Why i quit my job as a Registered Nurse.. (the truth)

Hey everyone! Join me on a journey behind the hospital curtains as I spill the tea on why I quit my stable, high-paying job as a registered nurse after 5 grueling years in the field.

In this video, I delve into the harsh realities of nursing life, covering topics from the brutal world of shift work to dealing with unaccepting patients and the overwhelming workload caused by understaffing.

Tired of feeling undervalued and overworked, I share personal experiences of patient expectations, doctor demands, and the hierarchy within the nursing profession. From abusive situations to staff politics, it's time to expose the hidden struggles that nurses face every day.

But the breaking point for me was the toll it took on my mental health. Anxiety, depression, and a growing detachment from my personal life forced me to reevaluate my career choices.

In this video, I encourage everyone, nurses or not, to reflect on their own situations. If your job doesn't feel right and is causing you stress or grief, it might be time to get out. You only have one life, so why stay in a situation that's tearing your life apart?

If you've ever considered leaving your job, are facing burnout, or just want to hear a nurse's perspective on the challenges in the healthcare field, this video is a must-watch.

Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell to join me on my journey beyond the hospital curtains!
________________________________________________________________________
Gear:

Camera - Sony a6400
Lens #1 - Sony 18-55mm Kit lens f3.5-5.6
Lens #2 - Tamron 28-75mm f2.8
Drone - DJI Mavic 3 mini Pro
Music: Epidemic Sounds

[katyertle]

I just quit bedside med surg nursing. Tuesday is my last day after 10 years of hell. The amount of abuse we get from patients/families, increase demands from management with limited resources, disrespect from providers starts to take a toll on your mental health. I felt dead inside every time I went in.

[infbatt]

Old Scandinavian saying”don’t set yourself on fire to keep others warm”. Finally left after 20years, a lot of healing ahead .

[leroybutton]

Mad respect for talking about this dude... Heavy shit the general public doesn’t realise

[bilizard]

My daughter quit nursing to become a dental hygienist … she recently finished up her dental hygienist education. BEST decision she ever made! She is SO MUCH HAPPIER as a dental hygienist. Being a nurse is soul crushing and has to be one of the worst jobs out there.

[rokuwhitefox]

Being a nurse killed me inside. I have PTSD from working as a nurse. Staffing ratios, mistreatment from patients and families, management blaming the nurses for everything, getting physically assaulted by patients more and more frequently due to the patient population. I would never recommend this career to anyone. The system needs to protect and support nurses, and until that ever happens, it's not worth spending the money and time to become a nurse.

[nurseeautumnn]

Couldn’t agree more with ALL of this and unfortunately those who don’t work in healthcare will never ever know. Consider themselves blessed.. I’m one year in and already going back to school.

[kind]

You took the words right out my mouth. Nursing is a horrible profession. You are not treated like a human being. I regret going into honestly. The general public do not respect nurses! You are responsible for everything and get blamed for everything. The CEOs and administrator’s only care how much they can profit. They will leave these facilities short staffed, low supplies, no security with unstable patient’s on purpose so they can get a fat bonus check. I’m getting the heck out of healthcare too. It’s not worth it. I’ll go insane if last another year.

[azurekuzma]

CNA here. Was only 16 years old and got my license right at the beginning of the pandemic. One CNA to 25 residents. Tell me how that's fair? Quit after management started telling CNAs that they could not sit down and chart at the nurses station. They needed go use the wall monitors. The only time me and my fellow CNAs got to sit down in an 8 hour shift because we were so busy and they took it away from us. Couldn't handle being taken advantage of like that anymore.

[GuadalupeRodriguez-rzzp]

I am in nursing school right now and have also been working in healthcare for about 3 years now. I had high hopes for this profession until now. The nurse bullying, the verbal abuse and disrespect from patients have made me reconsider. Thank you for such an informative video and for being realistic about nursing. My entire cohort glamorizes nursing about the money, scrubs, etc. Now I am looking into radiology

[Arvatly]

Finally, here is the nurse who straightforwardly speaks my mind without sugarcoating anything. Thank you!

[blossomx]

This is probably the most brutally honest video of this type I have seen. Good job getting out and best wishes with your new adventure!

[PriscillaG-veis]

This job gave me depression and anxiety. I went from extroverted and lively to losing my hair and insomnia. I’ve changed areas so many times and it ends up being the same. There are patients I truly enjoy and patients who come to start an argument and the latter always outweighs. Other nurses are just as opinionated and will grill you the moment you have an off day . I’m ready to look elsewhere but in this economy I’m strapped to the electric chair 😢

[TheDailyDoseofMentalHealth]

Dude you are spot on... I am psych inpatient RN and have been the field for 6 years...I just left the field as well. No nursing job is worth your physical and mental health.

[bpfdveo]

I needed this. 14 years in healthcare, I'm done.

[_madame_sene]

I’ve been in nursing for over 12 years now and agree with everything in your video.. My dad was a physician and I essentially went into this field to try and please him, and I regret it. I’m stepping away as soon as I can.

[christinahinojosa]

9 and a half years of nursing and I left in 2023. I am right now in a low-paying job, and honestly, my stress level has been so nice.

I am still deciding what to do with my life but for right now, I feel ok with walking away from nursing.

[sls]

I just graduated and got my nursing license. I haven’t worked yet and I don’t plan to. I regret so much listening to family who didn’t have a clue all the while I told them how miserable I was with it as a student. Other students and nurses telling me it would get better and it never did. By the grace of God I’ve just been put in the position to do what I’ve truly been wanting to do for years but didn’t have the resources to do at first. This license will only be used as a worse case scenario situation and I pray to God that I’ll never be in a position where I’ll have to work in nursing in any capacity. Working at Walmart or doing Doordash from Sun up to Sun down will even be considered a first option if it comes down to it. Yes my feelings towards nursing are that bad.

[savvybuilds]

Well said. I appreciate you making this video. I just quit my RN (Male) job after 20 years of hell. The bullying and favoritism that occurs is unreal! And if you try to speak up they'll all gang up on you and make your life a living hell until you quit. Truly terrible. A lot of nurses quit because of this.

[malmalm]

Omg!! I literally cried hearing this... I am feeling all this!! I never would have thought this, after a year...
This is the truth!! I can't...

[thekerm]

I have ALWAYS been respectful towards ALL medical personnel, especially Nurses. My wife has been in the hospital for several procedures, and these times were stressful for her (and she was NOT rude or demanding, just visibly stressed). I witnessed the kindness, compassion, and attentiveness with which the Nurses treated my wife, and I saw how that all served to bring her a more peaceful state of mind. Consequently, that care is what I have come to expect from Nurses, and I assumed that it was part of their training to know how to speak to patients. Silly me had no idea that other patients/family could be so difficult to their care givers.
Watching videos like this, and I have seen others, will cause me to to be "more" expressive of my appreciativeness for what Nurses and other hospital staff do. THANK YOU to all the medical professional out there.