I am NOT coping well. I finally broke this Sunday after the ridiculousness with the influx of covid patients. I am tired of my profession of nursing. And I never thought after 10 years I would be saying that. Thank you for getting the word out to the public. So many think we let staff go in droves for not being vaccinated but the profession of nursing was short staffed BEFORE covid and over the past year nurses have been leaving the bedside for other professions that do not cause such emotional trauma. A person can only see so much death. A person can only handle so much stress being pulled between 6 to 8 patient load how can we EVER give proper care? How can we be fulfilled in our jobs when we are giving subpar care because we are stretched so thin? Leaving the profession can sound selfish to others but how can we help others when we are a wreck ourselves? No breaks to eat, drink, urinate over our 12 hour shift! How can we help others when we are tapped out? We needed help with staffing for decades but now we need to help the remaining nurses stay sane.

@AnnetteRomansolo

2 жыл бұрын

I am so sorry you are going through this. Our medical system is so unfair. Wishing you peace and a chance to heal.

@darquequeen2323

2 жыл бұрын

My heart breaks for you. Years ago, I almost became an RN myself. I could not imagine the stress nurses have to go through now. I thought juggling 2 patients was out of this world as a student (25 years ago) but reading you have 6 to 8 patients made my eyes tear up. It’s not right, and I see why you’re burnt out. It may not mean much, but here is a hug, and as a person living with chronic illnesses requiring hospitalization from time to time, thank you for being there. I appreciate you, and I hear you. ❤️🤗

@helengournay2377

2 жыл бұрын

Sending you gratitude and love.

@paulleverton9569

2 жыл бұрын

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I can't tell you how much I appreciate you guys doing this piece!! We nurses are dying out here and feel like noone really understands what we r dealing with on a day to day basis both before covid and now with Covid. I have been attacked, hit, spit on, cursed at, called the N-word and just generally disrespected by pt's and managers alike. And I'm still here. and I still LOVE what I do. Please hear us.

@a.johnson4291

2 жыл бұрын

Tyvm for all you do Valeria 😘 I worked as a paramedic from '85-'90, then moved on to hospice until I herniated disks moving a patient w/o assistance.. 3 laminectomies and finally a 4 level fusion using a titanium octopus and cadaver bones. I wish I could be working alongside of you and helping get us all through this pandemic. Please take care of yourself and don't give up! We need you!! You are heard, understood and I appreciate you.

@russgaulin3721

2 жыл бұрын

Valeria, your post makes me so indignant and empathetic. I want to do something to help at my community hospital, which is currently overwhelmed. What can I do to help? Not pizza. I'm vaxed and boosted but in my 60s so isolated at home for 2 years. But increasingly willing to take a risk to help in this crisis. Could do a 3rd career as a RN but that takes much time and money. IDEAS?

@Only1SunnySecular

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry that this happens. Thank you so much for your services & patience.❤

@valeriavanliew8179

2 жыл бұрын

@@a.johnson4291 Thank you for seeing me.

@valeriavanliew8179

2 жыл бұрын

@@russgaulin3721 The fact that you are even willing to help has brought tears to my eyes. In one of the hospitals I used to work in, there was a tea cart that used to come around at "tea time" It was a little thing, but it was something to look forward to and gave us a little break. I have gone my entire shift without eating, because a break, just can't happen right now. Suggest to your hospital to do something like this for the pt's and especially the nurses. Another hospital came around with a snack bag when the day was out of control. Lastly, shout to the rooftops if need be for people to get the vaccine and boosters. It is really keeping people out of the hospitals and ICU's.

I cannot find the words to express my appreciation for you doing this piece. I'm a 20yr nurse from being a staff nurse, manager and now administrative and I tear up when I see what's going on in our industry. I have mentored and encouraged many...to include my daughter to become a nurse; and now I see so many turning their backs from this profession that I hold dear because they are burning out. We check to make sure the doctors, pharmacist, all specialty services are doing their jobs; we wear so many hats and work long hours..yet..in the big scheme of things, nurses are still the most dispensible when facilities think they need to make cuts. Thank you for helping to bring these issues to the forefront.

Nurses also care for the family of the patient. I know this because when my father was getting radiation therapy, the incredibly busy nurses notice my distress, and without asking for them to speak to me, they came over, and whispered comfort into my ear as I wept. Nurses are everything.

I have so much respect for nurses (I've been an EMT), but I would challenge everyone to remember all of the other hospital staff that are right there in the trenches with nurses and doctors...the techs, the PCTs, the CNAs, the MAs, the Environmental Health staff (I mean, they help to keep the entire hospital clean and functioning), the patient transporters, the reception staff, and everyone else that helps these facilities to run smoothly. They are doing just as much, with even lower salaries than nurses and doctors, day in and day out, and are constantly overlooked. And they are struggling just as much with staff shortages and lack of resources. Let's not forget that these other folks have also been putting their lives on the line for the past 2 years, and still showing up to support nurses and doctors. Let's not forget them.

@RustyBobbins

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. My husband was an informatics RN. Was trained to build the computerized record systems. One of the first jobs to go when covid first hit even though he was already doing the work of 4 people. So he went back to the floor. They quickly realized their mistake and have been begging him to switch back but IT staff is treated so bad he refused. He's been enjoying being on the floor again even with covid and not being cursed at in IT by Doctors and Nurses who can't work the system because they didn't show up for their training. They just finished hiring to fill his old spot and literally had to hire 4 people to do all the jobs he was doing. They had just kept piling jobs on him with no advancement or raises.

@mygrammieis

2 жыл бұрын

I second that emotion 👍💗

@astilealavatica1404

2 жыл бұрын

The Janitor is just as valuable as any other cog in the wheel...I'm for living wage in all fields of employment.

@sweetdoc1472

2 жыл бұрын

@@RustyBobbins you think Ds and a Ns didnt show up for training deliberately? That's how you're making it sound. Glad your husband is happy and grateful to him for all he does.

@sweetdoc1472

2 жыл бұрын

That is very true, particularly the cleaners!

I am a nurse and thank you for opening the dialog about the depth of the issues that effects so many nursing.

@firstgmail

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service Christina

As a nurse, thank you for discussing this topic. Many people do not recognize the numerous roles of a nurse: nurse, CNA, respiratory therapist (in some places), social workers, mediators, advocates, therapists, waitresses, cooks, teachers, liaisons between patients/families and other disciplines (e.g. doctors, surgeons, etc)…. And yet we are treated like we are disposable. Hospitals and other care facilities don’t care about the workers. They care about heads-in-beds. They preach endlessly about patient safety, but yet don’t do much to keep patients safe, like safer nurse-to-patient ratios, hiring and maintaining staff, purchasing quality supplies and ensuring we have enough of them, ensuring the workers get their breaks, etc. I worked in the COVID unit since the very beginning. It’s hard to describe in words the helpless feeling you get when a patient cannot breathe and the feeling of terror on their faces and in their eyes, and you have done everything within your scope and your power to help them, but to no avail. I had enough of it this past summer and I left the hospital - I’m one of the statistics. I felt burned out and I was tired of feeling so defeated and hopeless. Now I work in hospice and forensics, which are significantly better, but I still don’t feel like I truly get a day off. On every single day off I still get calls, texts, and emails asking if I can pick up a shift or a “few hours”. It’s nonstop. Even on vacation I still received calls and texts asking if I could work. And they wonder why they can’t retain their staff 🤷🏼‍♀️

I've been punched, bit, cursed at by patients, families and doctors. I've been disrespected and told that anybody could do my job. I started out as a nursing care assistant so from the bottom up. I had a college degree in nursing and certification in Oncology. I was almost at the top of my hospital's clinical ladder. I can just imagine how much worse all of the abuse is now. I'm glad that I'm retired but would be willing to help in anyway I could.

@Carrie401

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, if you would like to help please contact your state government and tell them you want legislation that supports nurses.

I have worked 27 years as a nurse in the hospital. There aren't enough laws such patient ratio and mandatory breaks for nurses in most states. I went to travel nursing for better treatment and yes the pay is nice. In California there are laws in place to do this. I always got real breaks and they had better staffing and management. In Florida there is no one to give you a break most of the time not to mention unsafe ratios. In Florida they can't keep nurses. The pay is low. There is more abuse from the doctor. In Florida the nurses are made to put the orders in. In three years traveling in California I never put any orders in for my patients. I am back per diem in my old hospital and it is way worse. It use to be if no one can get a break they order pizza which happened every week. I know nurses that clock out for lunch but keep taking care of patients. They say they will get written up if they don't clock out for lunch. The stress on mind and body and no real breaks is real.

Thank you for doing this segment. My son has special needs and has been a frequent flyer at the local children’s hospital. He has also had an in home nurse for years. I understand the the value of nurses. I wish everyone would do their part to help protect nurses and hospital staff. Also to help protect people like my son who has a comprised immune system

Thank you, Roy Wood, for asking what we can do to make a difference! So many commentary pieces discuss a problem but don't leave viewers with any concrete steps we can take to help solve she problem. Every piece like this should conclude with a call to action, otherwise the discussion is wasted! Thank you for giving us that call to action!

I'm a healthcare worker (CNA) that are always overlooked! As if we don't count! Company that I work for, I have to pay not only my PPE's but for my clients as well! Going into clients homes. None of my clients have seen a nurse in almost 2 years. I'm stressed out and I had to seek out help. Burnt out is an understatement 🤬🤬🤬🤬

@a.johnson4291

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry Valencia. Keep on keeping on ❤

@PNWGlinda

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry. You are the backbone of the health care system. I'm an RN, I've known this forever. Thank you. You need another job btw. INDEED really helped me when I needed it.

@essencetaylor5956

2 жыл бұрын

My mom is a CNA. Shee JUST told me her company barely had any PPE for them. She's ready to find a job out of healthcare...

@denize7139

2 жыл бұрын

So glad you took the time. I hope it is as much as you need it to be. You care for our family members when we can’t or won’t. We can never repay our gratitude. Mahalo for all you do. ❤️

My daughter is a Cardiac nurse in a Cardiology Ward. Over the last 9 months or so the ICU has been filled and they been putting Covid patients in her Ward. She had to pick up to a couple more days a week and working as much as 15 hours in a day. At the same time there have been days she didn’t even get a break and get a chance to get off her feet to rest or even get something to eat. She said majority of these patients aren’t even vaccinated and refuse to get vaccinated. They are the ones going on the ventilators and she said once they are on the ventilators it pretty much a positive they won’t come off of it alive. I guarantee these same unvaccinated people had to go through what nurses are going through they would refuse to do it.

my mom just passed away from cancer, and her nurses were amazing before we brought her home for hospice care. they made a huge difference in trying to alleviate the crippling pain she was in, and i'm forever grateful for their help.❤

Great piece. It truly shows how if we don't start organizing our labor to protect our workers, corporations will always exploit the workers for everything they can get. Also, please get vaccinated, get your booster, and wear a mask when in doors. We need to stop this pandemic and give these nurses a break! Roy, again great piece!

@desireeespinosa3954

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately Corporations have been abusing their power since their creation. The entire point of a Corporate business model is to avoid liability. Yay greed

@ziggymarlowe5654

2 жыл бұрын

I agree totally Julio, at one time I was against unionizing nurses, I'm now fully for organizing. Don't even get me started on the nurses who refuse the Covid vaccine, I do not remember this happening in the 90s when we were required to get the Hep B vaccine.

@chayoluna1351

2 жыл бұрын

I work in a unionized state and I can tell you organizing is heavily dependent on the strength of the Union. Unionizing is not the answer. There’s so much more.

@paulleverton9569

2 жыл бұрын

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I can so relate to this.. I am a teacher and this is true for teachers as well. Our profession is just soooooo burned out. There are numerous tasks and pieces of teaching and educating that are not addressed in the public’s perception of teachers. It would be wonderful if you all did something like this for educators as well. Nurses and teachers are vocations that call to our best selves, we would like to be treated/ valued as the important asset to society that we are.

My husband is a ER nurse and my sister an ICU nurse. They both left units they had been in for years recently due to money and scheduling issues. As was mentioned, this is a system that was broken before the pandemic (much like teaching and certain elements of retail). These are industries that are predominantly staffed by women and the executives prey on the fact that women will go above and beyond. Then they are brushed aside if they try to demand compensation for their level of work. Hospitals have turned a record profit during the pandemic. However, even before the pandemic one of the biggest problems was that many nurses don’t have loyalty to their hospital or their unit because they are treated poorly and have weak managers that are being pushed around by executives to cut staffing costs. They often won’t work with parents to help them get schedules that make sense for their families. They call nurses off when census is low (even though what is considered low census can still mean long wait times for patients). They are penalized for calling in sick (pre-Covid!) and if there are too many “occurrences” in a calendar year the nurse is written up. They have to ask for vacation time a year ahead of time. None of this breeds loyalty. Add the pandemic to these problems and the others that were discussed (nurse/patient ratio, mandatory overtime, abusive behavior from patients, etc.) and many nurses just aren’t going to put themselves and their loved ones at risk for the same sub-par compensation. Also, when nurses leave due to poor working conditions and bad management it takes months to bring in a new nurse to fill their spot (often with less experience) which costs the hospital money and taxes the nurses who are still there which may lead to more nurses quitting. It’s a viscous cycle that existed long before Covid and as the doctor said, it will still be dysfunctional afterward if there isn’t real, significant change!

@lori5946

2 жыл бұрын

All true. I did not see this in California as much as my home state Florida. Love travel nursing in California. Night and day difference.

Impressive interview Roy! I’m coming home from another 12 hrs night shift (working 12 of last 14 days) , every other patient has covid now. Thanks for bringing this subject to light. Healthcare staffing will get worse before it gets better, even after covid.

@Weirdkauz

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@darquequeen2323

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! ❤️

Y'all should do piece on home health aidss or CNA.i lot of them are overworked and underpaid

He speaks the truth when he talks about understaffing and nurse abuse. This only increases the risks of medical errors, which equals life and death situations which are uncalled for.

It's not just increased pay those nurses need, but reasonable work schedules and access to mental health counseling without professional repercussions. And encourage young people to become interested in the nursing profession.

@maluinthe90s

2 жыл бұрын

That's something people don't realize is that kids out of highschool don't want to be nurses. I was the youngest in my class by over ten years. I don't blame people my age for not wanting to go into nursing. It's a hard job both physically and mentally. We work understaffed on a daily basis. Before the pandemic, an ICU nurse would have 2 patients. A medsurg nurse had 4-6 patients. Skilled nursing had about 10 patient per nurse. Two, three years later and those numbers have at least doubled, if not tripled. Try and convince a bunch of 17 yearolds to work in that environment.

@PNWGlinda

2 жыл бұрын

Imho, increased pay is not a motivator if the base problems are not addressed.

@shawnnewell4541

2 жыл бұрын

@Malu In The 90s My nephew is a traveling ICU nurse. At least he can choose where to work and when and get a healthy paycheck.

@mermaiddiyartist8119

2 жыл бұрын

They need rest and definitely therapy

Love beyond the scenes. People are burning themselves out through this crisis and we need to have necessary resources to help them

To the nurses, thank you.

@mattsully2238

2 жыл бұрын

I don't need more thanks. I need more vaccines in people's arms

@catalinacurio

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattsully2238 I 100% agree, but you also deserve our gratitude. 🌸

@mattsully2238

2 жыл бұрын

@@catalinacurio fair enough. Cheers, mate

I burned out this summer after nearly a decade of icu nursing. So many cases of almost entirely unvaccinated patients was my breaking point. Had to leave the bedside before it ended up making me miserably bitter.

@sammyn549

2 жыл бұрын

I’m proud of you. -a fellow RN

I work in mental health. There is a shortage of therapists. There is a country-wide mental health crisis. Mind and body are connected.

@Dbb27

2 жыл бұрын

With this pandemic I am seeing the absolute lack of mental health resources and recognition that we are in a crisis.

I see a lot of parallels between nurses and educators. When you look at the history of these two professions you have to wonder how much of our current structure is still based on sexism.

And to all the nurses watching this, thank you so much for your service and selflessness

“Social work”? Oh, yes, nurses do that! Even as a medical interpreter, I did that, and the nurses did it, all you mentioned and so, so, so much more. The physicians depended on them. I was always impressed at how attentively they listened to them before entering a patient’s room to evaluate. Without nurses, hospitals would collapse. Oh, and healthcare should not be a business. It’s immoral and disgusting and a sure sign of a society which values money over people.

New nurse here. The honest truth, I'm considering not going into nursing. It's heartbreaking but the reality of the current Healthcare system and crisis has me reevaluating my future and I know I am not alone. Interfacing with the burned out nurses and Healthcare professionals and feeling/seeing the overwhelm is sobering to say the least. I am no longer excited to become a nurse and it's shaking me to my core. Words I thought I would never say considering how it was my dream and took years to get here. I hope this changes.

@bs4real

2 жыл бұрын

Hang in there young one.It will improve now that the general public is being made aware of how things REALLY are...you are SO important.please don't give up...

Male nurses, which are less than 15% of nurses, make between $4000 to $7000 a year more than female nurses. I know that the inequity is not part of this current issue, but more proving the point of undervaluation. Nurses are generally paid well, but that isn't the only way to be devalued. Forced overtime, lack of support, lack of respect... all of that and more.

@RustyBobbins

2 жыл бұрын

Male nurses are also used as pack mules too. Thats who respond to Dr Strong codes. That's who the female nurses will ask to lift and turn large patients.

As a nurse, I want to express my appreciation for this very informative and educational piece wrapped in a little humor. You chose a great person to articulate the issues. Thank you to everyone! I use the pilot/truck driver analogy as well.

@toysruskid5074

2 жыл бұрын

As a nurse, how are you handling nurses like my Trumperunvaxxed nurse neighbor who somehow still has her job? (You'd think she'd get vaccinated after the second time they got covid, but she's had it 3 times and now her sons school is closed for a week....)

@wilsonmckinney3765

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Willa it’s my pleasure meeting you here, nice comment

@WayCoolNurse

2 жыл бұрын

@@wilsonmckinney3765 Nice to meet you also Wilson!

@Starryeyed1801

2 жыл бұрын

@@toysruskid5074 I think you can report her to the ANA or state board. Our profession is based off of science and if they are participating in spreading misinformation or false information, this is a violation of our code of conduct and can be reported.

We were burned out before COVID-19 due to constant under staffing. The people who refuse to vaccinate when they are eligible and demand to be catered to when they come to the hospital made it intolerable.

Is it bad I enjoy this more than the Daily Show itself?

My girlfriend is a nurse. The hospital that she works for has put money above the quality of health care. Patients are dieing, because the hospital is trying to save money.

Nurses are primarily women. The workforce has always undervalued any profession that is primarily female regardless of how vital their services are or even how much schooling is required. Other prime examples are teachers and social workers.

@Chelseyandfam

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

To ALL the medical workforce: You are so appreciated, immensely, in the dedication for everyone you care for. This current pandemic takes a toll that is just now is being recognised across the board and it is the nurses (and medical support teams) have been the frontline soldiers! Thank you!

Excellent discussion. Fantastic questions! Dr. Friese is brilliant and a wonderful representative of the nursing profession.

"Nurses are billed in room and board" - Nurses are billed like furniture, and treated like furniture... That's broken management, and sounds like a problem with for-profit healthcare.

There is another side of the story about travel nursing. Travel nurses are often dumped on and scapegoated given the worst assignments and incurring the wrath of other nurses. I used to tell myself that 13 weeks is only 13 weeks.

@d.e.7467

2 жыл бұрын

I briefly dated a nurse who freely, and jokingly, exclaimed that traveling nurses were given additional workloads.

@chrisdude2675

2 жыл бұрын

That’s why travel nurses are given 100 plus dollars an hour. Some just show off their $1000 plus purses and take off during holidays letting full time staff holding the bag.

@ahnobiahnobitok9057

2 жыл бұрын

Do travel nurses receive health insurance from the places they are sent to?

@lori5946

2 жыл бұрын

I travel in California and I didn't find this but I didn't take the high paying jobs. With high pay you can expected it to be bad. It wasn't worth the higher pay. I loved traveling and was treated great in California.

@RustyBobbins

2 жыл бұрын

Only bad treatment I've had at our local hospital was from the rent-a-nurse.

Nurses do Everything! And receive minimal credit or support, often in a hostile environment. Thank you for shining a light. Take care of Yourselves now, nurses ❤

Cute how people we glorify as 'essential workers' are treated as 'disposable workers'.

@benzaiten933

2 жыл бұрын

you know that giving them a flattering title and clapping a few times is all that's needed, nursing crisis solved!

@marywood8794

2 жыл бұрын

@@benzaiten933 It's a bit like the politicians and their "thoughts and prayers" routine after a mass shooting. Nothing but lip service without any true value.

@xanderprangler8621

2 жыл бұрын

@@4hope8 true, but I'll take thst pizza over thoughts and prayers any day of the week.

@Virjunior01

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone's "disposable" under capitalism until we refuse to take abuse from the top, and help each other to do the same.

Grrrrr😡 Typical behavior of corporate boards, investors, and execs-it became ALL about the money when hospitals became just another money maker (or tax shelter/investment). This inevitably leads to greed, which leads to shortsighted actions on the part of companies. Now they’ve created an atmosphere and culture of not valuing employees, a lack of infrastructure, and poor health outcomes for patients. The disgusting thing rarely talked about is corporate health investing leans toward money making areas of specialty care. Less community health centers. Less preventative care. Less continuity of care. Less access to care. Profit over people never works out for the people. And… You get what you pay for. 🤗

Bless these nurses who are sticking it out. Peace and love to the nurses who need self care to keep going. Kudos to the hospital executives who are putting their workers before profit.

I refused to take my RN, BSN licenses out of retirement when COVID19 started. If people didn't think I was worth them wearing a mask to protect my high-risk life, then their life wasn't worth my abiding by my Nursing Oath. NEWSFLASH: Medical Administrations find it more cost-effective to pay out large malpractice awards than to hire more nursing staff (salaries & benefits). AND, I love fresh hot pretzels dipped into ice cream.

Love ya, Roy!! Great segment as usual! I have a nurse friend in Colorado who is really struggling. She is exhausted.

My heart ❤️ goes out to All Nurse's... We need & Appreciate The Sacrifices You Have & Continue to Make

@Carrie401

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, please tell your state government you support nurses and legislation that supports nurses 💜

Great questions Roy! And of course, the healthcare system is also built in a way that if broken (horrible working conditions and short staffing nurses) it profits executives! Just like capitalism, so if things don't get better but worst, check and see how that problem makes/saves money for the top. Follow the money. Unfortunately, hospitals can and do profit off of pain, suffering, and death 💀

Yup. We consistently have multiple nurses taking 3 patients in the ICU.

I'm loving this Beyond the Scenes show! I didn't know I needed more Roy Wood Jr. In my life but I did!! Thanks y'all!

If you want to boost morale, cancel all of their student debt.

Excellent piece. The issues brought up were spot on & only scratched the surface. Thanks for bringing this into a public forum!

The abuse of nurses has been going on 30yrs .Have fought administration continually,only TX has safe harbor law but it doesn't do much. I was pulled from nursery to do the work of 2 after pts were overlooked . Been told I was responsible to oversee 2inexperienced nurses minutes after one discharged a sick baby. Have me 22 pts and med records to review.In 2016 worked in a nursing home,got stuck after 8hrs with 2more wings..55pt for 20hrs. Turns out is legal in Illinois. Did you RN can't be in union in nursing home? Yes,nurses have high ACES think is effort to reparent ourselves to a place of refuge and power. Unfortunately,we got into a more abusive system than our childhood. Prolonged stress and abuse impacts health, beyond suicide track heart disease,auto immune diseases.

Yes, I have noticed this. Nurses (even before the pandemic) were clearly overworked, and that was passed down to the patients. So you have sleep deprived patients cared for by sleep deprived nurses who are often supervised by sleep-deprived doctors. It's as if nobody in a hospital setting needs to sleep.

making money and healthcare should NEVER be linked. It just seems immoral

This hurts to watch. I was in the hospital, very touch and go, for 2 months and didn't even know I could get a shower. I was only sponge bathed once in ICU and never even got to brush my teeth or trim my nails, they'd leave a toothbrush at the sink but I couldn't walk and nobody ever said a word. It's already so scary being in the hospital, and doing it alone and not knowing you can even ask for a pat down with a cloth is bleak. Dr. Freeze really seems to understand the system, and I'm glad he understands the workload and needs.

Wow, if I had a TV, I'd turn off the TV to watch this. Could be a 60 minutes piece, because it took a whole hour. with 15 minutes added for commercials. Intelligent with a touch of humor, just like my unanswered eharmony profile.

I have been a Registered Nurse since 1976 and can tell you these problems have exited in nursing since I graduated.

I want to be Madeleine Kuhns's cat! A nurse saved me from infection after I hit a tree on my motorcycle by scrubbing the bark out of my neck with a stiff toothbrush. Strong Woman!

I hope the industry can adopt reflective consultation to reduce burnout and compassion fatigue in staff. It’s a required part of the mental health field for therapists who support healing after trauma, including for families & young children. It’s a therapeutic and unbiased time to focus on the effects of the job on the person in the job, not just the skills and duties and administration but the emotions, consequences and impact. It emphasizes the importance of self care, self-reflection, active listening and processing workplace stress, and establishing healthy boundaries without problem solving, or explaining or technical teaching. Execs should look at addressing compassion fatigue and the role of reflective supervision/consultation support for staff. My team meets monthly with our reflective consultant (important not a manager or peer but an outside support), and it makes a huge difference. It’s well researched.

This is such an awesome interview And topic Roy! As an RN, I thoroughly appreciate it! Also pizza party!! 😵🙄 We are currently in a staffing shortage in Long term care in California.

I’ve been a nurse for 30 years and always felt undervalued but the current situation nurses find themselves serving our fellow man, loving and showing kindness and generosity of time and personal risk, I’ve learned that this type of nursing is risky behavior, but we continue and give all we have to give , to people who don’t care about their own health or their fellow man, nurses are really under appreciated by many, but not all. Administration is the least helpful, you always want to give your all but there are physical, emotional limits.

For-profit healthcare can't solve these issues. For-profit means executives (the rich) are going to staff only the barest of minimums for nursing. For-profit means squeezing nurses for every single second of labor they can provide while they are on the clock. You know how annoying it is in retail when one person calls out sick and ANOTHER person has to be called in to take their place because the shift can't handle the absence of a single person? Why can't management just put enough people on a shift that the lack of ONE person can potentially jeoperdize the entire operation? I'll tell you why, because if you put 8 people on a shift that can be done with a minimum 5 people, well thats 3 more people getting paid for doing work that the other 5 could be doing already, and to the rich that isn't building in saftey to the operation, its wasting money. Capitalism will give you the barest of minimums and cut corners at every possible step in order to maximize profits, and cutting corners is something you really dont want to do in healthcare (anywhere really)

@kayzyr9442

2 жыл бұрын

Mergers are exacerbating the problem.

I look forward to Beyond the Scenes with Roy Wood Jr. and I could watch it every day!!!

Roy Wood Jr is a national treasure

Roy, you are a perfect interviewer! Just love your show, you and your guests speak the truth!

I am a nurse today because of a similar IV pole situation when I was hospitalized at age 4 for pneumonia! Thank you for sharing! And thank you for doing this piece, Roy. Nursing has traditionally been an understaffed profession, not because of the lack of nurses but the lack of nurses willing to work in these types of conditions. The pandemic highlighted what all nurses have known for decades. I pray that the executives are listening. They have the power.

Love Beyond the Scenes!!! Always happy to see my notification go off to let me know another video came up 💙💙

Greetings. I have some more insight on nurses. From my experience in the hospital, it's the phlebotomist, the laboratory, and/or CNA's that do the venipuncture. Nurses rarely draw blood. I say this as a Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT ASCP). MLT and MTs also collect blood gases. The bulk of personal care to the patient is performed by the Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA). From my experience as a patient since the age of 5, the nurse mainly administered the IV's and medications and performed wound care. I spent more time with occupational therapists, physical therapists, phlebotomists, nurse aides, and doctors than the nurses.

@BaggythePanther

2 жыл бұрын

It depends on the hospital. My mom is a RN in an understaffed inner city hospital and she does a lot of personal care due to the lack of CNAs.

@glendahulm7414

2 жыл бұрын

@@BaggythePanther I understand the nurses' roles at the smaller hospitals. There's always a shortage in the medical field whether it's nurses, CNAs, or MLT/MTs. I've experienced it in almost every hospital I've worked in, but have mostly worked in the larger facilities.

@lalaura7635

2 жыл бұрын

Depends on the hospital. I'm an RN I did all my blood draws and IV starts.

Beyond The Scenes is one of my programs to watch !!!

I thought that attacking any medical personnel while they're carrying out their duties is an automatic felony.

@benzaiten933

2 жыл бұрын

attacking anyone should be regarded as a crime anyway.

I am sending this to the group of nurses I work with.

@Dbb27

2 жыл бұрын

Please tell them we appreciate their work. Unfortunately the craziness makes the news but the majority of us respect what you do.

the same labor problems are happening in schools, and many other thankless jobs- too many people, too much waste, too much exponential growth- this is the premise of our current economic structure, and where it gets us

@Chelseyandfam

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct! I hope they do a discussion on this topic soon

Yea, my wife was a CNA for 20+ years. The last facility that she worked at, right when covid hit, her work load was regularly 30 to 60+ residents that she would have to wake up, feed, shower, dress, change and rotate regularly... That was crazy

I was hospitalized four times last year with increasingly serious issues. The last time was almost my last ever. I am very grateful to the excellent nursing care I received, and made sure to thank my nurses for the wonderful job they did taking care of me. ❤️ 👩🏻‍⚕️ 👨‍⚕️ 🧑‍⚕️

this was awesome and i hope there are more highlights like this. as a school of medicine staff person, i have the advantage of working from home. i recognize not everyone gets that option and i'm grateful. i say this to say that being at the hospital, burnout is so real, esp if you don't have the option of going home to your family. ..and its only been barely 11 mins in this video/convo..

I don’t know how nurses are keeping it together. Even in the decades before the pandemic, I always said the nurses are thr backbone and life function of the hospitals. If all the hospital ceos, execs and even the doctors fell asleep, the nurses (&maintenance staff )keep the hospital and patients alive and healthy.

Or, have nurses do nursing and have another "skilled" position do the Attendant Care. Pay accordingly and rein in excessive executive pay, etc. Also, monitor facility expansion. Allotment of funds Needs attention.

I 💕..& I'm so proud of the Daily Show for this Segment..

I'm an air traffic controller and the same thing is happening in my field so this analogy is spot on

Nurses deserve FREE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING period. Thanks for creating this. I’m burnt.

I am also an RN and have spent most of the last 30 years working ICU==I am taking the next 1-2 mos off to recover from the stress -then I will be going back==back to noncompliant Pts and upper managers who load you till you fail or drop (I have had 2 heart attacks on the job and fear I may die on the job.)

I'm an LVN, and I had a job scheduling nurses for a home health company in 2020 during the 1st wave of the pandemic. We specifically served an immunocompromised population, so our patients were terrified, and our nurses were crazy stressed. Our company was expanding, and making $ hand over fist. That year for nurses week the nursing staff were each gifted a pen that said Nurse on it. That was the moment I knew I had to leave.

I think the lack of sleep affects nurse’s listening to patients. There’s also a degree of discrimination that needs to change. I know this is a different topic. But it’s a problem in healthcare that affects many.

These are very difficult issues to go thru as a care giver/nurse. This is something the general population knows little if anything about. If anything needs a light shined on it this is one of them.

People who value nurses & want to protect them from COVID will get vaccinated.

Hello Roy how are you doing Trevor bro how is it going there I admire your show bro I'm from Sudan 🇸🇩 you are doing well thanks for making my day.

I do not want our hospitals to become like our many grossly mismanaged senior care facilities. They both need staff to function and that staff needs rest.

You folks are doing such a great job - must see videos

Thank you for highlighting this topic that no one else wants to address, Doctor hit the nail on the head

Thank u folks much appreciated looking forward to the next, yes means more work for u roy 😀

As a nurse thanks so much for covering this story, we are tired 😫.

Wish you all the courage and strength but moreso, the ability to go on a strike until you get the change you require in order to keep working and be fulfilled. Here in Belgium, when the nurses wanted to go on strike, the government used relied on a law that allowed them to requisition by force during a public health crisis. Police showed up at the nurses' homes who wanted to go on strike and threatened them with heavy fines if they didn't show up to go back to work.

Another thing to think about. It's not just working harder, most nurses would work harder if that's all we were talking about. A nurse has a license which requires them to practice safely. As you take on more and more, it becomes unsafe for patients. Long story short, you can lose your license. For instance, if you put on social media the wrong thing about work you can get in trouble. It doesn't even have to be patient information. Its happened at my work. The licencing body and the hospital were both talking to this nurse about her post to facebook. It's a major concern, you cant just work harder, if it's unsafe you're supposed to in normal times, attempt to stop it. They can take away your ability to work, you have no rights to your license.

@cherylcarlson3315

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget you can be sued for action or inaction even years later. Admin direction, staffing, fatigue, illness are no defense. Nurses are legally liable as if each action is happening in a vacuum

6:06 that was one intense burst of laughter that I did not expect and neither did the microphone lol

Medical workers deserves our praise and admiration. True heroes of XXI century.

Nurse supervisors and above have the degrees and won't help. They can answer bells, they can insure basic supplies are available, they can get on the floor and work. This is one of the problems.

"public negligence." THAT'S the term. Thank you!

I was waiting for someone to reference Batman's Dr. Freeze. I was smiling ear to ear when Roy finally did at the very end!

Love the smarts on the doctor in regards to nurses

Excellent conversation, thank you very much for this.