I feel you! I went from 6 years med/tele to ER thinking I would love it but after 2 months I realized it is not for me & giving me the most anxiety I’ve ever experienced as a nurse. Thank goodness my manager was understanding & gave me a reference in the same hospital but as a float nurse instead. Nursing is hard!

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

Yea gurl it is crazy! I’m trying to get out of bedside. It has gotten very unsafe!

@blakejonathan4505

Жыл бұрын

Become UAS nurse and you can work from home.

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

I’ve heard of a UAS nurse. Is that what you do? How do you like it and what do you do?

He doesn’t care, trust me. Go do your thing and don’t worry about it. Two weeks is courteous, no weeks is sometimes necessary. 3:31

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

4 ай бұрын

He was a good nurse manager but I think he was caught between a rock and a hard place. I’m glad to have learned from that place and grateful for the experience! But I knew in my heart I had to go.

The important thing is that you corrected yourself and escaped, but as for me, I lost 20 years of my life before realizing that nursing was not for me.😂

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

6 ай бұрын

Oh My God you were a nurse for 20 years!!!! That is no easy accomplishment!!!! My dad was in the same hospital for like 30 years. What was your tipping point to say “no more!”?

Try being an lpn to give meds to 30 to 70 patients. I quit working as an lpn after 2 years. I recently finished my associates degree in accounting. Now I have a nice finance control job from home. If I pick any per diem lpn shifts. It's only during the holidays lol

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

Oh My God that’s a lot !

@sariah2425

8 ай бұрын

Is it good pay?

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

8 ай бұрын

@sariah2425 it was

@itsDjjayy

4 ай бұрын

I didn't do so well in my LPN program and withdrew. Now I'm not sure if I want to look into another school or different career

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

4 ай бұрын

@itsDjjayy follow what you want to do and what makes you happy. I know, that is easier said than done but it is the right thing to do! Hope you find what makes you happy!

I worked as a nurse for 12 years and finally noticed that I need to change my career to something very different where I can retire.

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

I am in an awkward phase in my nursing career. Do I stay in bedside because I get 4 days off? Should I try something new; even though the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t. Doing some soul searching

@AD-wb5eg

Жыл бұрын

@@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew do what makes you happy in the long-term. Do you see yourself retiring as a nurse? You are still young so you keep trying but in my case it is time to change career.

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

I DO NOT see myself doing bedside nursing forever or until I retire! That is a fact!

@AD-wb5eg

Жыл бұрын

@@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew you are not alone my friend!

@kloatlanta

10 ай бұрын

@@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew4 days off is gold for me. Nursing is hard, you have to persevere.

Yesss hunni 💛✨ I've been watching your vlogs out of order but I don't care lol. I plan to be all caught up eventually. I love how you were trying to be relatable with your patient about The Jonas Brothers you're so sweet George! The people who are your patients are very blessed to have you as their nurse. " Yes hunni are you ready for it" 💛😁 3/25/23

you said i almost fell biiitch, Im dead - LOVE the transparency, I totally feel you on this!

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

Falling on camera is not the look I’m going for 😂

🙏I feel your pain brother I hope you have found a new better job by now 🤗

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

Yes !

Yeah! A lot of hospitals have a 6 month wait for transfers for nurses.. Good for you! And very courageous!! Bedside is not for alot of nurses.. and the conditions are tough in some places.. no cap on nurse to patient ratio.. is a serious issue..

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

Thank you or the kind worlds! Being a nurse is hard but I praise all the nurses of there!

Just found your page and about to binge watch all your vids! New grad and I can relate so much 😭

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

Oh My God 🥲 this made my day! Enjoy! Gurlllll nursing is cray ….. I’ve had good days but… the bad days Stick with you 😫

Quit, They expect you to buckle at their mercy!... Remember you have control over your life, you don't owe them any extra time!

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the support !!!!

7 pts! I would run for the hills. Im crying about 5.

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

Gurllllll some of my coworkers were getting 10, 11 …. No bueno

@omox251

Жыл бұрын

same im used to 4 , i would passpout with 7

I just found this page and I love it!! ❤

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

Awww thank you so much !!!!

I also left rehab nursing after three weeks in 2016. Don't be discouraged. There are so many other areas that you can work that are not bedside nursing- case management, forensic nursing, cruise nursing, group home nursing, home health nursing, utilization review, cosmetics nursing, etc, etc. Good luck with your search. 15 years Nurse ( RN/BSN). here.

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 15 years is a long time! I just made it a little over 10 years so far!

@queentinadoire6931

8 ай бұрын

@@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew You're welcome. We're in this together.

They should have paired you up with another nurse until October. If you went to them telling them you feel overwhelmed then they should have found a way to make it safe for you and patients

@sarahdooley6164

Ай бұрын

And his mental health. Anxiety can be crippling.

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Ай бұрын

@sarahdooley6164 no amount of money is worth the price of your mental health

I have been a nurse for 5 years and have worked in 13 facilities. I have had negative experiences in all of them. Nursing can be very challenging looking for a remote job or moving abroad

Vitals can be taken by finger module and sent to your smart phone but no hospital is willing to spend money on technologies. They had rather lose nurses.

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

Hospitals don’t value their nurses ☹️

The crippling anxiety is what is making me leave nursing. It’s soul crushing

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

3 ай бұрын

It is not for the faint of heart. How long did you do it for and what unit ?

@whosaidcate4034

3 ай бұрын

@@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew 30yrs I’ve done MS, OR, clinic and telephonic case management. I can’t stomach it anymore. Appreciate those that can♥️

You seem like an awesome person. New subbie!

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

9 ай бұрын

Yay!

Baybeeeee, no!!! I just read the title and I'm cackling!!! Burn out is a bitch and I absolutely get it. I do bedside but at least traveling, I get some versatility. But where was that 🍜 from? Domu??? Lord I need to lose weight but it was calling my name 😩 *Release yo fear, release yo stress, release yo job* love that song 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Let me watch the video... Ok...I'm def trying them!!

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha no Jinya downtown ! Miss you gurlll

Tell em George!! Lol hilarious 😆

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

I’m just being myself lol

I've been working for 6mos only as a new grad nurse and I CANNOT with the anxiety! My pre and post shift anxiety are so bad sometimes I just wanna call in sick. I've never experienced anxiety like this until I started working as a nurse. I don't know how people keep up. I know many nurses are on antidepressants and anti anxiety but I don't wanna deal with it like that. I just want it to stop by quitting nursing but I don't know what other jobs I would do that pays the same :(

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

6 ай бұрын

Have you ever thought of outpatient?

@jennadeleon4017

6 ай бұрын

@@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew Yes! I've been looking! But they want nurses with experience. Also, I'm not confident yet with my skills :( I'm fighting to get at least 1yr experience in acute setting. So far, I'm thinking of quitting every shift hahah

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

6 ай бұрын

@jennadeleon4017 oh no don’t quit! Obviously I don’t know your whole situation but don’t quit! You came this far! Have you thought of tele health or school nurse? Why don’t you try working in acute rehab?

@lcomfort8683

3 ай бұрын

Quit!!! UPS driver is a better job

7 pts is not safe😢, 4 is! Also, be glad you got just 1 month notice period instead of the whole 6 months.

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

5 ай бұрын

I learned a lot there and I’m thankful for the experience.

Have you thought about school nursing? I think you may enjoy it and you have weekends off , holidays and the summers although you will need to do some training in the summer. 🙂

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

7 ай бұрын

I almost became a school nurse but the pay was WAY TOO BIG OF A PAY CUT! But I really wanted to do it 😕

So, put in your two weeks notice and move on. I worked in nursing for 40+ years from womb to tomb. Managers know how hard, dangerous,, and impossible nursing is. Consider PRN nursing with a Nursing Agency.

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I left 3 months ago. Met some cool people. Learned things. Everything happens for a reason!

Is there some unwritten rule where if you’re a nurse or healthcare professional you can only make videos in scrubs?

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

Haha I love wearing my scrubs because they are so comfy and I don’t have to figure out what I need to wear in the morning! Saves time! But I also wear other clothes in my other travel and a day in the life vlogs from time to time!

@illogik

Жыл бұрын

@@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew Okay good cause I’m a nurse too and I need to know these things cause I’m wanting to start up a vlog too.

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

@@illogik Oh My God do it ! Do it! Do it! Do it for yourself and for all the nurses out there! Seriously, I just started and it has been such a welcomed creative outlet and stress relieving journey! And obviously I’m a small channel but at the end of the day I can look back 5 or 10 years and see all the memories! It’s like a live journal! YOU HAVE TO DO IT!

@illogik

Жыл бұрын

@@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew Okay thanks for the encouragement I’ll definitely get started on it and let you know.

At 0:50 seconds lmao

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

28 күн бұрын

@@JustSavwill hahhahaha

I thought medsurg is only 5 pts maybe 6 if you’re out of ratio. What state do you practice e on?

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

8 ай бұрын

I was on acute rehab

@lillis887

Ай бұрын

FL basically has no ratio. I’ve seen med surg nurses always 6:1 and 7:1 if they’re short with charge in a full assignment also. So no ancillary help, no backup. Everyone drowning!!😢😢

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Ай бұрын

@lillis887 Oh My God that sounds awful

Monitors can be wireless and can be sent to your smart phone and computer system, but WTF!!!

Do corrections! I hear it’s better than bedside

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

You know what I had a coworker who worked at a jail! But the thing is she said the pay was not so good! Also I feel like it would be boring sitting behind a glass door all day waiting for the in mates to get their meds. But kudos to all the corrections nurses out there!

7 patients is alot! Do you have a LPN or CNA to team with because that’s the way we worked back in the early 2000’s. Try school nursing ok.

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

7 ай бұрын

We have 2 CNAs for the entire unit (but sometimes only 1 😩)

@itsDjjayy

4 ай бұрын

​@@ThisIsGeorgeMatthewdamn what happened with all the nurses in your hospital?

Please quit nursing now. An unhappy nurse is not a good nurse.

It was the best decision you have ever made

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

8 ай бұрын

Everything happens for a reason! But I learned a lot as well and didn’t take that time for granted!

Have you considered becoming a Nurse Practioner? It sounds like you would meet the work experience requirement.

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

I did think about it but I just feel like I enjoy having four days off and not being on call HAHA

@michelepraden7048

Жыл бұрын

@@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew I understand.

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

It’s just crazy. People never know how hard it is to be a nurse until they are one. Im so thankful for all the hard working nurses out there. They are heroes.

@omox251

Жыл бұрын

@@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew it so fucking hard ive been off for 7 months and rather work at starbucks :( . Im considering OR or PACU , I cant do medsurge anymore

I’m not drunk bi$&$ 😂😂😂 I’m sorry 😢 7pts in acute care is bad

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Жыл бұрын

Not drunk LOL gurllll they gave me 9 patients today 🙄🙄🙄 nursing aint it sis

@nursereesey2495

Жыл бұрын

@@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew what 9pts omg 😳 that’s insane!!! Yea nursing is some bs

Quit

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

9 ай бұрын

I did

Please don’t quit nursing just because you made the mistake of working in a hospital. There are so many nursing jobs available in need of nurses, outside a hospital setting. I never made my nursing career in a hospital setting and the jobs I had going back to 1980 were quite rewarding except for the first job which the facility deliberately created staff shortages for profits. Workplace bullying and mobbing is a thing most nursing jobs outside the hospital will not tolerate. It’s unprofessional, counterproductive and it creates a non conducive working environment and staff turnover, while increasing the risk of liability issues. When it comes to the health care industry, working conditions in today’s hospitals are at ground zero.

@ThisIsGeorgeMatthew

Ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! Yes, I am at a really great place right now! I am looking to retire early actually! The place where I was in this video was filled with really nice people! The people were really nice to me!