Nurses Quitting

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[YO-sjhu]

People thought I was lying when I said after 12 years I was burnt out and mentally drained from working in the medical field. It is not for everyone. I so feel the "life is being sucked out of me"

[ctran]

It’s sad. Most people go into healthcare because we all genuinely want to help people. The jobs have their pros and cons like every other job, but the cons feel like they drown out the pros sometimes. I’m 29 but me and my coworkers and friends, are all so burnt out. I feel like I hate people more than ever some days.

[ebdhudnav]

Just remember, 3 years ago, you were heroes. Now, you guys are getting treated like fast food employees

[itzrainbowdragon]

This is why when my grandmother was in the hospital I did what I could to help the nurses. I'd clean the room while I was there and did a lot of the minor things like gave my grandmother baths, changing her, go through my grandmothers meds to ensure her they were right so she'd wouldn't argue with them and always asked what else I could do and did it. Sometimes I'd hear the nurses during shift change "you get room 412 but I'm going to be popping in there too, I like that room" or they would to "YAY I get 412!"

Then they would walk in like granny! you got me again tonight! ya need anything?" Then look at me and go "did you eat today? I know you've been here all day with your grandmother, make sure you eat" They became like an extended family lol

[coppercopper]

People think this is a joke but this is reality.

[fevre_dream]

Worked in the ER for 6 years. Dealing with the COVID pandemic and all the nasty people it brought out drove me to switch specialties. I used to love the ER, I really truly did.

[giraffesinc.]

I've been am RN for over 16 years, and cannot imagine working in ER. I work in Observation now, and even there young nurses want to get out because of the stress. If you are a patient, please be kind to us!

[brittanysmith]

No but they really do be asking for cigarettes lol. The funniest ones are the patients who actually go to the store that’s 10 mins away, get the cigarettes, smoke outside then come back in and expect to go back to the same room they just left. Naw sir you have to check yourself back in and wait lol

[hellokristi]

During my 17 years in healthcare it has become more and more soul-sucking as the years go by and as people seemingly become more and more unhinged and entitled. I'm not your mother, I'm not your concierge, I'm here to help, but the abuse from both patients and hospital administration is exhausting.

[slimskatie]

Emotionally I am drained working in the ER. I cut my hours down there to almost nothing to focus on another career. Nursing used to be the dream job. 😪

[janetirvine]

I give all the credits to the nurses who work in an ER. They see all kinds of things everyday and no two days are alike. Full moon, let’s just say, The weirdness gets even more bizarre …. Be kind to them. It’s not easy. God bless all in the medical field..

[light]

Similar experience in the educational field. Someday I am so frickin tired of kids trying to hit kick scratch bite me or spit in my face. We have kids whose parents didn't bother to quit alcohol or drugs while pregnant or whose parents, instead of caring for and teaching their kids, abuse and neglect them, or provide an opposite example of how to human. There is a crisis in the form of a shortage of people willing to put up with the disrespect and abuse. Those of us still in the field are getting burned out trying to do our job and someone else's too. Someday if you find out that you have no choice to to homeschool you will know why.

[amandaj]

Nurses / medical staff/ docs aren’t paid nearly enough. 😢

[msia]

Admin tried to do a call bell audit. If you've got your light on more than 100 times a day, you probably don't need a nurse.

[RezulyAlt]

As someone with MANY ER, ICU, and regular hospital stays; treat the staff like humans. They really want and love helping people. I have had a nurse on their last day, it was not “happy” in a traditional sense. I’ve had people on my care team who transferred from ER to something else. You have a right to be upset if you genuinely are not getting the care you require, but the team needs a little care too.
(And have other patients and can’t get to your room in 1 second)

[dnpcewy]

Everything MEDICAL does to it's WORKERS. So, let's be THANKFUL for people that KNOW what they're DOING.

[denimarie]

After 20+years in clinical. Mental instability is an understatement 😪 You cant pay some folks enough to go back to healthcare. EVER

[pandaidol]

I’m the same way wanting to quit every two weeks at the pharmacy. The customers really do ruin your outlook on humanity. When someone is kind or even just monotone instead of constant screaming it truly makes your day.

[lyricvids]

Im an ER tech, and no lie I have had this EXACT patient interaction 🤣

[JasonB]

It’s not the medical field that burns out health workers, it’s the money grubbing medical investors that see ultimate profits while spending the least money they can.