. The staff are stuck in low paying jobs. Read the other comments in the threads to get a more complete picture, cu99460.

@NeonHelix20

2 жыл бұрын

@@secondworldproblem you can actually still find a local agency contract and get paid agency money. Travel nursing can encompass jobs that dont actually require travel.

@zuiiee

2 жыл бұрын

Facilities in general, not just hospitals

Seems like a number of issues are not mentioned: Nurses regularly get verbally, emotionally, or even physically abused by patients as well as patients' support people. THEN (as wife of lurch alludes below) they also get abused by hospital management. My wife is a 5-time cancer survivor (read: immuno-compormised) and has severe asthma / COPD, but her hospital during covid unilaterally re-wrote their contract to force her to take care of COVID patients if that's where they had the need (read: death sentence). Abuse on all sides, understaffed, and working for a hospital that cares more about the money than it does for the patients or the staff. NO THANKS.

@pbsvitals

2 жыл бұрын

The pandemic brought a lot of things to a head... we hear some wild stories.

@bigrollin

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah lots of stuff that could've been mentioned that would bring to light issues.

@Watch-0w1

2 жыл бұрын

How do we fix it? Privatize hospitals or government control ? Unlike other business, hospital are the most essential . maybe they need a better union for nurses. All real essential worker are very undervalued except cops

@megg2826

2 жыл бұрын

@@Watch-0w1 one way to fix it is to unionize and change laws so that healthcare staff are protected in righ to work states. In states like Az which is a right to work nurses can be fired for not taking x amount of patients. So a nurse could be assigned to care for 7 patients in a hospital and be fired because the nirse felt that was too unsafe

@secondworldproblem

2 жыл бұрын

@@Watch-0w1 How to fix this? Right to work states hobble union organizing to degree that these can't help. Nurses are mostly women, so these workers have a tougher time voting with their feet (quitting to work somewhere else). Right now the market is helping nurses. Let nurse travel companies pay big bucks. This encourages hospitals to take better care of their staff nurses so they will stay. That's a small start. National health care is not coming anytime soon. So small improvements are important.

As an RN I would definitely support mandatory ratios

@kathleencolwell8947

2 жыл бұрын

😂You’re so funny! This is America. What are we supposed to do with the patients who come to the E.D. who get admitted?

@mph5896

2 жыл бұрын

24 patients back in rooms with 16 empty er rooms. 6 nurses taking care of patients, a charge without an assignment and a triage nurse. 29 patients waiting for a day or so. That’s what the union gets you in my area.

@bettysmith4527

2 жыл бұрын

Then they just take away your CNAs!!

@alphaomega1351

2 жыл бұрын

I got it! Robots 🤖! Robot nurses!!! 😶

@TorturedPeace

2 жыл бұрын

Until it’s a pandemic: ratios for out the window. At least here in Cali

I left nursing in 2019 before the impact of covid on the healthcare industry. After 20 years of watching a broken healthcare system deliver substandard care in dangerously understaffed facilities, I had finally collapsed under the weight of it. I was diagnosed with depression, anxiety and PTSD. Most nurses are empaths which make us particularly vulnerable to the narcissistic abuse of an industry that cares more about money than people.

@anitaknight3915

2 жыл бұрын

As a therapist, many of my clients from helping professions all have PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Empaths absorb this toxicity and stress.

@barbaramullins4233

2 жыл бұрын

@@anitaknight3915 what is your specialty? I am appalled that the mental health community is still grappling with narcissistic personality disorder. There are still no real diagnoses or treatments. The victims are left feeling robbed and crazy.

I had to quit my last job working in trauma. After working 30 days (and nights) straight, I had a family member die. The day before his funeral, they mandated me to work a second shift (meaning I’ll be written up if I don’t). That night we had multiple stabbings and a patient who was murdered meaning that I had to do extra legal paperwork with the police. I left to the funeral that morning for an 8 hour drive to Southern California. I came back the next day and was told that I’d be mandated to work again. I put my foot down as I’m not a super human. The idea that they did not care about my well being or my brothers death, and threatened me with a write up after I just worked 30 days, made me realize my worth. I found a better job close by that is also demanding but has standards. There is so much more to the story I can write a book

@pbsvitals

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a no-win situation - we're hearing too many stories like that.

@secondworldproblem

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry for how you were treated. That is terrible.

@lunalou3489

2 жыл бұрын

I watched the beginning where she complained about her 3rd twelve and my first thought was, "I wish I could work just 3 twelves." 15 for me in OB and I thought that was bad.

@lifeisthebestteacher

2 жыл бұрын

Write the book. I will too.

@maryw4069

2 жыл бұрын

I’d love to read this book you speak of!! Blog it maybe?

I am 33 years and been a nurse 10 years, just graduated with a different degree, I am leaving nursing. During my Nursing time I developed anxiety, panic disorder, depression, Back pain, feet issues, bursitis in my shoulder. My body and mental health has failed me, I NEED TO LEAVE!

@elfredawright

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the club of anxiety, PTSD, and depression club for nurses.

@bannisteryort5330

2 жыл бұрын

Ooh wee my first two years feel like 10 years

@pbsvitals

2 жыл бұрын

What are you doing next?

@sarahtoler5878

2 жыл бұрын

What’s your next step?

@marlenenoubet4927

2 жыл бұрын

That anxiety 😥

Been in nursing 40 years this July 5th. Retirement July 26th. This is the worst I’ve ever seen it be with nursing / staff shortages, hateful ungrateful patients and families who think you aren’t doing enough. Not to mention administration. Makes me crazy! I’ve always loved nursing until the last 3-4 years and especially since the pandemic started. I’m out!!!

Walked away last month after 30 years. I am retiring , will let my license expire, and will not return. The past month has been the happiest time of my life.

nurses seem to have the same problem that teachers have had for a while- society relies on their altruistic nature to act as compensation rather than actually ensuring that they have decent pay and working conditions. burnout is pretty much guaranteed, and the nurse/teacher ends up in a negative feedback loop because our culture penalizes any negative feelings they might have.

@Asharra12

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah totally! They're both overburdened with patients/students as well as paperwork. It's just amazing to me that people complain about the education and hospital systems and focus on so many facets of the problem but ignore the huge glaring one; which is thay we don't take care of the main professionals in those systems. We really shouldn't wonder why they are failing if we are failing those who work in those fields.

@MNP208

2 жыл бұрын

I worked in a school and yes, teachers have a tough job too. The difference is that we had the holidays and long breaks to look forward to. Hospitals are open 24/7 and only one or two people can have off on Christmas, Thanksgiving, July 4th, etc. In education, we also had meetings and in-services at the beginning of the school year. Management will NOT block off any part of the clinic schedule so staff can meet and discuss concerns. Patients keep coming no matter what!

@prettypic444

2 жыл бұрын

@@MNP208 my family is half teachers (including my mother) so I'm very familiar with the field

@MNP208

2 жыл бұрын

@@prettypic444 Some of my former coworkers years ago said "I wish I could go to nursing school". When I see them today I tell them "be glad you didn't!" A much better work-life balance in teaching.

@a.a7648

2 жыл бұрын

But you can not fire a teacher

As a FORMER nurse I am here to tell you. It’s ALL about money.. there is NO longer CARE in healthcare… it’s sickening the way things are being done right now

@anitaknight3915

2 жыл бұрын

Yessss they took the care out of healthcare longggggg ago. It's all driven by profit and greed. Disgusting!

@yesitsme1642

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been a nurse for 15 years. And this is definitely true. It’s a huge business not care

@MrAdwoa2003

2 жыл бұрын

If it's all about money then why do facilities pay them so little. some RNs with BSN are paid $25 in Georgia and they have been at the facility for 30 years. So am not sure who is making the money. Is it the facility or the nurse?

@lilliwilson

2 жыл бұрын

Would you still recommend going into nursing?

@yesitsme1642

2 жыл бұрын

@@lilliwilson it all depends what your true passion is. I am a nurse with two daughters. Personally, I did not recommend nursing to them and am glad they’re doing something else. It’s a beautiful thing to do but you get worked very hard for not enough pay to compete with everything that you’ll actually be doing. It’s really not just about the money. But some places work you so hard that what we get doesn’t amount justly. My last job we worked 12-16 hours a day most of the time with no lunch or breaks. If you did sit for a min it was always interrupted. So I feel you’re not only giving a lot of yourself, but your health takes a toll too. Again it all depends on your passion. You can do try nursing education or other areas of nursing that doesn’t always include harsh bedside work, however some of the time it’s needed to get anywhere else. Great question to get insight from other nurses.

Worked in EMS for 7 years. Going on 2 years nursing. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of how I can afford to get out of this profession. The verbal abuse, the expectations, the unthankful people. I could go on for hours. I’m done.

@anitaknight3915

2 жыл бұрын

I feel this way as a mental health counselor too. It's awful. I have the utmost respect for EMS workers who have never gotten the compensation & appreciation they deserve.

I quit nursing in December of 2020. After 28 years. It is ridiculous! Nurses are being used and abused. My whole life changed after I became a nurse. I used to be very active, and had a busy social life. Now, when I get off work, all I want to do is go home, eat something, and hide in my house. I don’t want to talk to anyone, or go out anywhere. Every time my phone rings, my heart sinks down into my stomach, because of the endless phone calls I would get every day asking me to come in for an extra shift. Even though I haven’t worked in nursing for a year and a half, I still feel dread every time my phone rings! Even on my last day at my former job, my boss tried to make me stay for another shift, even though they had another RN to take my place. Medical Facilities are POORLY RUN, in order to make more money. Well, now they are seeing what happens when you abuse your employees!

@pickles9440

7 ай бұрын

The CEO’s come through, one after the other, piling up money, then leaving, never to be seen or heard from again. Meanwhile, like a dumb Schluck, im still there 30 years later, its always been on a downward slide, but the last two years the slide has gotten steeper, and the last 3 months have been like a fire sale. IDK what im gonna do, 8 more years till i can collect pension and get the heck out.

Please do not forget about the nursing home nurses. I have 36 residents every day to pass meds, vital signs, treatments, charting, take off orders.

@bannisteryort5330

2 жыл бұрын

Come on speak on it 🗣🗣🗣💯💯

@pbsvitals

2 жыл бұрын

That is an especially tough job, no doubt about it.

@jennifergarza7766

2 жыл бұрын

The businesses that run some of these nursing homes are awful.

@robertsmith1865

2 жыл бұрын

Don't for Trach care, respiratory treatments, IV therapy, IV antibiotic therapy, start IVs and maintain them for agency nurse if any on duty. Check behind nursing assistants

@amandadube3981

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree I work in a Nursing Home and not appreciated too many patients

I got so burned out, I quit. I never renewed my license and NEVER looked back. It was the best decision ever.👍👍

@prettygirl_1626

Жыл бұрын

What you do now?

@angelastewart9497

Ай бұрын

You should work for agency one patient only get paid more and do less

@alimarie67

Ай бұрын

@@prettygirl_1626 … Retired, I travel, sleep whenever I want, and enjoy family time more.

@alimarie67

Ай бұрын

@@angelastewart9497 … why? I am burned out with taking care of anyone but myself 🤣🤣

I’ve been a RN for 22 years. I walked away from hospital nursing 6 years ago and went to home health. I took a pretty big pay cut, but there is no amount of money that could bring me back to hospital nursing. My body could not take 12 hour night shifts any more. My blood pressure was about to kill me. Now it’s normal again without any medication. I was constantly super sleep deprived and anxious. I used to fall asleep on the way home while sitting at stop lights. It was awful.

@anitaknight3915

2 жыл бұрын

I am so glad you put your health first and are doing better!!! No job is worth your health and wellbeing.

I interviewed for a CCU position. The Dir asked why I wanted to leave the ER. I said i wanted safe staffing, the ICUS get 2:1 while in the ER we don’t have a cap, I’ve had as much as 8 patients. She then said well sometimes the CCU is short too and nurses can get more than 2 patients. I replied that’s simply unsafe - these are CRITICAL patients. She then asked well how could I fix that. What she wanted to hear was a sucker who would say Yes I can be flexible and take 4 critical patients. What she got was me who said she needed more staff. I didn’t get the job.

I'm an LPN with 22 years under my belt. I am walking away because of burnout. No time for myself, my husband or my family. I worked 12 hour shifts throughout the pandemic, plus extras due to staff shortages. I can't take anymore!

@a.a7648

2 жыл бұрын

get a break, I had a break for 2 months from nursing, was driving uber

I left the field, was only an RN for 5 years, but I could see it going downhill quickly. Sadly the people who don’t work in healthcare aren’t seeing the system collapse from the greed of these hospitals and clinics.

@RoyalHam

2 жыл бұрын

“I could see it going downhill quickly.”This captured my exact sentiments. I’ve been a nurse coming up 7 years now, the last 5 of which have been in ICU, and the burnout has unfortunately trickled into my personal life now. I’m disengaged and unfulfilled at work. I’m constantly anxious and irritable and flat out unhappy. I dread the thought of going in for a 12 hr shift. Managers are so out out touch with the existing burden nurses are having to deal with, yet keep on piling on their expectations on us. What are you doing now if I may ask? I’m at my wit’s end over here.

@WillyWonkaEater217

2 жыл бұрын

@@RoyalHam I work for my school district as a nurse. I get summers off, and a majority of my care is focused on the special Ed. Department. I’m off at 3pm, M-F, and it’s perfect for my kid who is now going into grade school. Plus if it’s a holiday or my kid is out of school for conferences… SO AM I!

As an RN exactly this. My last hospital job before the pandemic they told me 6 patients per nurse. I never got 6, I got 8. I left bedside nursing last year and have no plans to go back if I can help it. Nurse to patient ratios were an issue long before the pandemic (I started in healthcare in 2009) and it’s just gotten extremely worse. It’s not safe or fair to anyone. We are not heroes, we are healthcare workers with rights. You are not a medical insurance claim you are a human being with a right to safe care.

I dropped out of nursing school and it was (sadly) the best decision of my life.

@lynnreeves7748

2 жыл бұрын

You dodged a bullet 💯

@trinicadeem

2 жыл бұрын

@@lynnreeves7748 i was going to comment the same thing.

@Giggles50

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I had one of the worst instructors, she was a nightmare. Started targeting me in class, had her favorites...I refused to continue in that toxic environment. When I tried to complain, they dismissed me. I never looked back. I agree, best decision to walk away.

@trinicadeem

2 жыл бұрын

@@Giggles50 That’s nursing for you.

@Giggles50

2 жыл бұрын

@@trinicadeem Exactly!

Hospitals are so toxic. The health system in America is absolutely trash. Respiratory therapist here and can sympathize with nurses as we are right next to you guys day to day dealing with much of the same patients and trauma.

Nurses have gotten paid poorly and been gaslighted... By being told we're heroes, we're appreciated for going above and beyond, instead of appropriately compensated and having adequate staffing. So if we say NO, I don't want your love messages, I want fair pay and safe staffing... We are told we are gouging the HOSPITAL! What? CEOs of hospitals have been making insane amounts of money on the backs of patients forever. They have NOT been called out on it. But nurses are supposed to be good girls and boys and shut up... Just do it. And don't tell patients how this impacts their safety.

@Burritosarebetterthantacos

2 жыл бұрын

Nurses are making $5-7k a week for 36 hr weeks. Give me a break.

@secondworldproblem

2 жыл бұрын

@@Burritosarebetterthantacos yes, the travelers are. That's the market finally operating. Capitalism working. But that is happening because finally nurses are refusing to work in traditional positions near home for poor pay and with poor staffing. Hospitals are forced to hire travelers. Now we have high paid traveling nurses working alongside poorly paid locals. hospitals complained to Congress to stop travel companies from charging so much INSTEAD of just treating their regular staff better. There are hospitals with no staffing problems because they have fair practices. The nurses do not make the super high pay, but they are content to stay at home, near their kids school and make a decent wage with benefits and safe staffing.

@timmjackson

2 жыл бұрын

@@Burritosarebetterthantacos Most nurses don't make anywhere near that.

@bettysmith4527

2 жыл бұрын

@@Burritosarebetterthantacos pffft.. try 35 / hour in my state, and that's with 16 YEARS of experience, I got so fed up I left nursing full time a year in and haven't looked back since.

@aoi9874

2 жыл бұрын

@@Burritosarebetterthantacos where? If not a traveling nurse then where?

I quit, 7 of my friends quit. We had over 300 years of ICU experience.

@detoxlady6777

2 жыл бұрын

LOL 😂 and true

I resigned from a hospital system WHO WROTE ME UP FOR GETTING THE FLU. And you wonder why nurses are burned out and leaving the profession they love.

@pbsvitals

2 жыл бұрын

Ugh - glad you were in position to stand up for yourself.

@Effectiveelect

2 жыл бұрын

WOW!

@a.a7648

2 жыл бұрын

There are 4 stages in nursing 1. O I love this profession I love helping people 2. Work smarter not harder 3. What a f.. no matter what I do it's always something else 4. F.. all this

@muahful

2 жыл бұрын

@@a.a7648 I'v been at 1-2 for a while, now I 'm headed straight to 4 😭😭

@a.a7648

2 жыл бұрын

@@muahful How long have you been in nursing

So I’m a new nurse and I feel so overwhelmed. Not by the amount of work but by patients and their families making my job so difficult. I love my job but the families being there dictating your every move and questions every single thing even after you explained it to them is ridiculous. Management makes them a priority. On top of that the pay is ridiculous compared to those doing contracts. It’s a slap in the face I must say. Nursing schools in Texas have eased up on requirements because they know people aren’t wanting to go.

The hospital administrators do not care how they are overworking nurses. It’s actually dangerous. I’m done with hospitals, no more. I’m tired working for years without a break. They take lunchtime away but administration knows you can’t get a break. Good bye hospitals, it’s not worth to be a healthcare hero. Let the administration put in scrubs. Who wants to constantly work in a fast paced no breaks environment to risk their license. So not worth it. I would never choose to be a nurse again if I could turn the time. Nursing board doesn’t care about nurses and their health either. They rather put nurses on a black list. Is that worth it? I say no!

@1babygirlg

2 жыл бұрын

I feel the same. What areas would you work that are anti hospital?

@katyavig9223

2 жыл бұрын

Same with hospital sonographers, management doesn’t care.

@margaretmukasa5152

2 жыл бұрын

@@1babygirlg prisons , public health , home care , hospice., psych nursing, schools, work on cruise line, clinics, travel nursing , group homes, nursing homes less tense than hospitals.

It’s not just nurses, it’s all healthcare. It trickles down to every department. Lab techs are the same , I’m currently on sick leave because my job ,sounds funny to say it, traumatized me. In the end I was overdosing on sleeping medication and started drinking to get through my days. I had no life. I kept saying things would get better but it didn’t . I see the same problems in my coworkers, IT department, respiratory therapists, stores, etc. We are all burnt out and suffering mental health issues as the consequences.

@pbsvitals

2 жыл бұрын

That is distressing - hope you get to healing and feeling better soon!

@palmereldritch_6669

2 жыл бұрын

I was a nursing aide for a number of years. Management loved to save money by keeping us under staffed. I developed crippling plantar fascitis. They didn't care. We were treated as expendable. And why? Healthcare is difficult no matter what. But when it's run by evil corporations who have little interest in anything but profit, it is untenable long term.

@SherriAshton

2 жыл бұрын

@@palmereldritch_6669 yes this is exactly it! The job wouldn’t be as bad if it wasn’t for that. Hope you are doing better now.

@supertenor561

2 жыл бұрын

thank you for being bold and brave about coming out with your truth. Get rest and exercise

@MystiqueRoz

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve also seen where a 1:1 sitter is actually watching 2 patients which defeats the whole purpose of having a patient sitter.

I’m an ER nurse for two rural hospitals. We have lost half our staff and nurse managers. It is disturbing, and frankly, quite scary. I feel like I’m on a super unstable suspension bridge 24/7.

Same reason flights have been canceled, many of us in the airline industry were so abused during the pandemic and overworked we developed mental illness symptoms. Your own health comes first, nurses. ❤

@tdotjazzberryram61

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all you do in you profession ✈. I sympathize with what you all have to put up with too !!

@christinaprn

2 жыл бұрын

Abuse of nurses by pts, doc’s, families and especially by mgmt has been going on for decades. When I see videos of customers abusing flight staff, I think nurses have been treated like this for decades. Our abuse is never recorded and put on the net, though. Because HIPAA.

@christinaprn

2 жыл бұрын

I hate when autocorrect throws random apostrophes into words! Lol.

@ammj6202

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story Blacksheep.

I was a nurse for 6 years an the stories could make your skin crawl! Old folks homes need help being exposed too! Care about all ages of helpless! I don't regret quitting!

They try to cram a lot of patients in one unit and expect 5 cna’s or licensed nurses to take care of like 48 people. It’s ridiculous, some nights we’ll be two cna’s and 1 nurse and we get 25 patients each and are expected to chart as well by the end of the shift. My priority it’s getting the patients clean and safe. Charting can come later. My heart breaks for these patients 😭

@ModelingTabi

Жыл бұрын

we had 2 cna for 31 patients sometimes just one

There has been a nursing shortage for YEARS - it's pretty alarming that news organizations are just now catching onto that.

@pickles9440

7 ай бұрын

Alarming to say the least. Just like bidens lap top, our concerns are being buried, down deep.

Oh, another thing! I had another nurse laugh when she said to me “oh, you’re coming to the ER to be a real nurse! Welcome.” While, in her mind she was being nice, the idea of “I’m a real nurse and you are not” between departments is ridiculous!

@AA-yc9dq

2 жыл бұрын

Im in OB and I floated to the ER to help and be a sitter and was told the same pretty much

@secondworldproblem

2 жыл бұрын

Competition keeps us from joining together and focusing on safety and best patient care. We need to get our goals aligned. What's good for nurses does improve patient care. Safe staffing and no mandatory overtime. Healthy nurses = safe patients, right?

@bhanson28

Жыл бұрын

@@secondworldproblem Sadly, I don’t think it will ever happen. The competitive and backbiting nature starts before we’re even accepted into nursing school. Nursing instructors and advisors implant the behavior and to an extent, encourage it. Nursing education needs a complete overhaul, in order to remedy the competitiveness in the field.

@ammj6202

Жыл бұрын

@@bhanson28 I agree! The programs and instructors were never people I could respect. I got through my program but I saw the manipulation and psychological bs they were priming us for. Fresh people from high school didn't know any better, they were extremely easy to manipulate and sway. My real education came from my clinicals and real time with real patients and people who worked in the trenches. The instructors were so full of themselves and it was so blatantly obvious. It was garbage education.

A year into nursing....and I immediately left to work in triage. I was living under the constant fear of making a mistake due to poor staffing and poor sleep (due to crazy schedules). I work in a top hospital and while the CEO got a 30% raise this year, we only got 4% (didn't even match the cost of living increase this year). In an attempt to try and make up for the nursing shortage the hospital has done a ton of shady things: bonus' that are only applicable if you don't call in for a specific period of time (people came in during family emergencies because of this); floating nurses to other units that they arne't familiar with despite their own unit being short staffed; getting rid of part time nursing jobs (all the 0.6FTEs that used to exist on our unit no longer exist). What's crummy is that the hospital can def fix things, they just don't want to spend the money.

Retired nurse 8 years ,here,started 51 years ago worked ICU and CCU ,and then with cardiologist group . While working in hospital 51 years ago shortage of nurses ,when questioned administration was told we are trying to find more nurses to help. Sent qualified nurses with great experience. They were told "Sorry,we aren't hiring ". ,43 years I have seen that happen ,in hospitals and also cardiologist office where I worked for 23 years. As soon as hospital bought our group ,it started. When nurses left ,not replaced. When phone operators left,schedulers left ,nurses given those jobs. Then the 4 medical records ladies let go, nurses pick that up too. At the same time nursing staff down from 8 to 3 . Doing their job as triage nurses, phone operators, schedulers and finally scanning medical records into computer. While working as lipid clinic and Coumadin clinic for 6 doctors. Of course all to be done in 8 hours . When I went to our office manager and told her of my concerns for our patients and staff ,was told I needed to stop caring so much . Left and never looked back

After loving my job as an RN for 45 years I was delighted to retire.

RN for 36. I planned on working another 5 years, but, I had to say no more.

As a former (non-clinical) healthcare worker what shocked me over the years was how nurses were expected to work a 12 hour shift and be expected to be back on the next day less than 8 hours later for another one. Pretty sure in every other industry that is illegal! Not to mention how underpaid nurses are in the US!

@ammj6202

Жыл бұрын

I come from a family of nurses and I always heard absolute "horror stories" and I told myself I would never get into healthcare. But I did. I actually ended up treating a lot of nurses and their bodies were broken. The hospital prides itself on "health" and pushes their claims onto patients but they could care less for their workers. Sure they will say, all day long that they care... but it absolute garbage. They will hand out pizza parties and their sympathies but they never ever make the real changes needed to support their staff as a whole. It was like our directors and administrators were emotional support puppets until their heads were put on the chopping block to be scape goats for the administrators above them.

I am not a nurse but I am a Healthcare worker.. And the toll it's taken on myself I just couldn't imagine what Nurses are going through.. First things first..TAKE CARE OF YOU! My heart goes out to all of you every where..💕💕

I’ve been a critical care RN for nearly 28 years and I’m burned out. The older nurses are retiring and the younger nurses aren’t staying at bedside due to burnout. Help for us is not on the way, nursing schools cannot pump new nurses out fast enough or the nurses coming out of school are not prepared for the battle that they face. Now hospitals are hiring travel nurses that are being paid 3 times what I am paid to do the same job. This creates tension between the workers and often leaves the core staff short again once their contracts are completed. It’s putting an expensive bandaid on a chronic issue. It’s madness. This is not sustainable.

I graduated as a nurse few years ago. Had issues with my school transcript and wasn’t able to get approval to take nclex by BON for 3 years. Those years, I worked as a unit clerk. Saw how nurses were treated (by pts, management, even I got treated poorly by some patients). I decided not to pursue nursing. I feel good about my choice. Nurses are strong! I admire all of you!

@yesitsme1642

2 жыл бұрын

It’s definitely not for everyone.

@d.lawrence5670

2 жыл бұрын

Gnaj, too bad you wasted all that time and $$$ pursing a nursing degree you'd never use. They should let potential candidates in every field spend a week by the side of a professional in that field. Will have a lot of people reconsidering/changing their fields of study.

I've been a nurse for only 5 years and every single day when I go to work I get anxiety. LOTS of anxiety

Nurse for 49 years and retired in 2018. I got out at a good time. Lucky me. Nursing has really changed since 1968. I loved being a nurse but as the years rolled on management interfered and not in a good way. It's all about money 💰.

@yesitsme1642

2 жыл бұрын

Patients and sTaff do not really matter to large corporations that are driven by revenue

@donnaharris8722

2 жыл бұрын

I retired in February of 2020. Several people told me I got out just in time

So much stress involved in the last 10 years of working as an LVN. I developed numerous health issues, have PTSD - nightmares - and retired early. Hospitals need MAJOR revamping! Nurses must unionize nationally. Maybe have all hospitals be non-profit? For areas with RN only staff, bring back aids and LPN's. Proud of nurses who are speaking out !!!

As soon as I find something else, I’m done with nursing. I’m actually excited, I can’t wait.

This is NOT Burnout. It's MORAL INJURY. We are literally in an abusive relationship with our employers. We are asked to do the impossible everyday. You are not alone, in the past 3 months I have been diagnosed with PTSD as well. I've been in healthcare 32 years and I'm so done. Unfortunately, a five more years before I can retire. I'm so thankful to the young people 🙏💜

I am so happy and relaxed since I retired from nursing.The stress in Nursing these days is tremendous.Patients are abusive at times and so much backbiting among staff.I was chewed out by nurses aides for minor issues while I was doing their job that they didn't want to do management.is always on the side of the Patient even if they are lying

25 $ in hr in Florida, RN with 3 years experience I can make same money driving post office truck, or uber F nursing

@1babygirlg

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's funny cause I'm a new grad looking for work in Orlando and I'm surprised most jobs are not even 30hr!

@1babygirlg

2 жыл бұрын

@@a.a7648 Wow! I'm sorry but that's not what I expected for a travel nurse. Now I'm really worried 😟

@pbsvitals

2 жыл бұрын

Are you considering a switch?

@a.a7648

2 жыл бұрын

@@pbsvitals Will never come back to bed side nursing, the only worth from it if you are traveling, even if you are traveling, they can cancel your contract for a reason like; your shoe untie, however you can not cancel contract from your side Bed side nurse is a toilet paper which can be waisted at any time, it's like serving in army you only got responsibility and NO rights

@supertenor561

2 жыл бұрын

@@a.a7648 you are exactly right!!!

I have been a nurse for 2 years and walked away last week because I was just over it!!!!! Honestly I can only handle 3 patients at a time that come in the hospital on a med-surg floor because today’s patients have a plenty of illnesses at once plus not many techs to handle simple things….They were giving us 5 at a time. You have to handle meds, clean them, provide customer’s services to families, collab with doctors and all other departments that is too good to handle patients, give and take countless report, documents documents documents and much more. I would come home and not be able to walk….I want to sleep all the time and weight was pilling up…..I dreaded going to work every single day. Nursing in the hospital isn’t a life I want. I am out of there advancing my degree and looking forward to the futur. BTW the nurses asked for raise and they only gave $2-3 dollars more per hour….that’s it.

@pbsvitals

2 жыл бұрын

That is a thankless situation to be in.. .

@j.manuelp.vicens3888

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine the same situation in Spain where if you're lucky you handle between 10-12 patients on a normal med-surg unit.

@badassWendyx

2 жыл бұрын

New nurses in Chicago are expected to get 6 patients in med surg floor in a hospital!

@Abidjan-weekly

2 жыл бұрын

@@pbsvitals it really is, plus imagine being a black woman with an African accent in the middle of America’s traditional racist system, unappreciative culture and workplace drama. It really wasn’t an environment for me.

@Abidjan-weekly

2 жыл бұрын

@@badassWendyx crazy!

Maybe it is time for nurses to bill insurance companies rather than work as hourly property of hospitals. I've long thought this might be a solution. Give nurse's billing capabilities, (granted this is another whole issue but, still.)

5 years in the medical field and looking into putting it behind me. Thanks to the stress and work load, I developed heart problems, ptsd, severe anxiety and depression.

I have been in Healthcare for my entire adult life. I started as a CNA in 1995. Obtained my LPN in 1999. Obtained my RN in 2011. I have been assaulted physically and verbally many times over the years. Let's not forget the sexual comments that run rampant. I'm physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted. I feel for our young nurses that already feel this way. But, make sure those HCAP scores are high, regardless of what it takes.

Almost 20 years in the game, still love what I do but the "doing more with less" mentality of institutions has gotten worse. We were expected to do the most with little and do it all with a smile long before covid. It breaks my heart that nurses are tapping out in less than 5 years time. I will also say the "customer is always right" being applied to healthcare has made things miserable in some aspects, I am a huge patient advocate and encourage families to be engaged and involved in care but there comes a point where this line gets blurred and "customers " feel like they can behave anyway they want not respect rules or boundaries and drive care in a direction that is not beneficial to their or their loved ones outcomes.

I'm a medical assistant and used to be a CNA and people ask why I don't become an RN this is why ,and this isn't just hurting the nurses , it's hurting the patients and support staff as well

27 yrs in nursing. I went to travel nursing three years ago. I am back to my home hospital in Florida. I left prior to covid because the staff turn over was crazy. We never got breaks, low pay, mandatory call shifts or poor ratios. I need more money to retire and went to traveling in California. In California they have mandatory breaks and good ratios. They treat you better in California. So back in Florida working per diem and it is horrible. I am sick of pizza, candy and food to make it's okay we can't get breaks.

I love you guys said “without nurses a hospital can’t function”. I’ll never forget one time at the beginning of COVID one of our nurse managers told us that doctors couldn’t go in the rooms bc we had only so many doctors and more nurses and how would we run the Hospital w/out doctors? I told her, “well, just like we always do, nurses running the show”. I thought I was gonna get fired that day and became one of the reasons why I left bedside nursing.

@pbsvitals

2 жыл бұрын

It really is the underappreciated profession

@gloriawoodley4350

Жыл бұрын

Amen. We do everything for the doctors. We do their vital signs, we transcribe their orders, we relay messages, we start IV. The doctors do nothing. Most patients in a nursing home don’t see the doctor.

I'm glad listened to all the nurses who told me not to go into nursing. I was a CNA and now I'm going to radiology!!

@greenbeans575

2 жыл бұрын

I hate to burst your bubble, but they use and abuse staff all over the hospital. Much revenue is generated by radiology procedures and they understaff those areas as well. I was an x-ray tech and became ill because of the abuse. Haven't worked in the field in nearly twenty years because of this.

@anitaknight3915

2 жыл бұрын

@@greenbeans575 you're right! Many assume it's just nursing. You're abused and overworked in all of healthcare.

@care-a-lot1051

Жыл бұрын

Same I’m a medical assistant. I rather go into radiology, sonography, radiation therapist, anything besides nursing atp

Dialysis nurse here 🤚. I just quit my job as an RN, after being mentally drained since patients are unappreciated, demanding, verbally abusive. Managers use this reverse psychology and manipulation technique that you end up believing that "I'M " the problem and not them. What a horrible feeling. If nurses continue to support this type of behavior and allowing the higher ups to abuse us, we are not going to see any changes in the health industry.

Finished my pre reqs to enter a nursing program last year. Then I started seeing a lot if nurses leave the profession. So before committing to it I went and got my CNA. On my second day I got 25 residents at a nursing facility with 1 day training (no clinicals because of covid). I left after the 3rd day. I am now pursuing a different career.

@pbsvitals

2 жыл бұрын

baptism by fire! That is a tough experience and a loss to the profession. What are you pursuing now?

@denissemartinez654

2 жыл бұрын

@@pbsvitals oh it was ROUGH. I'm looking into information technology or accounting.

@pickles9440

7 ай бұрын

Oh you so smart. I was so so so dumb, never set foot in a hospital till i graduated. Big mistake.

I didn’t leave nursing but I left the beside and went back to nurse anesthesia school..I just got out and it’s the best decision I’ve ever made. Only have to focus on one patient at a time and I actually feel respected by everyone, including patients. The writing has been on the walls for years since I started, and now everything is coming to light on how nurses are treated in this country.

@kidneycarecoaching3766

Жыл бұрын

Plus ur patients are sedated no back talk…😆😆😆

@pickles9440

7 ай бұрын

Haha and abusive family not allowed in there, its a brilliant set up@@kidneycarecoaching3766

Hospital admin is getting exactly what they deserve. It’s a SHAME that they are not required to put on their nurse shoes and get in there and run double triple shifts on those floors. They have NO IDEA. When there is a lul the first thing they do is throw nurses out the back door. Patients are no better. They treat nurses like low class hired servants. I was a nurse in a big city hospital, small country hospitals, a nursing home, clinic and home care. When I retired, I let that license drop…I’d rather starve than work that job again.

Hospital CEOs should be help responsible for adverse outcomes due to staffing shortages

I currently work as an oncology nurse, and our floor is considered a clean floor but we also were exposed to covid patients. We never received hazard pay of any kind. I've noticed that nurses are leaving the field due to the pressure and even health problems. We as nurses went through a lot to get our licences, but I think of leaving the field every day even dough I love my job.

I’m glad COVID interrupted my nursing program. I was two semesters from graduation but now I see so many people complaining and leaving the field.

This is so true, I have only been a nurse for 1 year and I can tell u this problem is out of hand, where I work im dealing with 6 maybe 7 patients a night and we are always so understaffed, I have really been contemplating finding a different career because I just can't take it anymore, and the people in the office don't care its all about how much the patients insurance will pay not the safety and well being of the nursing staff, who are over worked and under apreciated.

I really don't blame people for leaving the profession,especially in recent years

I quit med-surg after 4.5 years. It was the patient attitudes/abuses and the high stress that got to me. And this has been an issue before Covid, and covid just exacerbated it and brought a ton of attention to it! Now working as a remote bookkeeper. Less pay and less stress 👍

why no one interview the head of the hospitals or the administrations?

I am casual and I accidentally showed up to work on a shift I did not book, the hospital was rejoicing, they were like "Open up the beds! Open up the beds!" I opened up 4 beds and there was still many beds closed, the patients were really sick and needed those beds, it was a eye opener for me, for sure! Then the Night staff pulled a tantrum because they didn't have enough staff to look after all the patients then I felt guilty for showing up for a shift I never booked, I blamed myself but I offered to go home but the hospital jumped at the chance to open the beds. It's such a mess! I really saw the problem in full light that day.

The 2 only major reasons why I’m staying in this “bullied”, “not appreciated”, “taken advantage” profession is because my son is still in college and helping him to pay his education and I have 9 more years to pay for the home mortgage. If not because of this, I should have quitted absolutely. Been a nurse for 32 years, worked in 3 different nursing specialties (med surg is the worst especially when the pandemic started in 2020).

@poodledaddles1091

2 жыл бұрын

Feeling bullied is the right word.

@jhariette

2 жыл бұрын

So true!

@wandahaines7143

2 жыл бұрын

The only reason I'm still on Earth is because I'm too old to switch to another profession. Financial it's been good to me, emotionally and physically it's destroyed me. I have another 3 years before I can retire with my pension. I can actually tell you how many days.

And another thing, it is so easy to be fired as a nurse. Especially if a family member makes a complaint. It seems as though hospitals most of the time side with the family regardless of the situation.

@a.a7648

2 жыл бұрын

good point

@momof3m965

Жыл бұрын

That’s awful

All medical field jobs are tough! But I applaud you all RNs’ for standing up together‼️‼️

I'm out...good luck out there. You are all going to need it.

To all the CNAs or PCTs post. I'm sorry, working in LTCs is hard, patients are nasty mean, and can be abusive. Families expect you to 1 on 1, but don't know you could have over 20 patients, or the just done care. I'm an RN, I seen places make a big deal for nurses week and not include our staff. You are important to me. Thank you I get it, your doing the hands on, and I for one appreciate you.

@LovePrettySunsets

2 жыл бұрын

As an RN, I appreciate them too!

One group of people that are not mentioned in this video are CNAs and how we are constantly getting abused by our residents. Especially those who have Alzheimers. I can't tell you how many times I've had to leave a room when dealing with a patient with Alzheimer's cuz I was being abused.

@Rachel-ul8et

2 жыл бұрын

I feel that. Good for you taking a step out. Pressing ahead during abuse is not an option

@bronzeprince5279

2 жыл бұрын

CNA are treated so bad it's almost like they don't exist. I did that for 4yrs and said F this and left. Zero respect, constant abuse and to top it off,shiity pay.

@Loveroffood41

2 жыл бұрын

@@bronzeprince5279 I know I completely and utterly understand. And don't even get me started on when they bring an agency in because agency is get paid twice the amount a CNA in the facility gets paid.

@NeonHelix20

2 жыл бұрын

@@Loveroffood41 you can always work local agency and make the good money too.

@jadeemme3697

2 жыл бұрын

was a CNA, now a nurse.... i felt this to my core. :C patients with dementia always get a free pass -- which is, okay, i get it, they're SICK. but, so, then what would be fair to those that care for them? extra compensation, of course! hazard pay because they abuse and are violent!

I clicked on this video just to write “yes… yes we are.” - Sincerely, an overworked nurse.

I am a nurse and I have been for 18 years I should technically still have many years ahead of me to work but I am quitting I just can’t take the administration and the lack of support and the understaffing is insane

I overheard a nurse talking to her husband over the phone...she was taking his (very detailed) Door Dash order so she could order him lunch at home. I was like. WHAT?!! Dude, order your own lunch - she can't even eat lunch!!

As much as we need competent & compassionate nurses, I no longer encourage anyone to become a nurse. I don’t discourage it, I just don’t cheerlead for this profession anymore and this is coming from an experienced nurse. Working on fumes is not ok and that’s one of the reasons I left my previous employer while taking a cut in pay. It’s self-preservation and peace of mind for me at this point, things no amount of money can buy.

@anitaknight3915

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!! Your peace of mind and health is priceless!!!

Retired nurse here. Start educating patient and family members to ask " what is your ratio this shift" . If it is greater than 1: 5 on a regular floor or greater than 1 : 2 on icu. the outcome is not going to be favorable

I'm a careaide, for the last 16 years. I do love my job but have been burnt out on/ off for years...working overtime etc. Last week I made a bad judgment call that almost cost my resident her life. What I witnessed was horrible. I am mortified. My employer placed me on a paid leave. I'm not sure if I will have a job to go back to. I am seriously considering changing my career :(

I don't think the public understands to what extent PTSD impacts healthcare workers. I retired from nursing 7 months before the pandemic was declared. I still get anxiety when I enter a hospital. I have experienced abuse from patients, family members and even other healthcare workers. It is a sick environment to be in. It took time for me to realize that I was experiencing PTSD. It leaves you isolated because people around you don't understand this. I was a nurse for 32 years, the last 20 yrs I was a ER/trauma nurse. There are cases that still haunt me to this day.

I've been a nurse for 11 years in a skilled nursing unit. Few months ago I transition into homecare where I only take care of 1 patient in their home. It's the best decision that I ever did.

@naciamaj

2 жыл бұрын

How many do you have to see in a day?

@tessa1158

2 жыл бұрын

@@naciamaj One patient only! Go and search online home care nurse. I applied online. They called me and interviewed on the phone and got the job. I'm making the same money as hospital nurses do. Literally only 1 patient everyday. Same assignment everyday. Easiest job thst I did as a nurse!

@naciamaj

2 жыл бұрын

@@tessa1158 Thanks, sounds less stressful for sure.

@a.a7648

2 жыл бұрын

sound good however It's 18 $ per hr in Florida

I’m so happy that I am retired after 44 years in nursing. When I started in 1975 it was such a better work environment.

So glad I left. Kept having nightmares that people were dying and I couldn't get to them. Constantly understaffed.

Been doing this for 30 years and been wanting out for at least 20. 2 years in home health, 2 years hospice, many years on floors, IV teams and most years in ER. Have worked at 40-50 hospitals as a traveler. Sooo much to say, soo many problems it's just too much to type. 2 things I will say, 1) If you need therapy it was never the right career for you from day 1. 2) I REALLY wish nurses would stop falling back on pt safety when talking about ratios and dare to say "yea it's about my own friggin sanity and I'm not doing it anymore."

@anitaknight3915

2 жыл бұрын

As a therapist, I see many nurses and teachers. All of our caring professions have destroyed our mental health and well being.

I actually had a CEO tell us that we can't solve a problem by throwing staff it. The problem was we were short staffed leading to patients and staff getting injured by violent patients. This was 10 years ago. They have been purposefully short staffing to save money for years. I worked at a jail that contracted out their medical services and the company paid the fines for low staff instead of meeting the contract staff requirements because it was cheaper. We all got tired of it and the entire staff, including the Doctors, quit. together. It was magic and they lost their contract. Our BONs are not fighting for us. I swear they are just there to collect our fees and go after our licenses because most of them fight against laws for proper staffing. I've been a nurse for 13 years and I'm thinking of getting out and it has nothing to do with the patients.

@tdotjazzberryram61

2 жыл бұрын

BON's are ran by "politician" nurses ( who haven't worked in a facility in 25 years) at the beck and call of politicians, hospital corporations on their boards as well.

@steeveekeys1904

2 жыл бұрын

What's a BON? Be careful with these acronyms not everybody is as smart as you.

@TazzyZee14

2 жыл бұрын

@@steeveekeys1904 Board of Nursing. There is one for every state.

@steeveekeys1904

2 жыл бұрын

@@TazzyZee14 I've heard of bon bons but not bons. Thanks for the clarification.

Fired nurse here, for refusing Vax. Already had covid. Aside from that, I totally agree that nursing became a business, lost its original care platform. As the years went by, lack of staff, coupled with more government mandates, caused this work to be painful. Honestly, months after being fired, I am actually starting to recover from my career abuse. I can relate to these ladies.

@TorriaYAH222

Жыл бұрын

I refused the vax too.

@susanrolls2211

Жыл бұрын

@@TorriaYAH222 Glad you made a decision, versus allowing government to tell you what to do.

@TorriaYAH222

Жыл бұрын

@@susanrolls2211 Peace and blessings to you!

@susanrolls2211

Жыл бұрын

@@TorriaYAH222 Thank you. Peace yo you as well.

@churchofpos2279

Жыл бұрын

Same here. Refused the vax and retired. I am still recovering my physical and mental health.

I'm not a nurse, but I've been in & out of hospitals from the age of 5 weeks. Since I was a teen, I feel the most important employees in healthcare are the nurses, including from student nurse to nurse practioner. From the view of a patient, setting federal standards for the ratio of nurses to patient, but the nurse/patient ratio should be adjusted for each ward/floor & how much care an average patient needs on that floor. Federal standards should define the various kind of nursing care in hospitals, rehab facilities, & nursing home.

I’m retired, but remember patient family members videoing me caring for their relative/patient. Just waiting for me to make a false move. Fortunately, due to my care and compassion, I don’t make false moves. Always showed love, care and compassion even to abusive patients. It’s funny how after you clean up someone while they’re lying in their own excrement because they can’t clean themselves, their attitude toward you changes. Except for that one patient who flung his excrement filled colostomy bags at us. When I showed people I truly CARED about them, I found the charge RN often gave me the most difficult ones to deal with psychologically. Patients can discern between RNs who truly care and those who are in it just for the paycheck.

Nursing over 30 years and left in 2015. Back then it was 6-7 to 1 but at the end of the day could easily turn into 10. Numbers didn't matter. I left the hospital and didn't look back.

I was a nurse for 20 years. I left the field and it was the best decision I could have made! Understaffed. Overworked. No raises. Just walking on eggshells everyday. No thanks. Good luck to all who have been able to stay in the profession.

I was a veterinary nurse. We have the exact same problem. I burned out and ended up with PTSD. I hope people will continue to speak out so we can change things.

God bless the traveller's and younger nurses, brave enough to not be doormats anymore, voting with your feet and banks accounts, the suits will be forced to make changes🤗💙

Turned in my resignation Friday

@MiamiPush2theLimit

2 жыл бұрын

Happy for you 🙏🏽

@finalfantasy3808

Жыл бұрын

Amazon we get a 30 minute lunch break and two 15 minute breaks for a 10 hour shift on our feet, but I'd rather work at Amazon than the hospital, and I'm a certified respiratory therapist. It's lower pay but zero stress. Work is easy, you don't need to talk to anyone if you don't want to, you clock in, do your job, take your breaks, clock out, and you don't take your work home. No anxiety, no hostile co-workers and patients, no worry about messing up, no being called back in to cover a shift. If I want to use my PTO (personal Time Off), I use it whenever I feel like it, even to cover whole shifts if I want to, it's approved automatically. Money is not worth your health. A friend I met at Amazon had a lot of family and health issues so she decided to quit and told HR, but she soon regretted it and wondered if they can have her back. She still came to work and said she is not leaving 😆 People are really humble at Amazon, management treats us well and they are happy to help 👍 You can work Flexible hours, Part time, reduced time, or full time. I get to be there for my kid, and go out to restaurants, and see family, binge watch on Netflix or bike ride, walk my dogs, etc., instead of wasting my life and vitality away inside of a hospital. I do not envy hospital wages, I am content to work at Amazon. One of my old RT instructors would drag her feet every morning and not even give us eye contact because she hated to be there. She told us she feels like she is working just to pay her high mortgage because she lives in a big house with her family. I suggested she downsize. My home is small but it's paid off. The very word "MORT-GAGE" means "DEATH-PLEDGE". If you are stuck in a job that is ruining your health because of the money, then better to think this way: Just enough will suffice. You don't need to keep up with others, trying to have the big homes and expensive lifestyles; they aren't paying for your therapists, your food, or your mortgage are they? It's not Monopoly where he who dies with the most stuff wins. It's life, be wise, you only get one.

Thank you to all the great nurses and nurses aid's out there that do really care about their patience well-being and doing the best for them. I have personally seen both ends of it. First and most important category are those that really do have that compassion for others and want to give them the best of care. With that being said there is also a flip side of nurses and nursing AIDS that are only in it for a paycheck. I have also seen that side. My husband was terminally ill for 8 and 1/2 years before he finally succumb to his service connected disability. I've seen where he's been left and a soiled bed and diaper all night without him being turned every 2 hours as required by his condition. But I've also seen the nurses and AIDS that made sure that he was repositioned every two hours as well as cleaned and changed. I did get to bring him home out of a nursing home where he was being neglected and tonight his nutrition through the feeding tube for 4 hours night. I was able to find a rental that was totally accessible to all his medical equipment he needed and get in and bring him home for the last 3 weeks of his life. It was definitely an eye-opener on how quickly someone could get caregiver burnout. His insurance would pay for his medical as long as I left them in a nursing home but when I brought him back home for the last 3 weeks of his life his insurance from the state would not cover any of his care including home health so I was left to do all of his care the last 3 weeks by myself 24/7. Had to do his meds, his feeding tube including checking residuals and making sure he was turned every 2 hours as well as changed. I slept an hour and a half shifts at night because to do his care of the proper way would take a half an hour if it was done right and to keep him as comfortable as possible as well as clean so he didn't end up with the skin breakdown. He was a total quadriplegic by that time and could not assist with any turning but it was well worth it to make sure he got to spend at least the last 3 weeks at home. So I can see how understaffed hospitals and facilities could experience a high rate of burnout from the nursing staff and the ads. With all that being said and my personal experience of having to do all the work of an entire facility for just one patient my husband for 3 weeks I wanted to say thank you and hang in there for all the nurses and AIDS that are going above and beyond the call of duty to make sure their patients are safe, well cared for and made as comfortable as possible. Thank you so much for having the passion for what you do

I wanted to pursue nursing but when I started college I really struggled with my classes and now two kids later and trying to get off of academic probation I chose another career field to pursue.

I love nursing, If I could just Nurse patients I would be happy but it isn't just about nursing patients, it is abusive patients, understaffing, terrible rosters, poor management, lack of resources and equipment. Most nurses love the art of nursing but they don't like how the healthcare industry treats nurses.

Can we discuss nursing school burnout! I’ve worked in hospice / home health and have degrees in gerontology but the complexity of going to nursing school during the pandemic has been real.

@pbsvitals

2 жыл бұрын

tell us about it!

@bhanson28

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I walked away, 10 weeks in. Hearing, seeing, and experiencing what was going on in the field and then the toxicity of nursing school, I no longer wanted part of it. I was accepted into a program in fall of 2020. Our clinicals were replaced with insane amounts of busy work. Hands on learning was replaced with make believe scenarios through Zoom. Throw in the typical nasty “nurses eat their young” toxic culture and the bootstrap mentality from the nursing educators (we are going to school to treat the sick and injured, not prepare for war), I had to walk away. I never felt so much relief in my life, afterwards. I’m beyond thankful that I did, seeing that these problems are only growing worse. I will never understand why this country would rather continue doing the same things over and over and expect different results, rather than restructure and implement change. It’s by very definition, insanity.

I support that we continue raising awareness on the matters affecting nursing , together we can💪💪