Patient's are sicker, heavier and MEANER than ever! I am working my excape plan now! This is my 22nd year of bedside care as an RN and I refuse to do it another year!!!
A young male nurse gave me report on a patient the other day and finished by saying “be careful with this one he is a jer..k”😂😂😂😂😂😂 I said oh is he having mood issues? The nurse repeated “no he is a real old Jer.k but has a sitter with him.”😂😂😂😂😂 the young nurses are calling the B.S like it is….no sugar coating it!
Let’s also address the fact that these hospitals are PURPOSELY understaffing the floor so that they can stay under budget so that THEY (not the nurses) can get these extravagant bonuses come year end. Meanwhile, nurses are not getting breaks, can barely make time to relieve your bladder or take a sip of water. It’s ridiculous and it needs to be addressed AND rectified!!
Don't forget all the nurses on TikTok dancing around with their sugary energy drinks making $$ off of being sponsored by these drinks and will get diabetes in a few years from all that sugar theyve been consuming. The hospital environment is one of the toxic places ive seen. Toxic people trying to take care of sick people. It's like the blind leading the blind.
They also keep "ghost jobs" posted to make people afraid to be replaced and to make it seem like they are working on the staffing problem. They also keep the job post up to make it seem like the company is growing. Everything lies and deception these days
Facts. I'm glad I don't have a family who indulges too much in food and don't take care of themselves. I'm not worried about my own, good luck to all these people who don't think about the future. Many out there who won't be able to do ADLs at all one day even if they're not too old and think hospitals can reverse whatever damage they did to thenselves over 30-40 years.
My daughter tells me...mama I want to be a nurse just like you. I grab her and say baby dont do it!!!! Dont unless you are doing it as a stepping stone. My mental health deteriated after I became an RN and went to the hospital on a critical care floor. I was an LPN in public health for 3 years and was soooo happy. Bed side nursing is not for the weak.
I'm an LPN, 19 years in and I haven't done bedside in a while. I've been a clinic nurse for 10 years now. The lack of patients taking care of themselves is amazing! You would not begin to believe how a lot of people just DO NOT take care of themselves, then come to the doctor looking for a miracle. It's exhausting! Covid took my love for caring for people. Management was horrible during that time and made us clinic nurses feel fairly worthless which killed any thought of me actually FINALLY getting my rn degree. I don't want to care for ungrateful, unhappy, litigous patients. I can't wait, I'm like a lady above; I'm building my exit plan. I gotta go, the burnout is real.
Kendra!!!! Girl!!! Nurse 20 years here. WTH are we going to do. The US Healthcare System is a SICKCARE system. No accountability on the patients! They are entitled! They want someone to wipe their butts and spoon feed them when they come in to the hospital! They are rude!!! I left bedside in 2016 and did CM/UR for insurance and public health and now back to inpatient CM! It’s bad all around!!! We have to deal with homeless population, underinsured or uninsured people that needs meds they can’t afford, frequent flyers, over utilization of the ER for non emergent stuff. If you or others are believers, the end is close because everything is crazy, people are reckless, we are spinning our wheels and it’s only getting worse. No one exercises, eats well, drinks water. They eat lots of junk, drink Starbucks, processed foods, alcohol, smoking, drugs, etc. There is NO WAY we are supposed to live our lives like this. God is not pleased
I’m a mobile Therapist!! I charge $150 for an hour sports DT session. $200 for 1.5 hours. Our job is VERY physical. If people don’t want to pay that, they can go with a cheaper therapist with less years of experience. I have 14!! Nurses should have the same mentality!! If u don’t feel appreciated… leave!!! It’s your license!!! Nit theirs!! 😎🤘
Girl! Healthcare is keeping these ppl sick! Big pharma is keeping these ppl sick, you hit the nail on the head when you said you gotta eat drink and move. Ppl do not. You’re an angel. Thank you for what you do.
So true! The emotional and physical toll is beyond what people really understand. We all care but god, we're so exhausted! No clerk, no PCT, management is too busy. Answering phones, answering call lights, talking to patients and families, passing meds, changing dressings, bathing patients, communicating with multiple providers... the list goes on. No end in site and no relief. Hard to eat, pee, and we only sit down most of the time to complete massive amounts of documentation.
I was a tech for 7 years, and RN for almost 5 years. I’ve been in case management now for about 6 months, and I have NO desire to EVER go back to the bedside. People are sicker, meaner, heavier, and needier. Idk what we’re gonna do as a country. I encourage everyone I know to take care of your health. Scary times. 😶
I retried 2 years ago after 30 years. I let my license expire. I was a Case Manager for the last part of my career. My Case load was up to 70 patients. I quit when my employer demanded that I get the Jab, when I was a remote worker.
Same for CNAs. The same thing: heavier, extreme poopie diaper all the time, total care, getting slapped, punched and kicked. It’s getting more complex.
My dear, I work Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night as an RN. I do facial, hair, nails, and cooking during the weekday. My plan is to stop working as a nurse, especially at the weekends, and work for myself full-time as an Esthetian.
I have never seen a more TRANSPARENT and ACCURATE nursing video in my life. You hit the nail on the head with every situation! Couldn’t have said it better myself 👏🏻
I worked last night in a Med-surge unit. I had 7 patients, 6 total care patients, each with multiple wounds. 4 of them were on dialysis. You describe exactly how I feel. Every single shift, I ask myself why am I doing it this, why am I willingly subjecting myself to this misery. I choose nursing because I wanted to help people, make a difference in people lives. I could write a whole essay about how tired I am with the profession, but I will leave it alone. I see I am not alone.
It’s so fun when you have 7 patients on PM’s and one of them who was severely ill was supposed to be getting all these preps for testing when they can’t even handle drinking a glass of water let alone contrast. I also had one young man with Spina Bifida who needed enemas till clear and the NA and I were in that room all night and he was still full of feces. Again, that was just one patient. I loved when the Charge nurse would assign me patients on all three hallways so you’re supposed to literally run from one hall to the next. I don’t know how I did this for 20 years but I know it affected me own physical and mental health and I’ve been in disability for 10 years. Don’t stay until you’re beyond burned out. If the CEOs don’t get that we need to significant change, especially in nurse to patient ratios, we’re going to be in a world of shit. It’s nice to nurse people your whole life and then by the time we’re going to need help, there won’t be any.
New grad nurse here, I'm almost a year in. I honestly feel burnt-out. You are speaking truths. I almost want to quit nursing for my mental and physical health.
I seldom left my mom nor my dad alone in the hospital. One nurse looked very happy that I was even helping my dad bath and get cleaned up in the mornings. And when he went to rehab, they used to compliment me a lot for helping him with so much, taking his clothes home to wash them, etc.
As an Lpn i am getting tired of people saying the nursing home should have over 40 residents, because the patients are not acute. Long gone are the days of the elderly stable patients with chronic conditions. The same patients the Rn's have in the hospital are going to be discharged to the nursing home or rehabs.
Ma'am, I am well aware of the people I send to you. I just sent a paraplegic the other day with a large, stinky unstageable sacral wound that weeps constantly, and he wanted me and the PCT to put shorts on him before he left. I told him that as soon as he gets there, he will need a skin assessment, so there is no point, plus he wanted me to drag and pull those shorts up against the nice wound care we had just provided. Sir, make it easy on us/them, you need shorts on for what?!
No. They shouldn’t have over 40 patients. The states say it’s safe to have that many patients. No, no, no. Yet if a person makes a mistake, they are ready to send them to jail.
That is true i saw acute patients in LTC.The sad thing is many of them have psychotic episode where the management or family member dont do much.The patients verbally and physically abusive to us
Discharged early sometimes and in an unstable situation to the point where they may need to be sent back. And let’s talk about the rehabs that refuse to send patients to the hospital for money purposes. They’d rather investigate any test in house which takes longer to get to the root of the problem because it’s not a hospital. Oh and the rehab / subacute patient admissions overspill goes to LongTerm care floors… mix them all in.
I’ve had patience discharged to the nursing home and I’ve sent them right back. We are not equipped. I’ve been an LPN for almost 9 years. I’m going back to school to get my RN and go all the way to get my masters and getting the hell out.
I need to add that CNAs should be getting paid what nurses are and nurses should be getting paid double! Why would anyone be a CNA when they can work at Dollar Tree, a gas station, or McDonalds and get the same pay but with less physical work?!
I retired early, two years ago. I was proud of being a nurse, and had a good career. Today, medicine is all business and customer service focused, has been dumbed down, patients have no respect, and it's not related to the craft I trained so hard for. I have no desire to ever go back to a profession that has been decimated. I've never felt better, emotionally and physically.
@@AM-dp9tv I am working now on Cardiac Cathlab. We are only specific to pacemakers and ablations. We also have no on-calls unlike those doing coronary interventions.
I am a retired nurse. You are on point.It truly is an American tragedy! You need one person to nurse the computer and one to do patient care. It truly is unrealistic to care for patients with the acuity level and ratios. I remember so many times crying! Changes need to be made.
The computer controls everything the insurance company and big pharma control those guidelines and education completely controlled. All medical workers are compromised literally in handcuffs I even have drs tell me that at the hospital stand up and strike these evil big pharma insurance and government RICO lawsuit gold ticket.
Wheeew! As someone who worked as an LPN for 8 years in almost every setting I feel this! Felt like no one wanted to improve their health other than taking pills and getting quick fixes. Doctors are happy to write the prescription too 🤦🏿♀️ I couldn’t push myself to get my RN so I can have even MORE responsibility and MORE stress. I left the field April 2023 and haven’t looked back.
I had to come and make a comment about not having CNA on staff. The cost of living continues to go up. I am a CNA and I'm not using it because I was only making 13.00 an hour plus a dollar extra because I worked the 11pm to 7am . I worked at a major hospital in the state of IL. This is why young people are going into other fields. Less stress and more money for these bills that keep getting higher and higher.
That's sickening $13!!?? It's infuriating what useless celebs, athletes, Congress etc.. make for doing nothing vs you directly taking care of a fellow human being.
you are spot on!!! there is also this horrible "starbucks" mentality of the patients and families... if Americans started taking care of their mental health, get off their phones, and computers, and went for a walk each day... we'd have a lot less patients!
This has been a microwave type of society for far too long. Society as a whole has too much technology that is dumbing them down, especially the kids..they're lazy and spoiled. When everything is at your fingertips with a touch of a screen or keystroke it leaves you no reason to take action to do for yourself. Society is so detached and unconnected from themselves. Walking zombies...
No lies told sis….25 years in the game and I’m now a NP. We are being demonized for telling parents the truth about their health and some patients just DO T CARE TO DO BETTER. I tell patients at NAUSEA to drink water, exercise, perform daily hygiene rituals, eat heart healthy diet, avoid processed foods so on and so forth and the AMOUNT of excuses I hear on a daily…WHEW 😢 LET US PRAY!
Im not a nurse but im a flight attendant and i SEE the changes in people in general its awful!!!!!!!! The entitlement the lashing out the extraness of it all!! The lying to get oxygen on the plane! Its just too much..... I cant even imagine being a nurse i pray for yall.. people are mean.. when i had my babies i brought all the nurses goodie bags and thank you cards
As a mental health counselor, I've seen a surge of entitlement, lack of accountability, high anxiety, and demanding attitudes as well. I believe all helping professionals who assist the general public are burning out and leaving their fields in droves.
I’m not a nurse either but work in medical billing, and they ARE awful! The verbal abuse is too much, I’m done. I’m retiring next year and I’m counting down. I work remote and take between 50-100 calls a day. By the end of the day I’m mentally and physically exhausted. I can tell you more people in my position quit than stay, it’s not worth it to them. I cannot imagine having to deal with those people in person.
I’m 30 and applying to medical school this year. During shadowing and volunteering in different hospitals I’ve seen how miserable A LOT of the nurses are and it made me sad for them. Nurses do so much and it isn’t appreciated at all. I would bring some of the nurses I worked with snacks because that was all I could do to make their day a little brighter.
@@_smartyshorts Aye, I'll take your snacks. It's not like you can give me a raise, so yeah. Now, when it comes to the higher ups, they can keep their darn snacks and pizza. Give me my raise! And when you become a doctor, I'd like lots of respect. I can't believe I felt all warm inside when an MD I wasn't familiar with called my phone, asked me to provide something for when he came to the room, then said, " Thanks Mimi." He listened to my name when I answered the phone, then repeated it before he hung up.
Congratulations on your decision, but please believe the doctors are just as miserable, too, with extremely large debts! Good luck to you and stay sane in this insane world!
Caution to LPNS! Stop thinking of being a LPN as a stepping stone and listening to other people tell you that you need to go back to school for RN. I have been a LPN for over 25 years and have no desire whatsoever to be a RN. Way more responsibility and stress. Happy, blessed LPN here! Making $40/hr plus paid mileage,no bedside nursing, traveling to different events, meeting interesting people as a Traveling Vaccine Clinician. Thank you Father. 🙏🏾💕
I am a RN and former CNA and LPN..honestly I miss calling the RN for everything 😅😂 I miss when I used to spend time talking to the patients that's why I do corporate nursing now. Enjoy being a LPN there's so many options available to LPNs now than when I was one in the early 2000s
Glad I saw this. Planning on enrolling in LPN school for next year God willing. Get my experience and then travel. I would do PRN and part-time instead of full-time.
Left nursing many years ago after doing so many specialties (even including non bedside like case management, informatics, etc). My well being improved so much after walking away from the field. Its a sad situation as we need good nurses. But we need to take care of ourselves too. Take care of yourselves, nurses. it's a tough profession.
Same here, I left the field completely after 12 years across different areas to teach African dance and folklore. I now run my non-profit working with undeserved communities - between Nigeria, Ghana, and the US. I couldn't be happier ☺️
This is honestly so sad to say but i was so excited to be a nurse. NOT anymore! I am 22 years old no kids/not married with a BSN i absolutely hated my job that i went PRN. I now work at a club as a bottle service girl usually on weekends i can make like $1500 even $2500 or more if a celebrity is there. They blame everything on the nurses and i am sick of it!! I am just so drained and over nursing that i had to do something else. It just sucks that i went to school for this career for it to be my worst nightmare.
You are soooo right. Get fussed out by pt. AND family for taking too long to deliver a Coke to bedside. Oh, and never mind that you were tied up in a code blue. "My needs" take precedence over everything else. I stayed for 47 years which was about 20 years too long. Saw MANY changes and not necessarily good ones during that time. Healthcare became a business rather than a humanitarian effort. Would never encourage a young person to enter the field.
I asked a patient in rehab to put the head of the bed down. The controller was on HER side so I can put her on the bed pan She responds: “you mean I have to do that?” This is a fully functional adult woman in her 60s but she was acting like she’s at the ritz Carlton. Glad when she got discharged
I worked 7.5 years as a bedside med/surge nurse. The last year was absolutely terrible. I couldn't handle it anymore, physically, mentally, etc. I found home care. What a hidden gem. I LOVE nursing again. I love my job again. I love my patients again. Bedside nursing is and always will be tough, but it has gotten out of hand. I sincerely hope it gets fixed. 🙏 Until then, I truly recommend home care.
Well put. Hats off to you. As a RN for 20 yrs , I agree completely agree. Acuity has sky rocketed, staff is bare bones, and required documentation is overwhelming. No one takes into account that only so much can get done in an 8 or 12 hr shift. It would be like expecting a truck driver to cover 3000 miles in one 12 hr shift. It’s absolutely impossible. I spent majority of my time in the ER and the patient volume was limitless I love nursing and the opportunities presented to me however it’s changing rapidly and our patients will be the ones impacted the most.
I couldn't agree more. I recently left my LAST nursing job. I am leaving nursing ENTIRELY for a different field. And I have ZERO regrets about leaving. The workload is unbelievable and UNSAFE. Here in Texas it is common for the MS nurses to have 8 patients, Telemetry 6, Inpatient Dialysis 3 to 4 if you are in the dialysis room, and ICU 2. When I interviewed for Telemetry, I asked about the ratios, "Oh, it is 4-5 patients and you will have a tech(CNA)", but when I got there, NO, it was 6 patients, and we were lucky if we had 2 techs(CNAs) for 33 patients. It was a nightmare. Our system is broken, and I can't and won't play the game anymore.
I am going back to school for computer maintainence and programming :-) @@loriflatland3142
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I am in nursing school and will pursue another career when I graduate, nursing school gave me the people experience I needed. Nurses also talk about how bad it is and how they are done to their students all the time too..
Remember Candy Stripers Young people usually sign up to volunteer in Hospitals and Nursing Home Now - no one volunteering Only Retirees are volunteering in Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Our hospital tried CSA (customer service associates/new word for Candy Stripers) but it didn't work out well. They would round on the patients but couldn't take them to the bathroom or do any other patient care, so the patients became frustrated because a person wearing black scrubs came to the room, asked what they needed, then had to say, " Oh, I will get someone to help you" and the patients are like, well, I thought YOU were someone. These patients need more than puzzles, books and snacks. Those days are gone.
Liability issues. My best friend and I signed up, but the waiver we were told to sign and it was required in the 90's, would not be allowed now. My Mom said no way. My friend endured so much sexual harassment from staff and patients that would not be allowed and would have turned into a lawsuit these days. She was bit by a patient with dementia and there was nothing the hospital did to help her, her parents had to pay for testing because remember HIV was super scary in the 90's.
It has NOTHING to do with people now a days. It’s hospitals now a days. They won’t take on ANY type of possible liability. I know because my kids’ school requires 15 hours this year and 20 next year…. But finding places that will take on the liability of having someone there who isn’t medically trained in the medical community… impossible.
I'm not a nurse but have family and friends who are. all careers are harder now because societal impacts are really affecting the holistic well-being of mankind. The workload is terrible, the food, the system has changed human behaviour...and health
I’ve been a nurse for 30 plus years. You are correct. The patients aren’t the same as just a few years ago. They’re sicker, more demanding, and want the nurse to make them well…now! They don’t take responsibility for their own health. The hospital is now a “health care spa”. When we complain to management, it’s like “get back to work slave” “you could lose your license for this that and the other thing”…threats… I’m teaching now and life is better on so many levels.
6 months.. probably gonna do a year and leave completely.
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I am in nursing school and will pursue another career when I graduate, nursing school gave me the people experience I needed. Nurses also talk about how bad it is and how they are done to their students all the time too..
I am an ER nurse. I started out Medsurg.....I just couldn't anymore......it's wayyyyyyy toooooo much! Earlier in my career, I used to stay after shift charting and the manager would walk right past me and not say 1 word! Now of course, I do not do anything like that anymore. I'm leaving on time like everyone else! I ensure that I am covered and it is what it is! As far as patients, I can't care any more than they care for themselves. I have made peace and resolution with myself that I will not let this job stress me. I do what I can in the time allotted and I go home! My good friend has been telling me for years how she enjoys mental health. I'm starting to reconsider some things. I see the bigger picture and I sincerely refuse to get burned by it. If they don't care......I don't either! That's statement "Heros work here!" .......................Is a lie! I'm insulted every time I see it!
I switched to peds, and so far the hospital staff and administrators actually CARE! It's so refreshing to see after leaving adult medsurg. The ratios are 1:2-3. And the families help because they care about their children. I know it won't all be sunshine and flowers, but it's better than the hell hole I left behind.
I can’t care anymore than they care for themselves is 💯 💯!! I can’t bend over backwards and sideways to help you and you don’t even care to help yourself!! Do what you can in the time allotted as a nurse and leave ON TIME!!!! Don’t pick up extra shifts unless you want to. We are NOT miracle workers!! Can’t save everybody! And Hero where???? That lasted a hot minute…now the patients are back to talking ugly, being demanding, and are very unappreciative!!!
@@hassanas.benjamin3818the thing is being a hero isnt meant to be acted out on a daily basis bc its unsustainable lol. If u have to be heroic EVERY DAY, yea burnout for sure
It’s up to US to take care of our bodies/health. I haven’t set foot in a doctors office in over 25 years let alone a hospital and I’d like to keep it that way. I’m extremely HIGH protein extremely LOW carbs/sugar. No fast food exercise 4 days a week pray 🙏🏼 for my provision, protection and health everyday. If ever I feel a little under the weather I don’t run to a Doctor I run to the Lord. My 75 yr old parents exercise 5 days a week and aren’t on any medications. They only eat HOME cooked meals. 🙂 love 💕 your honesty
Speaking truth. It's ridiculous. My little 12 bed ICU is nothing but a place for pts who need hospice. You are spot on. Medical floor is a nursing home. It's crazy.
Public Health has been saying for decades and decades that unless there’s more resources for prevention, a higher price will be paid down the road in acuity and costs.
I just stumbled up on this video and I just cried. God is using you as a faithful servant to share information that we all need to know. Information that you are sharing is so true and very real . I subscribed to your channel immediately. People are burning out in every field. I started paying attention during the pandemic and it is getting worse all over the land. I pray blessings unto you. My sister GOD is using you "Don't Stop"❤❤❤
THANK YOU for this video, it speaks volumes! In the ED where I work we sometimes are bumped to 10 patients. That's 10 ED patients to one nurse, the amount of stress and anxiety it induces. The feeling of not feeling protected while at work, worried for your patients, and going home feeling very unaccomplished though you did 1 billion things at work that day cuts deeper than a sword. This system needs a change.
Administration doesn't care that Nurses are leaving the field. Why? Because they can bring in foreign Nurses for half the cost of the American Nurses. The foreign Nurses will not complain and will take all the crap, because they are afraid of losing their work visas.
@@KendraRN I worked as an RN for 30 years and saw this cycle. Anytime there was a shortage, they would recruit foreign nurses and pay them quite a bit less than they were paying us.
I visit elderly people in an expensive nursing home. One nurse per floor. The CNAs are from African countries and mostly resentful of the elderly. Very rough to them.
I've been a CNA for two years... and in nursing school. I feel bad because I do not want to work beside. You are so right. The work is so heavy and we're understaffed!
I just got my CNA license today. I know it’s gonna be a lot, but I want to make a difference in this field and we need people that actually want to take care of us so badly. I’ll give my life to take care of this sick.
It was great to see your message. Patients might at times be difficult. It is the people who show empathy that I remember, and come back to personally thank them.
Kendra, thanks for the transparency. I can't wait to get into Nursing school. My goal is to be a CRNA perdium OR Esthetics and Legal Nursing Perdium. I want to work as a nurse in the gym or in a 55 plus complex. My friend just takes vitals at buildings that old people live in. They gave her an office for people to just drop in. She makes her own hours and the pay is $100/hour. My friend who works at the gym gets $85/hour to take vitals and answer questions. The gym uses that as an extra perk to get more members. It's been working out fantastic for both.
This video is spot on! I work weekends ....no CNA...no lab tech and now no receptionist. Plenty of family members though that can't pick up a spoon and help...
So true! I was working as a nurse in ICU and they also had us taking out our own trash. Meanwhile NO CNA's, NO phlebotomists, NO Unit secretary or monitor tech. Ugh.
during covid, i left the bedside after 13 years. they lost a damn good nurse who knew the hospital inside & out, but now i'm mentally stable, compensated well, & actually treated with respect, working with healthy ppl using my iv skills. no more overtime where i'm at now (biggest downside) but have an incredible work/life balance. LEAVE THE BEDSIDE is my advice!!
Not to forget the doctors who like to order nurses around and not lift a finger to help, tbh some doctors probably think nurses are their maids and that adds more stress
You make so many important points. I became an RN in '87. Young Nurses TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODIES!! I had to leave the profession because it LITERALLY broke my back. Now after 20+ years of taking care of other people, I am living on social security disability which because I was a nurse, the amount is tiny dollars too much for me to be eligible for any govt assist or program, but its definitely too LITTLE money to pay for my needs with this aging broken body. If I either worked in a supermarket or became a CRNA I would be in better shape financially than as this middle ground bedside nurse I was. According to the number crunchers I have too much, but according to my actual needs I have too little. That's what nursing has given to me. Another anecdote, recently I had a major surgery (related to the original cause of disability that was directly related to 20+ years of beside nursing),after this major surgery i became incontinent and back, neck braced, total care, I could barely feed myself, and the WHOLE time I couldn't help but apologize over and over again to the nurses caring for me, because I knew, I KNEW I was breaking someone else's back. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES, and do NOT expect the profession to have your back (no pun intended), when you are too broken and battered to do it anymore. Yet in some ways nursing still has my heart, because look what I'm doing I'm seeking out nursing excellence on CZcams so I can listen to the good, bad, and the ugly... EXCELLENT talk Kendra really excellent.
Oh Ms. Angie, I am sending love and prayers for your health, peace of mind and recovery. Thank you is not enough for all you've given and sacrificed for the sake of others however I pray the good Lord blesses and keeps you in his arms, and makes way out of no way, time and time again for you. You are loved and appreciated!.
Don't forget all the nurses on TikTok dancing around with their sugary energy drinks making $$ off of being sponsored by these drinks and will get diabetes in a few years from all that sugar theyve been consuming. The hospital environment is one of the toxic places ive seen. Toxic people trying to take care of sick people. It's like the blind leading the blind.
I commend you for being honest. Lots of valid points. I have cried, felt overwhelmed, been called slow, just feeling defeated. Sharing. I will give the best care I can safely. I’ve spoken up and some nurses are afraid to. I am not perfect but the older I get the more I will stand for whats right. From one nurse to another thank you and keep encouraging others.
Sis, I like you am a old school nurse. It is distressing to not be able to provide quality care, and ALL THE CHARTING. I left bedside 3 years ago. I worked in a unionized hospital. A facility where the UNION states staffing ratios, CNA load. We never had a CNA and if we did , he/she would have all the mouth and no work ethic. It got to the point where I actually enjoyed not having to deal with a lazy, mouthy CNA. I give. I don’t know what or where the status of nursing has gone to. As you said the admins care less. It’s about numbers for them. The only time they want to care is if there is an event involving a patient. I left. Now doing Case Management from home. Best of luck to you and all nurses still doing bedside.
You forgot to mention the hazing that goes on and the staff conflicts amongst each other and competition between shifts… this industry was so traumatizing as an RN for 27 yrs in may and a CNA 6yrs before that. And even though my license is still active you reminded me why I would rather do Door Dash, Uber, or anything else really before going back to the bedside. Thank God for my life insurance license.
Don't forget all the nurses on TikTok dancing around with their sugary energy drinks making $$ off of being sponsored by these drinks and will get diabetes in a few years from all that sugar theyve been consuming. The hospital environment is one of the toxic places ive seen. Toxic people trying to take care of sick people. It's like the blind leading the blind.
There was a time when a woman had only 2 professional occupations to pursue that paid “well” which was nursing and teaching professions. The young women today are pursuing engineering, law, architecture, computer science etc. degrees. The nursing profession is no longer a “desired” occupation for women. Most men don’t “last” long in nursing because they are not trained to “nurture” and/or they refuse to deal with the increased patient verbal and physical abuse.
@@lisagrl89m.67 Yes, true but many of those doing it for just “money” don’t last in the field of nursing. They either “quit” or change careers,or get fired for not taking their profession seriously (e.g. safe nursing practice).
Hats off to you guys that are carrying this heavy load. I started out as an Air Force medic (LPN equivalent) over 30 yrs ago and went into ultrasound after 10 yrs of nursing and knowing it was too much back then!!! Truly since COVID we have lost a lot of good folks and no one is going into the field. Not sure what is gonna happen for real! Like you said, management doesn't care!
Medical Social Worker here. The part where you said family needs to step up more 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I do way too many tasks that the family can handle OR the patient themselves can handle…I’m sitting on hold for hours all because nobody took uncle or pop pop to the county office and now his insurance is terminated 😕 now his transportation is cancelled, now he can’t get his prescription….family don’t answer my calls….I’m here to help those who need it, not those who just don’t want to lift a finger to help themselves.
I’m an ED nurse thank you for what you do. I can’t imagine how you feel. It’s almost like patients constantly undermine the work you do but it is so important. I appreciate you guys as a nurse cause it helps the patient get well rounded quality care even if they don’t use it to help themselves
I’m a county mental health worker and I will tell you that these systems are messed up and I help people with disability’s navigate these systems. The entire system is messed up and disability or not it can be difficult to navigate, especially if you are new to the system. The most important work in our country such as healthcare and education are not respected and paid appropriately. It is sad you can get paid more as a dog walker than as a CNA or a child care worker, teacher assistant, or personal care assistant. They are closing nursing homes in our state. We are going to need to quit our jobs to care for our parents and many people have already. Good luck if you have a family member with a disability. Some states are starting to pay family members for care because PCAs don’t make enough. For profit healthcare is gutting the industry and now even the nonprofits are taking up this model. Higher ups don’t care because it’s all about numbers and climbing the sick ladder. The system is broken and those with money will always find care.
Oh no. We’re going to exhaust all family and friend resources before I spend my entire work day doing this for a patient. And then the patients with ABSOLUTELY no one and ZERO ability to do it on their own will get my attention. That’s the problem-you can’t split yourself six different ways. You have to figure out who needs saving and who doesn’t cause if you don’t-burnout will get you!
You are absolutely correct. I am looking for a remote nursing job. The burnout at the bedside is just horrible. I thought i was the only one with that line of thought. The future of health care is scary.
My mother (May she rest in peace) told me 15yrs ago that she notice the patients needs and health were getting worse. And she was a Postpartum nurse. And had been a nurse for over 30 years back then . You have confirmed what she had been talking about. Health is wealth y’all !
Too many Americans don't want to take responsibility for their own health and wellness and expect nurses and doctors to fix years worth of them abusing their bodies
Girl I work on a mother/baby floor and we have mothers that don’t even want to get up and do for themselves. We have had mothers that are 2 and 3 days post-op and they don’t want to move or get up out the bed. You are so right in this video. We need to take our health more seriously. It’s a shame. The job is TOXIC!!!
So right. I sm 45 years young. I have been a CNA for 15 years and recently graduated nursing school. There are very few CNAs at the hospital where I work because their workload is so heavy, and they aren't allowed to do everything I did as an aide, but they have 30 patients. And people are getting sicker younger, but there are more and more patients who do not WANT to do anything for themselves. The patients who need complete care aren't getting it because of the patients who do not want to help themselves. I love nursing, but it is sooooo not what it used to be.
15 in and whew chile..... this crossed my mind this morning. Complexities are higher while they want to push ANYONE into the field. Everyone sue happy. The knowledgeable nurses.... we tired boss.
thank you this video!!!! i resonate deeply. ive been an RN for nearly 2 yrs and a tech for 4.5 yrs. collective change happens slowly but hopefully we will get there, somehow.
Girl I totally get it! 46 years in the business. Retired 2 years ago from rehab nursing and found my dream job in mental health and drug addiction. No more pushing, pulling and dragging patients around while the family sits there watching me struggle to move THEIR loved ones that are going to go home with them! Wont even try to assist them to sip water from their cup, toilet, turn or feed them. Now I sit most of my shift and many days, all of my shift. I've learned to sit real good while making the most money I've ever made and my retirement. Laughing all the way to the bank. God bless you and thank you for your honesty! Now days, there's no way I'd ever become a nurse.
KENDRA!! You are spot on with this video! I'm 6 years at the bedside. It is UNMANAGEABLE. I care so much about trying to do the job correctly, like you, and it takes a huge toll on me. I just applied for an Occ Health position, I hope I get it. Double the pay, fraction of the stress. About families- yes! Tell me why the other day a family member pushed the call light saying they are waiting for the nurse to come in and feed the patient. It wasn't my pt but I answered the light and went in there and *kindly* explained to them that they are capable and showed them how to work the bedside table. PUHLEASEEE we are not your servants. You're here, you can feed them. Plus, you should WANT to feed them. Thats YOUR FAMILY and we are strangers. If my loved one was in the hospital I would never ask a stranger to feed them, brush their hair or teeth or wash their face. I would have already done it. Thank you for sharing all of this truth.
Im so exhausted. Literally dread work now because i might end up with 6-8 pts and will be unable to attend to most of them😢. Standing the whole shift..wearing knee support and not having a break is not wat i envisioned as an RN
I feel the same way, sometimes they would call you from your break while eating to attend to a patient meanwhile you don’t even have paid breaks, at times you don’t even get breaks at all
Stay strong!! We need your voice and so many others!! They just don’t understand what we go through. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 I’m thinking of changing my career too after all these years
This video is on point. Nothing but TRUTH. I haven't worked on the floor in years. I thought it was bad back in the day 20 yrs ago. Like you said, at least back then, you had some " walkie talkies " who could leave the unit. I pretty much stepped away also. I quit, we sold our house and moved to the Dominican Republic. I now work as a prn occasional and have no regrets. Thanks for the video. I don't know what the answer is for the future of nursing. I pray someone figures it out before it's to late. 🙏
Now this is a video that needs to go viral!!! Everything you are saying is true!! I knew when I became an RN 19 years ago, that I never wanted to work bedside, it was terrible then!!! Today it's even worse!!! I am planning my exit strategy now! I'm tired!!!
I went to nursing school later in life. Straightaway, I discovered that inpatient was too much heavy lifting. I've done a couple of medical specialties and I now work part time in urgent care. Luckily, companies near me hire RNs in urgent care (many areas of the country do not). I've found that part time in nursing is the sweet spot. There is a HUGE turnover in outpatient too. They are expecting the staff to drive to multiple clinics and cover multiple specialties so others can get time off. Just like inpatient with CNAs, we have a major shortage of MAs. Insurance prior authorizations are through the roof so nurses are constantly chasing the paper trail rather than educating their patients!
Bless you and thank you 🙏🏾 for taking care of your patients. Your story was so real 😢it saddens me. Nurses should be highly respected and valued. I’m a special education teacher and your story resonated with me. The caseload is astounding while we continue to lose our teachers and paraprofessionals. The shortage has become scary 😧. Our field is not attracting young people 🤷🏾♀️. Hoping for a better future for both professions. 💜 I have much respect for Nurses. My aunt retired from nursing. Take care.
This video was very informative and shed light on real issues in the healthcare system! Some of us actually do want to work as CNAs or PCTs or other support, but these jobs are not hiring us…even with the training and credentials😭 Instead of hiring more employees, they’re making the workload harder for the nurses and other techs that are already there.
I worked for NIH 11 years in research and decided to leave and work at a step-down observation unit at John Hopkins Suburban Hospital. I survived the Covid "era" working on a Covid floor. After that, I got fed up and switched to PRN....I eventually quit and have not gone back in 2 years. I am an RN with 20 years of experience. I love being an R N... but my mental health comes first. ❤
Insurance regulations have dictated who gets admitted to hospital. The only reason anyone is sent to hospital is when insurance has determined there is no other way for that patient to be treated at a lower cost to the company without hospitalization. If you want an answer to anything in medicine...... follow the money. This is why we are seeing the sickest of patients in all Carr settings.
My friend had blue cross Blue Shield, a government job. She was having stomach pains and her doctor just kept giving her pills and antacids and things for constipation and anxiety. This went on over 2 years. He wouldn’t send her for any tests. I took her to the ER where she sat for 8 hours- her doctor wouldn’t get her admitted. A few weeks later she fainted at work and was finally admitted. She had terminal stomach cancer. It took a week to get a port put in for chemo. Before the chemo even started, she died. I was with her for hours as she was dying in this fancy hospital. After watching people suffer and die with cancer, I’ll never choose the American system of treatment.
I can relate so much to this video!!! I thought maybe it was me, that I was getting too old to keep up after doing this professionally for 13 years. The burnout, nursing / tech shortages, no break & the low pay!! 😢
Both of my parents are nurses. This is why I entered the funeral business and became a mortician. I will always have a job especially with how little people seem to take care of themselves 🤷🏽♀️
I have never commented on YT but I must speak. When my mom was in the hospital for a month I lived there with her. Literally, I was the cna, the maid, and even the nurse checker after she was given the wrong med. Not all family members sit back and expect nurses, cnas do all the work. In the end my Mom received better care and the cnas gave me whatever supplies I needed whenever I needed them.
My dear you are one out of a million. I used to be a cna and dealt with the same kind of mentality from family members. Such as “Who is gonna feed me mom”? Meanwhile I have 10 people to feed.
I’m one of the young nurses. Been a nurse for almost 3 years. Only did one full year at bedside. It started to affect me mentally. No breaks whatsoever, constant revolving door of pts who are non compliant or thinks the hospital is a getaway vacation etc. I would love to be back at the bedside under much different circumstances because you really learn a lot there. But I just can’t, and I don’t blame those who want to leave either. Management doesn’t care, the country doesn’t care. I remember having 8 pts and they were all complete care. And only 2 CNAs for 36 pts
THANK-YOU FOR ALL YOU DO! I'm Working On An Nusing Degree Now ; I Was An CNA For About 8 Years. Your A Precious Jewel And As Gold Becoming Rare. Many Blessings Ya'll!
Hello Kendra, you are absolutely right, when my mother (god rest her soul) was in the hospital I would come in the mornings and get her cleaned up and make sure she eats her breakfast and I would come again in the evening and get her ready for the night. That way 45 plus years ago and the nurses appreciated that. I understand your frustration.
Completely agree! COVID-19 just brought out even more underlying issues for alot of patients...addiction/mental health issues! We can't keep up with the demands as nurses.
Society at large is rude and mean. I had to tell my patient this past weekend that he was NOT going to talk to me any kind of way. He immediately got angrier and asked for the charge nurse (and that's the last thing they need to do, because I will ask charge if THEY want to take the patient, so that doesn't scare me at all, plus I'm charge at times, duh). I just CANNOT with their attitudes, and thinking because they talk to their friends and family that way, that I'm going to accept it. Nope, not me. And that's what goes on my performance review each year, because I talk back, instead of act like a quiet, nice nurse who likes to get cursed out for the sake of customer service numbers.
The reason the ratios are high is simple: profit margins. Hospitals keep more $ by hiring fewer nurses. CEOs get huge bonuses for keeping payroll as low as possible. Here in Louisiana, ive had as many as 32 med/surg patients. There is NO law here mandating any ratios.
Totally agree! Even as an ultrasound tech I can see the strain on the healthcare system. We are told to work faster, handle more patients and miss lunch breaks. The comorbidities are crazy too, patients can't even move their own body weight sometimes. My ultrasound machine only has so much power to penetrate the body, I am not a miracle worker!!
During the pandemic, they saw that we can do more with less and stick with it. Literally we’re never staffed, more tasks are added, ratios are insane, all for little pay. And they wonder why ppl are leaving the bedside? We’re STRESSED and being stretched thin. Some patients will not get the best, quality care in these circumstances and I feel so bad for them.
You are so right in everything you said. As an LPN it is really difficult for us. The RNs give us most of their work. And if we tell the aides to do this or that, it’s a threat of a walkout so you end up doing most of their work also. Because if they quit it’s even worse for the LPN.
Thank you! One of the most honest and accurate description of the state of nursing I've ever heard. 30 plus years in nursing and I'm planning my escape.
Patient's are sicker, heavier and MEANER than ever! I am working my excape plan now! This is my 22nd year of bedside care as an RN and I refuse to do it another year!!!
MEANER!! Exactly!!!
A young male nurse gave me report on a patient the other day and finished by saying “be careful with this one he is a jer..k”😂😂😂😂😂😂 I said oh is he having mood issues? The nurse repeated “no he is a real old Jer.k but has a sitter with him.”😂😂😂😂😂 the young nurses are calling the B.S like it is….no sugar coating it!
That's so true and I'm only a nursing student. I'm having doubts about nursing.
Yes, the patients are not only sicker, the ones that are not total care are “meaner”…poor manners is just a sign of the times.
@@joseperez2003 You're graduating at a good time. You will have a lot of job options open to you.
The fact that hospitals think its okay to pay CNA'S $16 with a heavy work load is beyond me.
They don’t care.
@@KendraRN So sad but true😔
@@KendraRNwhen nobody wants to work at there hospitals no more maybe then they will care
Absolutely
It just got to that amount after COVID we were making way less when I started
Let’s also address the fact that these hospitals are PURPOSELY understaffing the floor so that they can stay under budget so that THEY (not the nurses) can get these extravagant bonuses come year end. Meanwhile, nurses are not getting breaks, can barely make time to relieve your bladder or take a sip of water. It’s ridiculous and it needs to be addressed AND rectified!!
Don't forget all the nurses on TikTok dancing around with their sugary energy drinks making $$ off of being sponsored by these drinks and will get diabetes in a few years from all that sugar theyve been consuming. The hospital environment is one of the toxic places ive seen. Toxic people trying to take care of sick people. It's like the blind leading the blind.
Exactly!!👍
This sounds like Retail strategies to make their monthly/ quarterly plans.
They also keep "ghost jobs" posted to make people afraid to be replaced and to make it seem like they are working on the staffing problem. They also keep the job post up to make it seem like the company is growing. Everything lies and deception these days
Yes lord.
This should be a TED TALK.. This conversation should be on World News Tonight. The world needs to hear this.
The public and media doesn't care until it affects them. Until there aren't nurses for them or their family.
Girl you need to talk to Chris Coumo I will back you up 🙏
WHO IS GONNA NURSE THE NURSES?!
Exactly!
My exact thought!
Truth. We're all at peril! That's what I'm saying. Noone is immune from this thing.
Yeah good question but the hospital is refusing to make changes for safer patient ratios.
Right!!!!
People aren't taking care of themselves and they're making themselves more dependent on us.
Facts. I'm glad I don't have a family who indulges too much in food and don't take care of themselves. I'm not worried about my own, good luck to all these people who don't think about the future. Many out there who won't be able to do ADLs at all one day even if they're not too old and think hospitals can reverse whatever damage they did to thenselves over 30-40 years.
EXACTLY! Say that louder for the people in the front and the back!
Well then that should be where the money should be,to solve the problem,who wouldn't want the money???
Definitely!!!!!!!!!!
Affordability is key
My daughter tells me...mama I want to be a nurse just like you. I grab her and say baby dont do it!!!! Dont unless you are doing it as a stepping stone. My mental health deteriated after I became an RN and went to the hospital on a critical care floor. I was an LPN in public health for 3 years and was soooo happy. Bed side nursing is not for the weak.
Yep
I'm an LPN, 19 years in and I haven't done bedside in a while. I've been a clinic nurse for 10 years now.
The lack of patients taking care of themselves is amazing! You would not begin to believe how a lot of people just DO NOT take care of themselves, then come to the doctor looking for a miracle. It's exhausting! Covid took my love for caring for people. Management was horrible during that time and made us clinic nurses feel fairly worthless which killed any thought of me actually FINALLY getting my rn degree. I don't want to care for ungrateful, unhappy, litigous patients. I can't wait, I'm like a lady above; I'm building my exit plan. I gotta go, the burnout is real.
I'm a LPN as well (for about 18 years). Amen Preach 😐👍
Kendra!!!! Girl!!! Nurse 20 years here. WTH are we going to do. The US Healthcare System is a SICKCARE system. No accountability on the patients! They are entitled! They want someone to wipe their butts and spoon feed them when they come in to the hospital! They are rude!!! I left bedside in 2016 and did CM/UR for insurance and public health and now back to inpatient CM! It’s bad all around!!! We have to deal with homeless population, underinsured or uninsured people that needs meds they can’t afford, frequent flyers, over utilization of the ER for non emergent stuff. If you or others are believers, the end is close because everything is crazy, people are reckless, we are spinning our wheels and it’s only getting worse. No one exercises, eats well, drinks water. They eat lots of junk, drink Starbucks, processed foods, alcohol, smoking, drugs, etc. There is NO WAY we are supposed to live our lives like this. God is not pleased
So true
Preach
I agree. RN here 20 years. Just laid off by MCO. CURRENTLY in paralegal program, trying to find an exit out the business.
@@karendavis3286good luck!!
So true!! Things can be avoided if you take care of yourself
It’s just not paying enough. If the doctor is getting $500 per hr, the nurse should be getting at least $100. No matter what. Spread the wealth
they will never. they’re greedy 😂
I’m a mobile Therapist!! I charge $150 for an hour sports DT session. $200 for 1.5 hours. Our job is VERY physical. If people don’t want to pay that, they can go with a cheaper therapist with less years of experience. I have 14!! Nurses should have the same mentality!! If u don’t feel appreciated… leave!!! It’s your license!!! Nit theirs!! 😎🤘
@@Woodworkjunkie A mobile physical therapist? Wow. Is that a RN, NP, Phd or some kinda certification? If you don’t mind sharing…
@@dustrepellent8986 two year medical trade. Definitely worth it!!
Real Bsn’s & Msn’s make good money. CNA & LPN are babysitters, sorry someone talked you into a useless degree.
Girl! Healthcare is keeping these ppl sick! Big pharma is keeping these ppl sick, you hit the nail on the head when you said you gotta eat drink and move. Ppl do not. You’re an angel. Thank you for what you do.
A lot of the food in the U.S. is unhealthy. The pharmaceutical industry pretty much controls the food system.
So true! The emotional and physical toll is beyond what people really understand. We all care but god, we're so exhausted! No clerk, no PCT, management is too busy. Answering phones, answering call lights, talking to patients and families, passing meds, changing dressings, bathing patients, communicating with multiple providers... the list goes on. No end in site and no relief. Hard to eat, pee, and we only sit down most of the time to complete massive amounts of documentation.
I was a tech for 7 years, and RN for almost 5 years. I’ve been in case management now for about 6 months, and I have NO desire to EVER go back to the bedside. People are sicker, meaner, heavier, and needier. Idk what we’re gonna do as a country. I encourage everyone I know to take care of your health. Scary times. 😶
I retried 2 years ago after 30 years. I let my license expire. I was a Case Manager for the last part of my career. My Case load was up to 70 patients. I quit when my employer demanded that I get the Jab, when I was a remote worker.
Why require the jab when you're working remotely? That's absurd smh @@churchofpos2279
Yes. Take care of your own health.
That’s absolutely my plan I’m implementing because I’m tired of bedside
Yeah folks need to get some physical activity in and eat better and get they mood together smh
Same for CNAs. The same thing: heavier, extreme poopie diaper all the time, total care, getting slapped, punched and kicked. It’s getting more complex.
Look into home health/home hospice 🙏 in high demand for cnas rns lpns
I tried to laugh to keep from crying because this is so true 😩
Look in private duty for cna!
I just want to thank you to you CNAs who are the backbone for us nurses. We love you & are extremely grateful for our very hardworking CNA🥰❤
G*d Bless u CNAs!!!! I was a CNA all through nursing school
The profession has been destroyed. Total disrespect from ALL of society
My dear, I work Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night as an RN. I do facial, hair, nails, and cooking during the weekday. My plan is to stop working as a nurse, especially at the weekends, and work for myself full-time as an Esthetian.
I have never seen a more TRANSPARENT and ACCURATE nursing video in my life. You hit the nail on the head with every situation! Couldn’t have said it better myself 👏🏻
Honey, this was " Nurse Church." Said everything I have been feeling.
So true!
So true, she sums it all up accurately, and I feel better now knowing I'm not the only one noticing these issues.
I worked last night in a Med-surge unit. I had 7 patients, 6 total care patients, each with multiple wounds. 4 of them were on dialysis. You describe exactly how I feel. Every single shift, I ask myself why am I doing it this, why am I willingly subjecting myself to this misery. I choose nursing because I wanted to help people, make a difference in people lives. I could write a whole essay about how tired I am with the profession, but I will leave it alone.
I see I am not alone.
I'm in nursing school almost half done. I'm going to do some soul searching this summer if this is something I really want to do.
@@joseperez2003 Best of luck with no sarcasm ment.
It’s so fun when you have 7 patients on PM’s and one of them who was severely ill was supposed to be getting all these preps for testing when they can’t even handle drinking a glass of water let alone contrast. I also had one young man with Spina Bifida who needed enemas till clear and the NA and I were in that room all night and he was still full of feces. Again, that was just one patient. I loved when the Charge nurse would assign me patients on all three hallways so you’re supposed to literally run from one hall to the next. I don’t know how I did this for 20 years but I know it affected me own physical and mental health and I’ve been in disability for 10 years. Don’t stay until you’re beyond burned out. If the CEOs don’t get that we need to significant change, especially in nurse to patient ratios, we’re going to be in a world of shit. It’s nice to nurse people your whole life and then by the time we’re going to need help, there won’t be any.
Please change units. You don’t have to work in these conditions there is at least better out there!!
What state is allowing 7-1 ratios? I thought 6 was ridiculous in MS.
New grad nurse here, I'm almost a year in. I honestly feel burnt-out. You are speaking truths. I almost want to quit nursing for my mental and physical health.
I seldom left my mom nor my dad alone in the hospital. One nurse looked very happy that I was even helping my dad bath and get cleaned up in the mornings. And when he went to rehab, they used to compliment me a lot for helping him with so much, taking his clothes home to wash them, etc.
As an Lpn i am getting tired of people saying the nursing home should have over 40 residents, because the patients are not acute. Long gone are the days of the elderly stable patients with chronic conditions. The same patients the Rn's have in the hospital are going to be discharged to the nursing home or rehabs.
Ma'am, I am well aware of the people I send to you. I just sent a paraplegic the other day with a large, stinky unstageable sacral wound that weeps constantly, and he wanted me and the PCT to put shorts on him before he left. I told him that as soon as he gets there, he will need a skin assessment, so there is no point, plus he wanted me to drag and pull those shorts up against the nice wound care we had just provided. Sir, make it easy on us/them, you need shorts on for what?!
No. They shouldn’t have over 40 patients. The states say it’s safe to have that many patients. No, no, no. Yet if a person makes a mistake, they are ready to send them to jail.
That is true i saw acute patients in LTC.The sad thing is many of them have psychotic episode where the management or family member dont do much.The patients verbally and physically abusive to us
Discharged early sometimes and in an unstable situation to the point where they may need to be sent back. And let’s talk about the rehabs that refuse to send patients to the hospital for money purposes. They’d rather investigate any test in house which takes longer to get to the root of the problem because it’s not a hospital. Oh and the rehab / subacute patient admissions overspill goes to LongTerm care floors… mix them all in.
I’ve had patience discharged to the nursing home and I’ve sent them right back. We are not equipped. I’ve been an LPN for almost 9 years. I’m going back to school to get my RN and go all the way to get my masters and getting the hell out.
I need to add that CNAs should be getting paid what nurses are and nurses should be getting paid double!
Why would anyone be a CNA when they can work at Dollar Tree, a gas station, or McDonalds and get the same pay but with less physical work?!
Exactly!!!
Exactly!
With a better life work balance as well. I was going to do nursing but just getting a a Masters in Public Health instead
Kendra, which this could be seen by those in authority. I believe they are making things harder also for the nurses and CNA.
They abuse LVNs/LPNs too, very low pay and RN work!😊
I retired early, two years ago. I was proud of being a nurse, and had a good career. Today, medicine is all business and customer service focused, has been dumbed down, patients have no respect, and it's not related to the craft I trained so hard for. I have no desire to ever go back to a profession that has been decimated. I've never felt better, emotionally and physically.
The standard joke is that RN stands for refreshments and narcotics as you gesture a serving tray!
This the realest about nursing I've ever heard 💯💕
I’m a NP and I’m leaving to do microlocs. I’m tired tired.
You are right people need to be accountable for their health.
I love this! I’m a social worker on the same journey (micro locs)
You will probably make more money doing locks
Do you boo
😂😂😂😂
Yay
Moving away from bedside nursing was my best career decision. No more nights shifts, no weekend shifts and I have holiday off.
What do you do now?
@@AM-dp9tv I am working now on Cardiac Cathlab. We are only specific to pacemakers and ablations. We also have no on-calls unlike those doing coronary interventions.
what could i do in nursing other than bedside?
You can do iv infusion @@brendanebe3021
@@brendanebe3021outpatient. I’m looking to do something that’s not bedside at all lol
I am a retired nurse. You are on point.It truly is an American tragedy! You need one person to nurse the computer and one to do patient care. It truly is unrealistic to care for patients with the acuity level and ratios. I remember so many times crying! Changes need to be made.
The computer controls everything the insurance company and big pharma control those guidelines and education completely controlled. All medical workers are compromised literally in handcuffs I even have drs tell me that at the hospital stand up and strike these evil big pharma insurance and government RICO lawsuit gold ticket.
Wheeew! As someone who worked as an LPN for 8 years in almost every setting I feel this! Felt like no one wanted to improve their health other than taking pills and getting quick fixes. Doctors are happy to write the prescription too 🤦🏿♀️ I couldn’t push myself to get my RN so I can have even MORE responsibility and MORE stress. I left the field April 2023 and haven’t looked back.
I had to come and make a comment about not having CNA on staff.
The cost of living continues to go up. I am a CNA and I'm not using it because I was only making 13.00 an hour plus a dollar extra because I worked the 11pm to 7am . I worked at a major hospital in the state of IL. This is why young people are going into other fields. Less stress and more money for these bills that keep getting higher and higher.
Exactly! I understand, the pay is too low for the hard work required.
I’m sorry you had to go through that! What state was paying $13 p/hr. I’m in NC they start around $18 p/hr. Still not enough! 😢
@@KendraRN... Hello, do you think A I going to take over nursing???
That's sickening $13!!??
It's infuriating what useless celebs, athletes, Congress etc.. make for doing nothing vs you directly taking care of a fellow human being.
@@lolaloren1773 not anytime soon.
you are spot on!!! there is also this horrible "starbucks" mentality of the patients and families... if Americans started taking care of their mental health, get off their phones, and computers, and went for a walk each day... we'd have a lot less patients!
Preach
Facts!
This has been a microwave type of society for far too long. Society as a whole has too much technology that is dumbing them down, especially the kids..they're lazy and spoiled. When everything is at your fingertips with a touch of a screen or keystroke it leaves you no reason to take action to do for yourself. Society is so detached and unconnected from themselves. Walking zombies...
BIG FACTS
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SOOOOO happy gave nursing UP! I do NOT miss it. Periot! Now Iam living life!!
No lies told sis….25 years in the game and I’m now a NP. We are being demonized for telling parents the truth about their health and some patients just DO T CARE TO DO BETTER. I tell patients at NAUSEA to drink water, exercise, perform daily hygiene rituals, eat heart healthy diet, avoid processed foods so on and so forth and the AMOUNT of excuses I hear on a daily…WHEW 😢 LET US PRAY!
Im not a nurse but im a flight attendant and i SEE the changes in people in general its awful!!!!!!!! The entitlement the lashing out the extraness of it all!! The lying to get oxygen on the plane! Its just too much..... I cant even imagine being a nurse i pray for yall.. people are mean.. when i had my babies i brought all the nurses goodie bags and thank you cards
We love a goodie bag, that was very nice of you. We are all in the service industry and people are wild.
As a mental health counselor, I've seen a surge of entitlement, lack of accountability, high anxiety, and demanding attitudes as well. I believe all helping professionals who assist the general public are burning out and leaving their fields in droves.
I’m not a nurse either but work in medical billing, and they ARE awful! The verbal abuse is too much, I’m done. I’m retiring next year and I’m counting down. I work remote and take between 50-100 calls a day. By the end of the day I’m mentally and physically exhausted.
I can tell you more people in my position quit than stay, it’s not worth it to them. I cannot imagine having to deal with those people in person.
I’m 30 and applying to medical school this year. During shadowing and volunteering in different hospitals I’ve seen how miserable A LOT of the nurses are and it made me sad for them. Nurses do so much and it isn’t appreciated at all. I would bring some of the nurses I worked with snacks because that was all I could do to make their day a little brighter.
We don’t want your snacks. We just want doctors to know what they’re doing and do it well.
@@kennydix6974 well I’m not a doctor yet. Just a premed so all I could offer was snacks 😂
@@_smartyshorts Aye, I'll take your snacks. It's not like you can give me a raise, so yeah. Now, when it comes to the higher ups, they can keep their darn snacks and pizza. Give me my raise! And when you become a doctor, I'd like lots of respect. I can't believe I felt all warm inside when an MD I wasn't familiar with called my phone, asked me to provide something for when he came to the room, then said, " Thanks Mimi." He listened to my name when I answered the phone, then repeated it before he hung up.
@@mimismith7183 Thanks for your insight! I’ll be sure to keep that in mind!
Congratulations on your decision, but please believe the doctors are just as miserable, too, with extremely large debts! Good luck to you and stay sane in this insane world!
Caution to LPNS! Stop thinking of being a LPN as a stepping stone and listening to other people tell you that you need to go back to school for RN. I have been a LPN for over 25 years and have no desire whatsoever to be a RN. Way more responsibility and stress. Happy, blessed LPN here! Making $40/hr plus paid mileage,no bedside nursing, traveling to different events, meeting interesting people as a Traveling Vaccine Clinician. Thank you Father. 🙏🏾💕
Thank you I am about to start lpn school this fall
I am a RN and former CNA and LPN..honestly I miss calling the RN for everything 😅😂 I miss when I used to spend time talking to the patients that's why I do corporate nursing now. Enjoy being a LPN there's so many options available to LPNs now than when I was one in the early 2000s
@@khrissi17 Amen 😊
Amen God is good ❤
Glad I saw this. Planning on enrolling in LPN school for next year God willing. Get my experience and then travel. I would do PRN and part-time instead of full-time.
Left nursing many years ago after doing so many specialties (even including non bedside like case management, informatics, etc). My well being improved so much after walking away from the field. Its a sad situation as we need good nurses. But we need to take care of ourselves too.
Take care of yourselves, nurses. it's a tough profession.
Same here, I left the field completely after 12 years across different areas to teach African dance and folklore. I now run my non-profit working with undeserved communities - between Nigeria, Ghana, and the US.
I couldn't be happier ☺️
@@nauticdixons This sounds awesome! Just sub'ed to your channel.
@@aliciajoyTV it really is. Thank you so much for subscribing. I'll start sharing much more soon.
Why was management and informatics difficult? I’ve considered both
This is honestly so sad to say but i was so excited to be a nurse. NOT anymore! I am 22 years old no kids/not married with a BSN i absolutely hated my job that i went PRN. I now work at a club as a bottle service girl usually on weekends i can make like $1500 even $2500 or more if a celebrity is there. They blame everything on the nurses and i am sick of it!! I am just so drained and over nursing that i had to do something else. It just sucks that i went to school for this career for it to be my worst nightmare.
Good job
@@clint1285 Thank you!
Girl, you’re not alone. I graduated nursing at 25 and I fully regret it. I’m truly traumatized from this profession.
So glad I didn’t finish nursing school. It’s a very dangerous job for black women.
@@kind2423 literally traumatized. i am still doing bottle servicing and i am much happier and still making money.
You are so right, even if you have walkie talkie patient they still want you to do everything for them.
You are soooo right. Get fussed out by pt. AND family for taking too long to deliver a Coke to bedside.
Oh, and never mind that you were tied up in a code blue. "My needs" take precedence over everything else.
I stayed for 47 years which was about 20 years too long. Saw MANY changes and not necessarily good ones during that time. Healthcare became a business rather than a humanitarian effort.
Would never encourage a young person to enter the field.
I asked a patient in rehab to put the head of the bed down. The controller was on HER side so I can put her on the bed pan
She responds: “you mean I have to do that?”
This is a fully functional adult woman in her 60s but she was acting like she’s at the ritz Carlton. Glad when she got discharged
@@Bri-nc8ypwow imagine that
A lot of them at my workplace lol, and I let them know to use it next time or call the tech. @@Bri-nc8yp
@@Bri-nc8ypSee idc anymore, I would have been like are your arms broken??
I worked 7.5 years as a bedside med/surge nurse. The last year was absolutely terrible. I couldn't handle it anymore, physically, mentally, etc. I found home care. What a hidden gem. I LOVE nursing again. I love my job again. I love my patients again. Bedside nursing is and always will be tough, but it has gotten out of hand. I sincerely hope it gets fixed. 🙏 Until then, I truly recommend home care.
Well put. Hats off to you. As a RN for 20 yrs , I agree completely agree. Acuity has sky rocketed, staff is bare bones, and required documentation is overwhelming. No one takes into account that only so much can get done in an 8 or 12 hr shift. It would be like expecting a truck driver to cover 3000 miles in one 12 hr shift. It’s absolutely impossible. I spent majority of my time in the ER and the patient volume was limitless I love nursing and the opportunities presented to me however it’s changing rapidly and our patients will be the ones impacted the most.
I couldn't agree more. I recently left my LAST nursing job. I am leaving nursing ENTIRELY for a different field. And I have ZERO regrets about leaving. The workload is unbelievable and UNSAFE. Here in Texas it is common for the MS nurses to have 8 patients, Telemetry 6, Inpatient Dialysis 3 to 4 if you are in the dialysis room, and ICU 2. When I interviewed for Telemetry, I asked about the ratios, "Oh, it is 4-5 patients and you will have a tech(CNA)", but when I got there, NO, it was 6 patients, and we were lucky if we had 2 techs(CNAs) for 33 patients. It was a nightmare. Our system is broken, and I can't and won't play the game anymore.
I'm really tired of the staffing mess.
Wondering what you decided to do next? I'm at a loss and would love ideas of options.
I am going back to school for computer maintainence and programming :-) @@loriflatland3142
I am in nursing school and will pursue another career when I graduate, nursing school gave me the people experience I needed. Nurses also talk about how bad it is and how they are done to their students all the time too..
Exactly 💯 don't let them ppl allow you to jeopardize your license that you worked hard for. No ma'am
Remember Candy Stripers
Young people usually sign up to volunteer in Hospitals and Nursing Home
Now - no one volunteering
Only Retirees are volunteering in Hospitals and Nursing Homes
I was a Candy Striper 55 years ago! I nursed for over 40 years and am glad I’m not doing it anymore. Horror stories! ❤️🇨🇦
Our hospital tried CSA (customer service associates/new word for Candy Stripers) but it didn't work out well. They would round on the patients but couldn't take them to the bathroom or do any other patient care, so the patients became frustrated because a person wearing black scrubs came to the room, asked what they needed, then had to say, " Oh, I will get someone to help you" and the patients are like, well, I thought YOU were someone. These patients need more than puzzles, books and snacks. Those days are gone.
Liability issues. My best friend and I signed up, but the waiver we were told to sign and it was required in the 90's, would not be allowed now. My Mom said no way. My friend endured so much sexual harassment from staff and patients that would not be allowed and would have turned into a lawsuit these days. She was bit by a patient with dementia and there was nothing the hospital did to help her, her parents had to pay for testing because remember HIV was super scary in the 90's.
@@biblemademedoitno high school girl or boy is dealing with crazy old people and predatory staff at all or getting paid peanuts 🥜!!! Get mad !!!
It has NOTHING to do with people now a days. It’s hospitals now a days. They won’t take on ANY type of possible liability. I know because my kids’ school requires 15 hours this year and 20 next year…. But finding places that will take on the liability of having someone there who isn’t medically trained in the medical community… impossible.
I'm not a nurse but have family and friends who are. all careers are harder now because societal impacts are really affecting the holistic well-being of mankind. The workload is terrible, the food, the system has changed human behaviour...and health
I’ve been a nurse for 30 plus years. You are correct. The patients aren’t the same as just a few years ago. They’re sicker, more demanding, and want the nurse to make them well…now! They don’t take responsibility for their own health. The hospital is now a “health care spa”.
When we complain to management, it’s like “get back to work slave” “you could lose your license for this that and the other thing”…threats…
I’m teaching now and life is better on so many levels.
These young nurses will go no questions asked ! Two years max !!!
My daughter is a brand new nurse working in Med Surg and she is counting the days till she makes it to 1 year.
Because we are burnt tf out? Why is that a problem?
6 months.. probably gonna do a year and leave completely.
I am in nursing school and will pursue another career when I graduate, nursing school gave me the people experience I needed. Nurses also talk about how bad it is and how they are done to their students all the time too..
Love that for them! It's not worth it. If Hospitals want to put profit over nurse satisfaction then nurses need to put their mental health over a job.
I am an ER nurse. I started out Medsurg.....I just couldn't anymore......it's wayyyyyyy toooooo much! Earlier in my career, I used to stay after shift charting and the manager would walk right past me and not say 1 word! Now of course, I do not do anything like that anymore. I'm leaving on time like everyone else! I ensure that I am covered and it is what it is! As far as patients, I can't care any more than they care for themselves. I have made peace and resolution with myself that I will not let this job stress me. I do what I can in the time allotted and I go home! My good friend has been telling me for years how she enjoys mental health. I'm starting to reconsider some things.
I see the bigger picture and I sincerely refuse to get burned by it. If they don't care......I don't either!
That's statement "Heros work here!" .......................Is a lie! I'm insulted every time I see it!
I switched to peds, and so far the hospital staff and administrators actually CARE! It's so refreshing to see after leaving adult medsurg. The ratios are 1:2-3. And the families help because they care about their children. I know it won't all be sunshine and flowers, but it's better than the hell hole I left behind.
I can’t care anymore than they care for themselves is 💯 💯!! I can’t bend over backwards and sideways to help you and you don’t even care to help yourself!! Do what you can in the time allotted as a nurse and leave ON TIME!!!! Don’t pick up extra shifts unless you want to. We are NOT miracle workers!! Can’t save everybody! And Hero where???? That lasted a hot minute…now the patients are back to talking ugly, being demanding, and are very unappreciative!!!
I feel everything u saying .. ❤❤❤
Who the hell want to be a hero. I want to live not be a hero. I want stress-free not be a hero
@@hassanas.benjamin3818the thing is being a hero isnt meant to be acted out on a daily basis bc its unsustainable lol. If u have to be heroic EVERY DAY, yea burnout for sure
Documentation has always sent me over the edge because epic has like 5 rows, like how on God's green earth do you want me to capture every BM
It’s up to US to take care of our bodies/health. I haven’t set foot in a doctors office in over 25 years let alone a hospital and I’d like to keep it that way. I’m extremely HIGH protein extremely LOW carbs/sugar. No fast food exercise 4 days a week pray 🙏🏼 for my provision, protection and health everyday. If ever I feel a little under the weather I don’t run to a Doctor I run to the Lord. My 75 yr old parents exercise 5 days a week and aren’t on any medications. They only eat HOME cooked meals. 🙂 love 💕 your honesty
Amen!
Speaking truth. It's ridiculous. My little 12 bed ICU is nothing but a place for pts who need hospice. You are spot on. Medical floor is a nursing home. It's crazy.
They need to meet Jesus, not you. But they are full code......
Crunch 🩻
Public Health has been saying for decades and decades that unless there’s more resources for prevention, a higher price will be paid down the road in acuity and costs.
I just stumbled up on this video and I just cried. God is using you as a faithful servant to share information that we all need to know. Information that you are sharing is so true and very real . I subscribed to your channel immediately. People are burning out in every field. I started paying attention during the pandemic and it is getting worse all over the land. I pray blessings unto you. My sister GOD is using you "Don't Stop"❤❤❤
THANK YOU for this video, it speaks volumes! In the ED where I work we sometimes are bumped to 10 patients. That's 10 ED patients to one nurse, the amount of stress and anxiety it induces. The feeling of not feeling protected while at work, worried for your patients, and going home feeling very unaccomplished though you did 1 billion things at work that day cuts deeper than a sword. This system needs a change.
Administration doesn't care that Nurses are leaving the field. Why? Because they can bring in foreign Nurses for half the cost of the American Nurses. The foreign Nurses will not complain and will take all the crap, because they are afraid of losing their work visas.
Possibly true!
@@KendraRN I worked as an RN for 30 years and saw this cycle. Anytime there was a shortage, they would recruit foreign nurses and pay them quite a bit less than they were paying us.
I visit elderly people in an expensive nursing home. One nurse per floor. The CNAs are from African countries and mostly resentful of the elderly. Very rough to them.
Great Nurses.
But I don't doubt that's why they are here.
Yes this happened not to long ago they brought in nurses from the Philippines
I've been a CNA for two years... and in nursing school. I feel bad because I do not want to work beside. You are so right. The work is so heavy and we're understaffed!
I'm also a nursing student and I don't want to work bedside.
I just got my CNA license today. I know it’s gonna be a lot, but I want to make a difference in this field and we need people that actually want to take care of us so badly. I’ll give my life to take care of this sick.
It was great to see your message. Patients might at times be difficult. It is the people who show empathy that I remember, and come back to personally thank them.
Kendra, thanks for the transparency. I can't wait to get into Nursing school. My goal is to be a CRNA perdium OR Esthetics and Legal Nursing Perdium. I want to work as a nurse in the gym or in a 55 plus complex. My friend just takes vitals at buildings that old people live in. They gave her an office for people to just drop in. She makes her own hours and the pay is $100/hour. My friend who works at the gym gets $85/hour to take vitals and answer questions. The gym uses that as an extra perk to get more members. It's been working out fantastic for both.
The nursing license provides lots of options. That’s the good thing about it.
Wow haven’t heard of these types of nurses. That’s awesome
This video is spot on! I work weekends ....no CNA...no lab tech and now no receptionist. Plenty of family members though that can't pick up a spoon and help...
Omg the no receptionist kills me😭😭😭
So true! I was working as a nurse in ICU and they also had us taking out our own trash. Meanwhile NO CNA's, NO phlebotomists, NO Unit secretary or monitor tech. Ugh.
Ok and don’t even give you a thank u or appreciation
We always have someone from our family standing by to help. I’ve slept in a chair many times.
@@LilyGazouthat's the first question during handoff "family memeber is in the room" "are they helpful"
We love helpful family.
I told my daughter never be a nurse. I would rather work at target stocking shelves then go back to nursing.
during covid, i left the bedside after 13 years. they lost a damn good nurse who knew the hospital inside & out, but now i'm mentally stable, compensated well, & actually treated with respect, working with healthy ppl using my iv skills. no more overtime where i'm at now (biggest downside) but have an incredible work/life balance. LEAVE THE BEDSIDE is my advice!!
Not to forget the doctors who like to order nurses around and not lift a finger to help, tbh some doctors probably think nurses are their maids and that adds more stress
KENDRA YOU HAVE STRUCK A NERVE!!!!😩😩😩😩😩
Very true queen
You make so many important points. I became an RN in '87. Young Nurses TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODIES!! I had to leave the profession because it LITERALLY broke my back. Now after 20+ years of taking care of other people, I am living on social security disability which because I was a nurse, the amount is tiny dollars too much for me to be eligible for any govt assist or program, but its definitely too LITTLE money to pay for my needs with this aging broken body. If I either worked in a supermarket or became a CRNA I would be in better shape financially than as this middle ground bedside nurse I was. According to the number crunchers I have too much, but according to my actual needs I have too little. That's what nursing has given to me.
Another anecdote, recently I had a major surgery (related to the original cause of disability that was directly related to 20+ years of beside nursing),after this major surgery i became incontinent and back, neck braced, total care, I could barely feed myself, and the WHOLE time I couldn't help but apologize over and over again to the nurses caring for me, because I knew, I KNEW I was breaking someone else's back.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES, and do NOT expect the profession to have your back (no pun intended), when you are too broken and battered to do it anymore. Yet in some ways nursing still has my heart, because look what I'm doing I'm seeking out nursing excellence on CZcams so I can listen to the good, bad, and the ugly...
EXCELLENT talk Kendra really excellent.
Facts. I'm starting to see 40 something year old, prior nurse managers, who are post stroke. It's sad to see😢
Oh Ms. Angie, I am sending love and prayers for your health, peace of mind and recovery. Thank you is not enough for all you've given and sacrificed for the sake of others however I pray the good Lord blesses and keeps you in his arms, and makes way out of no way, time and time again for you. You are loved and appreciated!.
❤ God bless n keep you
Don't forget all the nurses on TikTok dancing around with their sugary energy drinks making $$ off of being sponsored by these drinks and will get diabetes in a few years from all that sugar theyve been consuming. The hospital environment is one of the toxic places ive seen. Toxic people trying to take care of sick people. It's like the blind leading the blind.
I commend you for being honest. Lots of valid points. I have cried, felt overwhelmed, been called slow, just feeling defeated. Sharing. I will give the best care I can safely. I’ve spoken up and some nurses are afraid to. I am not perfect but the older I get the more I will stand for whats right. From one nurse to another thank you and keep encouraging others.
Sis, I like you am a old school nurse. It is distressing to not be able to provide quality care, and ALL THE CHARTING.
I left bedside 3 years ago. I worked in a unionized hospital. A facility where the UNION states staffing ratios, CNA load. We never had a CNA and if we did , he/she would have all the mouth and no work ethic. It got to the point where I actually enjoyed not having to deal with a lazy, mouthy CNA.
I give. I don’t know what or where the status of nursing has gone to. As you said the admins care less. It’s about numbers for them. The only time they want to care is if there is an event involving a patient.
I left. Now doing Case Management from home.
Best of luck to you and all nurses still doing bedside.
You forgot to mention the hazing that goes on and the staff conflicts amongst each other and competition between shifts… this industry was so traumatizing as an RN for 27 yrs in may and a CNA 6yrs before that. And even though my license is still active you reminded me why I would rather do Door Dash, Uber, or anything else really before going back to the bedside. Thank God for my life insurance license.
My hair stylist makes $ 2-4K on each day of Friday to sun
You are so right! Shift to shift arguments and competition is so prevalent.
@@juliecarrillo6341 for me all money ain't good money. I'd rather have peace of mind.
Don't forget all the nurses on TikTok dancing around with their sugary energy drinks making $$ off of being sponsored by these drinks and will get diabetes in a few years from all that sugar theyve been consuming. The hospital environment is one of the toxic places ive seen. Toxic people trying to take care of sick people. It's like the blind leading the blind.
Lateral violence is out of control in the nursing profession
There was a time when a woman had only 2 professional occupations to pursue that paid “well” which was nursing and teaching professions. The young women today are pursuing engineering, law, architecture, computer science etc. degrees. The nursing profession is no longer a “desired” occupation for women. Most men don’t “last” long in nursing because they are not trained to “nurture” and/or they refuse to deal with the increased patient verbal and physical abuse.
Everyone I know of is pursuing a nursing degree, because of the money.
@@lisagrl89m.67 Yes, true but many of those doing it for just “money” don’t last in the field of nursing. They either “quit” or change careers,or get fired for not taking their profession seriously (e.g. safe nursing practice).
Hats off to you guys that are carrying this heavy load. I started out as an Air Force medic (LPN equivalent) over 30 yrs ago and went into ultrasound after 10 yrs of nursing and knowing it was too much back then!!! Truly since COVID we have lost a lot of good folks and no one is going into the field. Not sure what is gonna happen for real! Like you said, management doesn't care!
Mentioning family members helping out is helpful.I think people are clueless about that. A video on that would be awesome.
Unfortunately we end up serving the family too! Make them a bed,serve them dinner. Then they visit and leave all their trash for you to pick up 😢
Then the family member stays overnight and you learn they are sick too and you have 2 patients in one room!
@@alohamom That’s awful! People just have no respect.
Medical Social Worker here. The part where you said family needs to step up more 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I do way too many tasks that the family can handle OR the patient themselves can handle…I’m sitting on hold for hours all because nobody took uncle or pop pop to the county office and now his insurance is terminated 😕 now his transportation is cancelled, now he can’t get his prescription….family don’t answer my calls….I’m here to help those who need it, not those who just don’t want to lift a finger to help themselves.
I’m an ED nurse thank you for what you do. I can’t imagine how you feel. It’s almost like patients constantly undermine the work you do but it is so important. I appreciate you guys as a nurse cause it helps the patient get well rounded quality care even if they don’t use it to help themselves
I’m a county mental health worker and I will tell you that these systems are messed up and I help people with disability’s navigate these systems. The entire system is messed up and disability or not it can be difficult to navigate, especially if you are new to the system. The most important work in our country such as healthcare and education are not respected and paid appropriately. It is sad you can get paid more as a dog walker than as a CNA or a child care worker, teacher assistant, or personal care assistant. They are closing nursing homes in our state. We are going to need to quit our jobs to care for our parents and many people have already. Good luck if you have a family member with a disability. Some states are starting to pay family members for care because PCAs don’t make enough. For profit healthcare is gutting the industry and now even the nonprofits are taking up this model. Higher ups don’t care because it’s all about numbers and climbing the sick ladder. The system is broken and those with money will always find care.
Oh no. We’re going to exhaust all family and friend resources before I spend my entire work day doing this for a patient. And then the patients with ABSOLUTELY no one and ZERO ability to do it on their own will get my attention. That’s the problem-you can’t split yourself six different ways. You have to figure out who needs saving and who doesn’t cause if you don’t-burnout will get you!
You are absolutely correct. I am looking for a remote nursing job. The burnout at the bedside is just horrible. I thought i was the only one with that line of thought. The future of health care is scary.
My mother (May she rest in peace) told me 15yrs ago that she notice the patients needs and health were getting worse. And she was a Postpartum nurse. And had been a nurse for over 30 years back then . You have confirmed what she had been talking about. Health is wealth y’all !
Too many Americans don't want to take responsibility for their own health and wellness and expect nurses and doctors to fix years worth of them abusing their bodies
Girl I work on a mother/baby floor and we have mothers that don’t even want to get up and do for themselves. We have had mothers that are 2 and 3 days post-op and they don’t want to move or get up out the bed. You are so right in this video. We need to take our health more seriously. It’s a shame. The job is TOXIC!!!
These mothers should know better. Especially, the one's who had many babies. What are you going to do when you go home? I'm not coming with you!!😞
So right. I sm 45 years young. I have been a CNA for 15 years and recently graduated nursing school. There are very few CNAs at the hospital where I work because their workload is so heavy, and they aren't allowed to do everything I did as an aide, but they have 30 patients. And people are getting sicker younger, but there are more and more patients who do not WANT to do anything for themselves. The patients who need complete care aren't getting it because of the patients who do not want to help themselves. I love nursing, but it is sooooo not what it used to be.
I have to beat my self everyday , stressed out just by the thought of going to the nursing home 😫 CNA is horror
15 in and whew chile..... this crossed my mind this morning. Complexities are higher while they want to push ANYONE into the field. Everyone sue happy. The knowledgeable nurses.... we tired boss.
thank you this video!!!! i resonate deeply. ive been an RN for nearly 2 yrs and a tech for 4.5 yrs. collective change happens slowly but hopefully we will get there, somehow.
Girl I totally get it! 46 years in the business. Retired 2 years ago from rehab nursing and found my dream job in mental health and drug addiction. No more pushing, pulling and dragging patients around while the family sits there watching me struggle to move THEIR loved ones that are going to go home with them! Wont even try to assist them to sip water from their cup, toilet, turn or feed them. Now I sit most of my shift and many days, all of my shift. I've learned to sit real good while making the most money I've ever made and my retirement. Laughing all the way to the bank. God bless you and thank you for your honesty! Now days, there's no way I'd ever become a nurse.
KENDRA!! You are spot on with this video! I'm 6 years at the bedside. It is UNMANAGEABLE. I care so much about trying to do the job correctly, like you, and it takes a huge toll on me.
I just applied for an Occ Health position, I hope I get it. Double the pay, fraction of the stress.
About families- yes! Tell me why the other day a family member pushed the call light saying they are waiting for the nurse to come in and feed the patient. It wasn't my pt but I answered the light and went in there and *kindly* explained to them that they are capable and showed them how to work the bedside table. PUHLEASEEE we are not your servants. You're here, you can feed them. Plus, you should WANT to feed them. Thats YOUR FAMILY and we are strangers. If my loved one was in the hospital I would never ask a stranger to feed them, brush their hair or teeth or wash their face. I would have already done it.
Thank you for sharing all of this truth.
True😊
Yes family visiting for 5 minutes and not feeding their kin is INFURIATING.
Im so exhausted. Literally dread work now because i might end up with 6-8 pts and will be unable to attend to most of them😢. Standing the whole shift..wearing knee support and not having a break is not wat i envisioned as an RN
It’s become so hard to give good care.
I feel the same way, sometimes they would call you from your break while eating to attend to a patient meanwhile you don’t even have paid breaks, at times you don’t even get breaks at all
@@esthersbucketlist I'm always disturbed on my break too.💔 I end up working the whole shift.
Stay strong!! We need your voice and so many others!! They just don’t understand what we go through. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 I’m thinking of changing my career too after all these years
This video is on point. Nothing but TRUTH. I haven't worked on the floor in years. I thought it was bad back in the day 20 yrs ago. Like you said, at least back then, you had some " walkie talkies " who could leave the unit. I pretty much stepped away also. I quit, we sold our house and moved to the Dominican Republic. I now work as a prn occasional and have no regrets. Thanks for the video. I don't know what the answer is for the future of nursing. I pray someone figures it out before it's to late. 🙏
Thank you for your comment. It’s really bad now and I’m unsure of nursing’s future. How’s life in DR?
Now this is a video that needs to go viral!!! Everything you are saying is true!! I knew when I became an RN 19 years ago, that I never wanted to work bedside, it was terrible then!!! Today it's even worse!!! I am planning my exit strategy now! I'm tired!!!
What’s the plan, tell us. We need a way too.
I went to nursing school later in life. Straightaway, I discovered that inpatient was too much heavy lifting. I've done a couple of medical specialties and I now work part time in urgent care. Luckily, companies near me hire RNs in urgent care (many areas of the country do not). I've found that part time in nursing is the sweet spot. There is a HUGE turnover in outpatient too. They are expecting the staff to drive to multiple clinics and cover multiple specialties so others can get time off. Just like inpatient with CNAs, we have a major shortage of MAs. Insurance prior authorizations are through the roof so nurses are constantly chasing the paper trail rather than educating their patients!
Bless you and thank you 🙏🏾 for taking care of your patients. Your story was so real 😢it saddens me. Nurses should be highly respected and valued. I’m a special education teacher and your story resonated with me. The caseload is astounding while we continue to lose our teachers and paraprofessionals. The shortage has become scary 😧. Our field is not attracting young people 🤷🏾♀️. Hoping for a better future for both professions. 💜 I have much respect for Nurses. My aunt retired from nursing. Take care.
This video was very informative and shed light on real issues in the healthcare system! Some of us actually do want to work as CNAs or PCTs or other support, but these jobs are not hiring us…even with the training and credentials😭 Instead of hiring more employees, they’re making the workload harder for the nurses and other techs that are already there.
I worked for NIH 11 years in research and decided to leave and work at a step-down observation unit at John Hopkins Suburban Hospital. I survived the Covid "era" working on a Covid floor. After that, I got fed up and switched to PRN....I eventually quit and have not gone back in 2 years. I am an RN with 20 years of experience. I love being an R N... but my mental health comes first. ❤
Insurance regulations have dictated who gets admitted to hospital. The only reason anyone is sent to hospital is when insurance has determined there is no other way for that patient to be treated at a lower cost to the company without hospitalization. If you want an answer to anything in medicine...... follow the money.
This is why we are seeing the sickest of patients in all Carr settings.
Preach
My friend had blue cross Blue Shield, a government job. She was having stomach pains and her doctor just kept giving her pills and antacids and things for constipation and anxiety. This went on over 2 years. He wouldn’t send her for any tests. I took her to the ER where she sat for 8 hours- her doctor wouldn’t get her admitted. A few weeks later she fainted at work and was finally admitted. She had terminal stomach cancer. It took a week to get a port put in for chemo. Before the chemo even started, she died. I was with her for hours as she was dying in this fancy hospital. After watching people suffer and die with cancer, I’ll never choose the American system of treatment.
I can relate so much to this video!!! I thought maybe it was me, that I was getting too old to keep up after doing this professionally for 13 years. The burnout, nursing / tech shortages, no break & the low pay!! 😢
Both of my parents are nurses.
This is why I entered the funeral business and became a mortician. I will always have a job especially with how little people seem to take care of themselves 🤷🏽♀️
Such a smart move! 🩷
@@KendraRN Amen sister 💕💕
I have never commented on YT but I must speak. When my mom was in the hospital for a month I lived there with her. Literally, I was the cna, the maid, and even the nurse checker after she was given the wrong med.
Not all family members sit back and expect nurses, cnas do all the work. In the end my Mom received better care and the cnas gave me whatever supplies I needed whenever I needed them.
My dear you are one out of a million. I used to be a cna and dealt with the same kind of mentality from family members. Such as “Who is gonna feed me mom”? Meanwhile I have 10 people to feed.
Sorry that you had to do their job for them. It’s not right.
I’m one of the young nurses. Been a nurse for almost 3 years. Only did one full year at bedside. It started to affect me mentally. No breaks whatsoever, constant revolving door of pts who are non compliant or thinks the hospital is a getaway vacation etc. I would love to be back at the bedside under much different circumstances because you really learn a lot there. But I just can’t, and I don’t blame those who want to leave either. Management doesn’t care, the country doesn’t care. I remember having 8 pts and they were all complete care. And only 2 CNAs for 36 pts
THANK-YOU FOR ALL YOU DO! I'm Working On An Nusing Degree Now ; I Was An CNA For About 8 Years. Your A Precious Jewel And As Gold Becoming Rare. Many Blessings Ya'll!
This is the kind of voice we need at the front of the line. We need good leaders that understand the struggles not full up in ones ego !!!
Hello Kendra, you are absolutely right, when my mother (god rest her soul) was in the hospital I would come in the mornings and get her cleaned up and make sure she eats her breakfast and I would come again in the evening and get her ready for the night. That way 45 plus years ago and the nurses appreciated that. I understand your frustration.
Completely agree! COVID-19 just brought out even more underlying issues for alot of patients...addiction/mental health issues! We can't keep up with the demands as nurses.
Not just Covid, the opioid epidemic started in the 1990's!
Yup
Society at large is rude and mean. I had to tell my patient this past weekend that he was NOT going to talk to me any kind of way. He immediately got angrier and asked for the charge nurse (and that's the last thing they need to do, because I will ask charge if THEY want to take the patient, so that doesn't scare me at all, plus I'm charge at times, duh). I just CANNOT with their attitudes, and thinking because they talk to their friends and family that way, that I'm going to accept it. Nope, not me. And that's what goes on my performance review each year, because I talk back, instead of act like a quiet, nice nurse who likes to get cursed out for the sake of customer service numbers.
The vaccine make a lot of people sick
The reason the ratios are high is simple: profit margins. Hospitals keep more $ by hiring fewer nurses. CEOs get huge bonuses for keeping payroll as low as possible.
Here in Louisiana, ive had as many as 32 med/surg patients. There is NO law here mandating any ratios.
It’s sickening!
You have articulated EVERYTHING I just talked to my husband about. Absolutely spot on.
Totally agree! Even as an ultrasound tech I can see the strain on the healthcare system. We are told to work faster, handle more patients and miss lunch breaks. The comorbidities are crazy too, patients can't even move their own body weight sometimes. My ultrasound machine only has so much power to penetrate the body, I am not a miracle worker!!
So you were missing your lunch breaks! Boundaries are needed
We love our u/s techs!
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Its so sad and we don't have x-ray tech as much as we did.
During the pandemic, they saw that we can do more with less and stick with it. Literally we’re never staffed, more tasks are added, ratios are insane, all for little pay. And they wonder why ppl are leaving the bedside? We’re STRESSED and being stretched thin. Some patients will not get the best, quality care in these circumstances and I feel so bad for them.
You are so right in everything you said. As an LPN it is really difficult for us. The RNs give us most of their work. And if we tell the aides to do this or that, it’s a threat of a walkout so you end up doing most of their work also. Because if they quit it’s even worse for the LPN.
Thank you! One of the most honest and accurate description of the state of nursing I've ever heard. 30 plus years in nursing and I'm planning my escape.