Nursing school is difficult but not in a good way. There is a lot of incompetency and bad management in running some nursing schools. The exams are difficult because they don’t teach. If I get As in all my classes all throughout my life (in other challenging programs) and suddenly I’m so confused and don’t even know what to study is not an indication of difficulty of the material but rather the incompetence of those who run these classes and programs. Too many big egos and little intellectual curiosity. And that’s what I wish I knew so far. I am very disappointed in the education I am receiving.

@lexeeroberts7237

Жыл бұрын

(First semester nursing student here.) SAME!!!!!

@poppy89

Жыл бұрын

Yes those who teacher truly do not know. Get your degree and learn on job

@brandyt3890

Жыл бұрын

The good part is you’ll learn on the job. Don’t sweat it! Get what you need to get licensed 💕

@yolandalove2903

Жыл бұрын

A lot of us POST COVID nurses are disappointed, because it was a silent volcano that erupted and it became clear there was a nearby volcanoe after COVID 🌚 And crap is vicious. I think new nurses are less prepared at this point.

@veronicalillianmoses9571

10 ай бұрын

I am a baby boomer and we are getting ready to retire . We all put in 40-45 years in nursing. It was a job. And we did it we was a family. We worked we played we cried together. Our manager said a work we said anything. Grow up and work your an embrassment. To nursing and learn to organize and run.

I graduated in 1975. A kinder and gentler time. It really was about taking care of patients.

@SanctifiedLady

11 ай бұрын

Now the ppl that would have been placed in an asylum are having children and trying to live “normal” looking lives. Ppl are doing hemodialysis on themselves at home. Pediatric home nursing is in single home and parents leaving the other children in the care of the nurse. In hospice no more wants anyone to die… so the family refuse to give pain meds… and some are put on hospice with pacemakers and are FULL CODES. Some hospice patients live at home alone no family. It’s a hot mess now. I started nursing in 1997.

@SanctifiedLady

8 ай бұрын

@@gigi9301 there’s such of wide variety of ways many hospice companies operate. I just returned to it 10/16/23…. I’m at a small hospice 36 patients and 5 are DNR the rest aren’t and most over 80-100yo. Last week I questioned it…asked social worker if they could readdress it as they visited. She told the administrator on me. I was basically threatened and warned that the staff has complained 3 times about my legalistic behavior and ways. I have a strong feeling something is going on behind the scenes. I was told the Muslim owner was just using it to bring ppl into the country… the admin is being paid a lot to keep it going, I was hired as DON/ assist Administrator… I guess I’m just posing not really there to work. I have a plan and I need to work on it day and night to actually get the administration skills to open my own company. I spend most of my days praying for God’s direction. Now I told the Administrator that I will not initiate accuracy in the charts anymore. Computer yes Full code and DNR is on file or the other way around. Everything with this company is whacky doodle! I can go on but it’s just a stepping stone for me. If I can be ready in a year I’d be happy on my own. Is there any place in this darkness for the Saints? Yes, 🙌🏾 stay in prayer 🙏🏽 ♥️

Oh my gosh, Scott is so right. I was not for the "friendships at work" thing and, boy did I learn the hard way. It was a major struggle for me as I am introverted. I'm not in Informatics....thank God!

@ykwtfim

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad this was mentioned because if there was only one way I could describe myself, it would be “introverted”. Pretty much every aspect of my life has been governed by this characteristic. Like, not even sure I could say it’s something “about” me lol it’s just IS me. Now I know I need to work on building and maintaining friendships throughout my time in nursing school. 😅

I totally enjoyed the content this evening. I left nursing some years ago due to mandatory overtime and on call hours. My background was in telemetry, ICU, Trauma, Peds. PICU, and a stint in high tech home care. Thank you for the enthusiasm and knowledge shared!! Keep it up.

I still want to become a nurse and I have weigh the pros and cons of attending nursing school. I work in the school system as a Teacher assistant and I am not enjoying the education system. I still want to work with children and have the flexibility to earn more and make difference. I want to be a pediatric nurse and I wouldn't even mind becoming a school nurse . I have had my experience with working as a CNA in a nursing home not the right setting for me. And I have been a caregiver to both of my grandmother's. My grandma I took care of for 5 years she passed away this year Sept 2022. I had to step back from taking my pre-reqs this semester. I will be back in school January 2023. The process of getting into nursing school has been stressful. But I don't see myself doing anything else. Nursing is always coming back to me. I have no desire to become a teacher. I have a strong desire to become a nurse. @Nurse Liz

@peacefreedom4930

Жыл бұрын

Have you considered doing LPN? One year of school and then you can she is you want to commit your life. If you decide you do, the hospital will contribute to your continuing education.

@SanctifiedLady

11 ай бұрын

Nursing IS the education system. 😂 Do your homework, it’s to risky now.

After 50 years of nursing (now retired) the system went from health care to wealth care. I find nonprofits are really not non profit but more devious in assuring how they meet that requirement. My system asked staff what they did for charities asking them to document that and taking credit to cover their charity requirements. Such a sham.

@SanctifiedLady

11 ай бұрын

Agreed!

Deana.. 23 yrs as a nurse. I was a unit clerk/monitor tech before that. I had gone into it because I was a single parent. I wanted something more...money and a career. Nursing school fit my out look at the time. When I started working as a nurs, I recognized it for the abusive relationship it was.

@jasminedavani6769

Жыл бұрын

did you witness a lot of patient death? what kind of nursing did you do? im a student considering leaving the school for it and want more insight, I have only recently opened my eyes to the negatives

@SanctifiedLady

11 ай бұрын

@@jasminedavani6769 yes, plenty deaths and near deaths. Today post Covid it’s not worth it. The money isn’t worth your femininity…your joy, your self love. These things are hard to hold on to in this profession. Nurses don’t want their children to be nurses. ❤

The most frustrating thing about nursing is management. Its their way or the highway. Less pencil pushers and more hands-on the patient would make the job easier for sure. 😊

@cherry2442

11 ай бұрын

😮❤😂😂😂

@SandfordSmythe

10 ай бұрын

High heels nursing

Not a fan of nurse Scott's Ego. Thank you Liz for always keeping it real. I really appreciate your comments and all that you do for nurses, nursing students and healthcare in general!

@SanctifiedLady

11 ай бұрын

Nursing for men is day and night for women

In regards to SNF/AL, IMO as a nurse who works with this population do not admit patients to any facility if you can take care of them at home. The facilities’ goal is to cut costs and provide the minimum in order to turn a profit. Facilities don’t staff to the level of need. Despite most staff trying to do their best, people get neglected due to the staffing levels. If you can afford to, keep them at home for as long as you can

I don't get a good vibe from Scott. He teeters between what he perceives is humility and his own grandiosity. He corrects others often throughout the convo when he thinks they are not being humble enough. Example, Mr midwife shared a story about literally saving someone's life and how humble that feeling was. And Scott corrects him and says, he always says that "WE" saved that persons life because it was a team... 🙄. He completely misses the point in order to appear humble while simultaneously correcting someone else in a public setting. There are plenty more examples throughout this convo. Scott seems like a covert narcissist to me.

@carolfrance4501

Жыл бұрын

Just watched again and I see what you mean! Mr. Midwife is the coolest! He just let him slide....

I am L'D RN 40 yrs....ER gets a patient in labor and they call us in hysterics to come down and deal with it. They have drs....we are nurses alone in our dept without. Dr. We come down and do the job. Nurses not only have to know nursing, they have to know how to be a Dr. Too.

Love Scott! I've had the privilege that my nursing managers allowed me to transfer and experience med Surg 2 yrs, ICU 2 yrs and ER for 6 months. I get ALL the conversation watching ALL the nurses in each department. Each was absolutely right in their department. Eye opening to see how/why we got this on the floor like this makes more sense after seeing the pregame. Liz🤣🤣 Scared of pregnant women🤣 Not wrong.

This conversation was awesome and very informative! I love Scott’s jokes and Chad’s laugh! It’s hilarious!😆

Thanks for initiating this content vlog. It is an eye opener not mainly for students who just got out from hugh school but also to those who want to shift career.

Just a perspective from a psych nurse. We don’t have iv’s on the floor(suicide risk) we are a psychosocial model not medical, so plz make sure medically stable with that in mind. Not a complaint just info.

I wish this ‘business sense’ was more talked about for sure. I went into it for the same thing: wanting to take care of people. It’s very stressed, it’s pushed even, you need to ‘care’ which is true. But then so crushing to watch people who don’t care making miserable clinical decisions for money.

@omotanwa2986

4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately it’s not talked about.

My mom is a CNS (wound care, as mentioned). The biggest distinction I can think of is that CNS’ often practice in a largely consultatory fashion, rather than as a provider.

9:30 i totally agree….. I’m like am i here to do the charting or to take care of patients???!

As a medical biller, I need that documentation in order to bill correctly for all your hard work. With that being said, as a patient I don't need to be a nurse or physician to know when something isn't right, reading through thousands and thousands of charting for billing purposes, I have enough exposure for knowing something was missed.

@SanctifiedLady

11 ай бұрын

Wow! That’s insane! It’s worse in real life

Hi Liz I’m in New Zealand and would love to chat what it’s like here. I think we should get other prospectives as well. We are all burnt out here too

Thanks for this, as a nursing student. I have been taking care of people for 25 years in all formats. Community, home care, behavioral, autism mentorship, long term care, memory care, and now as a CNA in a hospital Neuro floor. I feel more prepared. I'm LPN school. And CPI is the Crisis Prevention Institute.

This was awesome

I'm a WGU grad too. Go Nightowls Scott!! 🦉

I have a degree in biology, and I retired at 60 and then there was the Pandemic. I am 66 and was thinking about it. I have enough to get by, I have a pension. I was told that I shouldn't do that. Anyway, I decided to not do that. I do my avocations-piano, writing, reading, walking, and languages, and I am living with my mother who is 94. She is good.

@SanctifiedLady

11 ай бұрын

You will never have peace, your mother will not have peace looking at you in pieces ❤

@melindaaimeeroth5580

11 ай бұрын

@@SanctifiedLady Nice, Fine China, I must have been in a mood when I wrote this. I am going away and I will get the peace and the piece.

@melindaaimeeroth5580

10 ай бұрын

@@SanctifiedLady Fine China, Could you explain that?

@SanctifiedLady

10 ай бұрын

@@melindaaimeeroth5580 Hello Ms Melinda, let me explain my experience as a nurse of 26yrs. When I say you will never have peace is because you can never turn it off. Going through college is the foundation of it and you study like 24/7 to get here… then you get your license and get your groove after 3yrs, that’s a heck of a 3yrs… it’s extremely detailed and you can not leave a stone unturned. This means the first 3yrs if you take a 12hrs shift job… you start early to get your assignment and barring a then you run till you toes have blisters and at the end of the 12hrs, you have to account for every single thing you did in that 12hrs. You do as much as you can to keep up then you give report to the oncoming nurse and chart the next 2hrs or more sometimes. That’s 14+ hours, you go home exhausted… you haven’t ate, or ate 2 bites, only peed once, didn’t get enough water… you sit on the couch like a zombie trying to go through that 12hrs shift again to figure what you forgot. Or you get some food, shower and go to bed and images of your 12hrs pops up about what you should of said, what you could of done, what you need to do next time that happens, I can’t believe he didn’t give the blood transfusions and left it on me, I wonder if I should report him because it threw off my whole shift… I forgot my child needed XYZ tomorrow and I didn’t go get it, what time is it? It’s 12am is too late. Maybe I can get some one to….. That’s day one and you have to be at work at 6:30am you tossing and turning because your body been on 100 14-15 hrs now you want to be at zero and can’t mentally get there. It’s a thankless profession, when you have days off it takes so long to slow your mind down then you get one good night of sleep and back to the cycle again. Sometimes they call you at home if you forget to do something or write in the chart that you did it so they have to call you and if it’s important that’s 24/7 they can call because it’s a life evolved. Now you are 66yrs old…do you want peace or to be in pieces? Lol! I’m 53yo and I am very limited at what I can do Can you lift oversized human beings? Can you squat in a seconds time, twist like a pretzel bend and reach and catch and stretch to reach things you need to do your job without help? Baby my body… Then once you get these skills and abilities you it has a spiritual component. You off work and all sorts of things begin to happen in your presence…near death accidents, ppl dropping dead, folk choking, a kid drowning…and smart nurses never tell ppl what they do…because if you do….now everyone wants to tell you about their problems, illness, want you to be their resource….it’s your off day right? Right! I haven’t touched on the politics, the setups, the bulling, the manipulation, the clicks, the drama of working with a bunch of others. If you did your research and can pay cash for college go for it! Student loans are no joke in old age because you can’t get your social security if you have one.

This was fun banter

lol the ER vs everyone had me laughing. When i was a tech in Psy. our floor loved to complain about ER. I used to help and float to ER and can see both sides 💯. Totally think everyone should work a few shifts in units they work with to help with unit-unit relationships.

Looking to change careers @ 62 after 20+ years in finance. This discussion is very informative for me!

@QueenBees_802

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂going to nursing school at 62?! WOW-haven’t laughed out loud like this in a minute.

@sharinaross1865

3 ай бұрын

What did you end up deciding to do? With your career? Age not withstanding.

I'm a new grad RN, and I think the most underappreciated healthcare profession is pharmacist. Most evident Whenever Micromedex says "not tested" on two drugs you have to give.

@randeepchauhan2668

Жыл бұрын

Respiratory therapists are always cooler than you is another reality of med surg.

@SanctifiedLady

11 ай бұрын

Stay tuned in 5yrs you realize you May want to plan your exit.

@sharinaross1865

3 ай бұрын

You may realize in 5-8 years you may want out. Maybe even sooner. But I agree pharmacists are underappreciated.

For Radio-tech, one has to be a qualified nurse first ... here in Belgium

FIRST TIME COMMENTING! Psych NP here 12 years- BURNT. Much like Liz. My heart broken. ER for many years before grad school. I’m still working as NP but I’m back bedside as RN to save my sanity. I think I’d do it again? Maybe?

@peacefreedom4930

Жыл бұрын

I’m thinking about going back for PMHNP. My goal is to have my own practice. Would you mind sharing why you went back to the bedside? What burned you out?

@SanctifiedLady

11 ай бұрын

This is super sad… all that education. As a LVN/RN 22yrs I said I wouldn’t go for BSN glad I didn’t.

@SanctifiedLady

11 ай бұрын

Still BURNT 🥵

Yeah . . . really not feeling bad about switching to the CMA program. I'm giving up ~$5-7K per year in this market, and I don't see myself feeling all that fulfilled, rooming patients, taking vitals, drawing blood, and if I'm very lucky, setting-up an occasional 12 lead ECG, but I like the whole not going to jail for accidents ultimately caused by 12:1 staffing and excessive overtime.

@SanctifiedLady

11 ай бұрын

You aren’t giving up anything because you haven’t earned it. Plus you’ll turn down more money than you can imagine. I took a job paying 87k, and got disciplinary action from the board for taking such horrible job. During Covid I was the only full time nurse in hospice for 90 patients… 7 people died in a week. I got ding for not being able to keep up. Going back and forth house to house times we’re all mixed up as soon as I got one settled another called me back… I should have resigned and left them. The more money the more the risk, and a lot of times it’s hidden from you. I didn’t know I was the only full time nurse. They just kept asking me to do more and more and I would tell them no… I want less money and less stress so I went to pediatrics and it’s 100 times worse than hospice. Hospice don’t hire part time just PRN and it’s no money and not worth it. They basically strong arm you into full time because working 2 days a month isn’t enough.

Mr midwife ❤

I failed he 1st time I took my nclex. But again I just broke up w/ my daughter's father after 4 yrs I just had a baby & I felt so disgusting & fat. I almost dropped out of school I'm so glad I didn't.😮 ne advice 4 sum1 that might b goin thru a similar situation that I Went thru BTW I'm so glad that I didn't drop out & became a nurse.

Yes take advantage of every opportunity they give you disability insurance all that take it take it take it because you will need it

It’s called moral distress. That’s what you’re feeling.

There's that book, "Go the F___ to Sleep".......... Perhaps you all could make a million dollars making a similarly-named book to some of patients' visitors.......... LIstening to these discussions somewhat restores for me what I'd asked for but was denied when I was hospitalized --- which was for my folks to go away..

@NurseLiz

Жыл бұрын

hahaha oh this gave me a giggle. it would be an interesting book. Could they read it over the loud speakers?

I assume you can't get cancer insurance if you already had cancer that might come back?

I love these videos. But mr.midwife’s breathing makes it hard to listen to 😅 he needs to mute himself haha. I couldn’t finish this one, it’s just a lot of heavy breathing haha. Love you guys!

THE FAANI PACK!!!

The computer 😢😢😢

The things mr midwife said was very inconsiderate to the people that’s grieving or about to

Scott doesn't seem spectrumy at all. Lol.

Writing text into a computer is a walk in the park, compared to writing and debugging a code, despite the fact both sit in front of a pc. Also, I never heard about Nurses having to sit for 12+ hours in front of a pc only, in order to fit a deadline.

@ykwtfim

Жыл бұрын

That sounds absolutely miserable. I’m glad I decided against programming as a career. 😅 took two classes in it to fill up my schedule senior year , did really well , but I could tell learning it was a lot more fun than doing it for me personally.