Nurses Quitting 

I'm sorry they didn't believe you, but as long as you followed what your heart wanted, you win. I hope you've moved onto more exciting and fun opportunities that suit you better ☺️ much love and light

Those traveling nurses make bank, though!

I'm feeling burnt out now. So much has changed.

@@tamarawiggins4565hasn’t it though?! I’m an RN in the UK and I feel so disheartened now. I know I’m not doing the best for my patients anymore because of the nurse to patient ratio and lack of resources. The guilt I feel is enormous. I’m 11 years in and I’m seriously considering walking away. Please take care of yourself!

1 year and 5 months and I’m already there :(

It's the nature of the beast; just remember you're not exactly seeing people at their best. They're sick, wounded, and generally in distress. It's not carte blanche for them to be dicks, but this isn't what they're usually like.

I’m sorry. And thanks for all you do!

You know I chose healthcare cause I want to help people too. However, after I learned that Health Care is also a business I was like you know, lets study of the health administration aspect more so than the medical aspect. Took me longer to get a job but they pay out and not having actually deal with patients, is definitely a plus.

Meanwhile some of us have to wait ten years to get the services we need because the doctors are pathetic. The nurses can be even worse.

It's the Corona backlash! Everyone became paranoid, nasty and selfish!!!! Good on you for surviving!

That’s such a wonderful story. At my facility we’re not allowed to have family help with ANYTHING but whenever I see that the family member is capable and willing to learn the proper way to do things I’ll let them do what they want. There is not nearly enough hours in the day for me to take care of each of my patients properly so I’m so thankful when someone is there to help

That's was so sweet of you to take care of your granny, you have a wonderful heart, there's nothing like your granny's love, plus you gave the nurses a helping hand, bless your heart 😊

When my dad, who was a bit, um, demanding, was in the hospital, I did as much as I could that didn’t involve something the medical staff NEEDED to do for observation (like bathing). I’d lift him up on the pillow, help with bed sheet changes, get whatever he needed (warm blankets, soda, stuff like that). When I’m a patient, I’m as accommodating and appreciative as I can be.

See, this was me with my grandpa. Whereas my Aunt was the one freaking out cuz she “had to spoon feed [her] father”😢

​@@Robynhoodlum I find it a bit funny or ironic(?) how you, his grandchild, is more willing to help out the hospital staff by doing the little things whereas your aunt, his DAUGHTER, is freaking out about feeding him (was this a bit mean of me?)

3 years ago they were still treated like fast foid employees. Nothing has changed and nobody cares

Nurses are always heroes. Have been for all time. And if hospitals were run by caring, considerate people (not mega millionaire psychopaths), then working conditions would be more bearable. Shorter shifts. More breaks. Better pay. Making the environment more enjoyable, etc. But they understaff and overwork to line their own pockets. Unfortunate for ALL and more dangerous to patients. But that's capitalism.

So true

​@@anonymous-ts5ihHAHA FAST FOID

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

Back in the day they would walk or wheel themselves out to the front of the hospital and smoke half the day. Some with IV poles and/or oxygen canisters. We would have to go find them. As soon as they were in bed… I can’t breathe, I need my fan and some oxygen… and when is dinner???

maybe just a nicotine patch or two?

​@@driftingdruid Some patients are very understanding and accept it. Others, not at all. A nicotine patch doesn't the same quick hit like a cig does. Patches are much slower and level. You would be surprised just how physically combative some folks are willing to get if they can't have their absolute full way.

I smoke three packs a day, but I just had to quit cold turkey twelve days ago. I am still in the hospital after breaking my fibula, tibia, and having surgery for it. Tomorrow they are transferring me by ambulance to an inpatient rehab for a week. I have had several AWFUL experiences in this almost two weeks so far, but 95% of the people have been brilliant. They very much understand why on three occasions I have just wanted to light a damn cigarette!

Funny thing, as I was dragging my way from the back deck to the front porch to call an ambulance, all I grabbed in those four hours of screaming out in pain, were…wallet, phone, phone charger, lighter, and FIVE PACKS OF CIGARETTES.

I was an EMT for a couple years and one time we were wheeling our patient to the bay while neither of us had an eye directly on him. I was behind pushing, face in the head of the stretcher, partner was pulling. In the 30 seconds between leaving the building and starting to load, patient had already lit up.

This. Kindness costs nothing, yet when a patient actually shows appreciation I almost don't know how to respond because of how nasty some people are to those just trying to help.

I have no issues with being kind… when they’re kind in return. It’s pretty bad when another nurse calls out the one that’s being nasty because they’re being nasty with you. I was glad when the nice one took over.

@@daem2237 exactly.

Im always very polite. It's the only way to be. I was in the observation area a few weeks ago starting at midnight. The nurse who came in cracked me up! Agree had a sense of humor welcoming to "where the beds are much better.". She wasn't kidding. Im grateful to all i come in contact with. Even more so if s patient is mean and i hear it.

​@@MsAubreysometimes the nurses are rude because they are at the end of themselves. We're human too.

You deserve a change and a revival of your spirit- people became soul suckers during the pandemic- surprises me that more murders didn't happen!

What specialty?

I have always tried to be courteous and decent to health care workers. I try to keep my call light use to a minimum, sometimes to my detriment. I'm doing what I can to help!

@@OO-be3jz I'm working in an outpatient internal med clinic at the moment.

You need a raise

I love that Steve is SO good at this that it’s easy to forget that he’s playing EVERY character, and makes them all distinct individuals. Austin is so precious, Ben is the jaded veteran, Rich is the cynic using humor to cope, then there is Patagonia doctor, and the “you won’t believe this one” EMT, all of the other nurses and techs, AND all of the different patients. The man is flat out talented.

Yep... slowly turning into Houston.

He doesn't realize he is actually in the psych ward and only thinks he's a nursing assistant...

“unhinged and entitled” is a succinct way of putting it

"This is a Hospital, not a hotel."

Abuse feels like an understatement at this point

I'm also not a,waitress for the family

My mother is an ER doc and I just remember as a kid her coming home and venting after some entitled nonsense ( I think someone was complaining about wait time for an ankle sprain when someone else came in for a heart attack and she was there first why did he get to go) I just remember her venting to me "It's a hospital-not burger king- you cant always 'have it your way' "

Meanwhile MediCare is cutting payouts to docs.

Oh, please do not give up on nursing! Even ICU is less stressful than ER!

I’m sorry you’re stressed. ER work is stressful and you can barely ever sit down.

When I was a charge nurse, I had to run the call light report and then “discuss” why the call lights weren’t being answered in a timely manner 🙄 I hated this stupid process that the upper management (who never worked a day on the floor as a healthcare worker) tried to hold the staff accountable for this crap. Everyone is busy taking care of the patients, and some people just need to wait

​@jgprn2428 Extra staff would help, but that would be too easy and too obvious for admin to solve!😢

This reminds me of where I work on night shift right now. We may have maaaaybe 10-12 minutes at a time without a call bell ring and it's all from the same few people. Do they ever sleep? 😭

​@@bhnurse16exactly!

I wish I could count how many times this happened to me. One wanted me to "run to the store" for him and gave me a whole shopping list. This guy was A/O... I kid you not.

Exactly & it's so sad

Not having mandatory ratios is like cutting off your nose to spite your face. There are entire units that can't be staffed, that COULD be earning $$$ for the hospitals, but nurses are too burnt out to do bedside care.

You mean... investors want a return on their money?! How shocking! Who knew that investors wanted profit?! Perhaps this could be an argument for state healthcare. The state's "shareholders" are the people, so, in theory, state hospitals would be managed for the people...

⁠@@HighAdmiral I work at a non profit organization. It’s the same thing even when “profit” shouldn’t be involved.

​@@HighAdmiralExcept we've seen what state hospitals are like and... no. Just no. 😱

So true about the full moon thing. So many people deny it, but the medical field sees the impact the most. If the moon cycle can impact tides, and we humans are 60% water, then the moon cycle can definitely impact a person’s hormones/behaviour.

From everything I’m hearing lately, teachers are just as bad, if not worse. I know we are only hearing the bad cases but with all the woke stuff, people SHOULD home school. It takes an act of Congress to fire a teacher but when they’re teaching things they shouldn’t? 😠

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@myopinion4108 Just one question: *How is teachers telling students about sex identity and sexuality comparable to literal abuse and neglect!?* Seriously! Why are you focussing on something like that, which probably isn‘t as bad as it‘s seen seeing how in the same spirit a book was banned from school that had a gay penguin couple just being romantic parents. Since this apparently isn‘t because the penguins are gay, shall we now ban every kids medium that has something romantic in there? Shall we ban the Disney classics like beauty and the beast, lion king, and snow white from schools, because there is always at least one love relationship in there? Restricting teachers from talking about sex identity and sexuality is done in exactly the same spirit as the book bannings, and distracts from and creates problems rather than fixing ones like those mentioned in the original comment. Sorry for the rant and turning things completely political. I won‘t answer to any heated political comments, since I get the urge to throw up imagining a long hyperpolitical hateful discussion under a steveioe skit. So use this chance to debunk me and put some people at ease. To make this comment now as hypocritical as possible, I say (and definitely mean it), that I‘d commence in tolerant calm discussion though. Have a nice day.

@@myopinion4108 I don't teach kids anything about sexual orientation or any other nonsense the political talking heads are going on about. I am just trying to teach kids to use words and not hit people when they have a conflict or to not pick their noses in public and eat their boogers and other "woke" stuff like that. The political talking heads have given everyone such a bizarre skewed idea of what teachers do. If people enjoy kids who hit and eat boogers I guess there is nothing I can do about that.

@@light6230 - Then you’re one of the good teachers! It’s all about teaching math, spelling, science, reading… That’s all. Not sexual anything! There is no reason for that. You are obviously one of the good teachers that we need. It’s hard to put kids in private schools as it’s very expensive, but very worth it if we can’t pick teachers like you. It’s just so sad. There is no reason to teach our babies sexual ANYTHING! Leave that to parents at HOME! Thank you for your response and I respect you very much. We should all be able to pick the good teachers. It shouldn’t be political or sexual EVER!

And as for the violence & eating boogers, we should all agree on teaching them better! Idk where you are or what grade you teach, but I’d request you to teach my kids! I agree with all you said. We should teach facts & not fantasy. There’s enough to study & retain. We don’t need to learn silliness, just the basics. No booger eating & no violence! I (we, in general) appreciate teachers like you who care & want to teach our babies how to act & survive in the world. Nothing more & nothing less. You are the ones who need a raise!! ❤️

Best comment so far! I can respect this but people bitching about patients? They need another job, not affecting people’s health! Good luck to you friend! 👍🏼

Sick days are for when someone is sick!! Just goes to show how the system is run by the worst of the worst. Our society lacks in this department more and more by the day.

now it gets 10x worse..

it be like how not to reason with ppl. i ironically like more challenging folks bc at least they have an excuse. but throw in a karen mixed w/ mental issues & whew we. also throw in that male agression. i know a guy like this & he thinks hes always gonna get me fired. being the disruptive guy he is. & flirting w/ everyone in sight, & then flirting in front of his main. and doesnt hafta listen to rules bc apparently to him im the 1 who makes em & im a power tripper. like dude, honestly go to ur room & stop acting like a 12 yr old throwing tantrums. do wever u do. just know ure in a community... bc somexs me talking to them normally somexs does accidently slip through. its like how r u the elderly and still act like this. u know what nvrmind. ahhh. annd theyre mostly veterans. so yeah, somexs i do wonder how douchey they were when they were younger. just go chill somewhere. like out of my face. and then ill salute u. yw

Some people do it for the chance to save 10 lives an hour from doctors who were trying their best but needed a little help writing prescriptions

All jobs are bs. Just put it this way , everyone gets sick of working at some point . No matter where you work, having to deal with people isn't easy. Moods swings are an example

SAY THIS AGAIN FOR THE MORONS IN THE BACK!

Or a bottle of Vodka…

Being burnt out is dangerous too. Not just for the patient, u urself as well.

Tell the average person they have a right to healthcare long enough, and they'll start to believe it.

smh. No one protects nurses.

Are you serious? That's a real poster????

These hospital administrators are complete jokes.

Lucky you! Smart you!🎉

How do you manage that? Do you market yourself or go through an agency? I thought about taking a simular road.

@@belindamiller6349 I work through an agency

I am sure they wouldn’t be happy if they had to clean up her 💩. Then they’d be mad at her for that. You can’t win.

would it not make sense to rotate staff around, 2-3 years in ER, 2-3 years somewhere else, back to ER for 2-3 years etc...

​@@irdairda514that's if they want to! ER isn't for all personalities...that's for sure.

Oh! Retail...God love ya!

She was probably back home before the baby was..🤔

Lmao I thought that too until she tried to take one of the arresting officer down and in a gown lol

​@@lydiajacobs3974wow.... Sounds like she might be addicted to something more than just cigarettes

In the hospitals around Atlanta they have a unit where moms can drop off their baby and get rest/sleep. I never wanted to use them though because it's hard trusting a stranger with your baby when that person has more than a dozen other babies to look after. The mom in your case sounds a little nutty to say the least!

What does a candy stripper do?

@@jullietmburu9672 It was a volunteer that helped out at the hospital. We helped feed the patients that couldn't feed themselves. We helped visitors find the rooms. We delivered flowers. I even helped out at the switchboard. We did whatever was needed. And the word is striper not stripper (which is someone who takes off their clothes.) Hope this helps.

It’s going to be a few years before I will need a nursing home. But, I think that I should look into being at your place. Because my kids could care less about me until they need something. At least they care about the patients ! Sorry about the unnecessary calls 🙏🏽🇺🇸🙏🏽

​@@melviasheppard8466did you do something to hurt your kids growing up? All kids will cut off all contact with abusive parents, for example. But I imagine that's not your case.

Im guessing, "I was with another patient who just died. Their family was there. I did CPR as best as i can." And the manager would still say, "that still doesn't explain why you took over 10 mins to come"

They would have had fun with my mom before she passed. She had that call light on 24/7 and complained if she didn't get immediate service.

@@bwingbwinggwiyomi - These days kids pick one parent because of a “parent alienation” and/or a “toxic parent.” It’s become so common they have these terms in custody disputes. It’s really effed up! Therefore NO, no abuse needed other than manipulation by the other parent.

Oxygen oxidizes, the cigarette, now that burns and burns vigorously with a good oxygen supply.

Been there! 😔

Then people Austin say something like "Oh, well I was about to get some food since I am working for 5 hours now, but I will just go to the store to get him/her some sweets to make it easier for them!" and then come back with excitement to see someones face brighten up only to get yelled at over some cigarettes. Better get them yelled at before they invest their good spirit in people that don't deserve it. Imagine people like Austin finally getting bitter over something like that.

Right? It's like be grateful they're even trying to care about you and your health

I once had a patients wife come flying into a room screaming her husband's call bell hadn't been answered for 10 mins. It was a small rural hospital with 2 nurses, a tech, and a doc. We were actively doing CPR on an infant. Her husband was in the ED becuase he ran out of his pain meds and his doc wouldn't give him more and his call light was on for a drink..... The doctor grabbed her by the arm and hauled her ass out of the room. When we finally stabilized the kid the husband and wife got the lecture of their life from the doc!

You would not believe what patients ask us. I had a meth addict once who 'just wanted to go downstairs' for some fresh air.

I work in psych and cigarettes, drugs, and alcohol are constantly asked for on the daily. This isn't as uncommon as people think.

​@@bwingbwinggwiyomi grateful? Im sure my cash is enough gratitude for the overlaid staff

He has multiple cars in a place with excellent mass transportation? Does he even need one car? I feel terrible for your sister. Hopefully he’s not draining her retirement funds! What kind of partner convinces a woman to keep her hours up in an extremely stressful profession after she just had a baby? That’s probably not physically good for her body! I hope it doesn’t lead to postpartum for her. She deserves some maternity leave! It sounds like you care a lot for her. Maybe there’s a way for you to meet up with just the two of you and you could talk about your concerns about her health? (you have to be very accommodating to her schedule obviously!). ❤

He needs to be either providing more money, or treating her like the QUEEN she is during every minute she is off. 😐🍀

Or some nicorette lol

@@windwatcher11 if you have an allergy to the patch gum yes but usually your only choice is a patch or family can bring gum.

@@FallenMuse81 We keep the gum in some omnis, but the patches are on almost every unit.😉

@@windwatcher11 ikr

So she's a part of the 98.5% who came to the ER for bullshit to begin with.

That's not even a wait ...unless your actively having a cardiac event.

Thats normal😂 your own urine isn’t your problem when you’re in the hospital. Now maybe if it was someone else’s 😂 they clean the rooms daily let’s worry about keeping patients alive. It’s not a hotel 💁🏽‍♀️✨

Its very likely, hence why he hadnt received any cigarettes and im sure he was told that he wasnt getting any despite his demands lol