I quit bedside nursing after 31 years and retired early 2 years ago, I am still recovering from the physical, mental and emotional trauma of a life lived at the bedside. My chronic back pain and the bilateral degenerative joint disease of my knees from 30+ years of constantly being on my feet for 12+ hour shifts for 3 decades is my lasting "reward".
I've been nurse for 15 years, end up working on ER. I'm sooooo ready to move on. Yesterday was my interview for pain clinic....wish me luck!!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🤞🤞🤞🤞
There must b 100 videos for this topic. I watch them everyday as I try to figure out how to escape something I prayed for. Something I KNEW I wanted. Some how, some way, there is no way I’m doing this longer than I have too. #cantwait2quit😅
I'm only been working 2 months on my own as a nurse and Im already looking for a way out. I applied for med tech but It will take 3 years at least for me to finish. I am so miserable. I've never had anxiety before I started working as a nurse. Life is just horrible.
I’ve been a RN for 10 years and went from the ICU to non bedside roles, but I’ve gotten to the point where I am thinking of going back to the bedside. Working 9-5 sucks. But that’s the beauty of nursing, you can go back and forth and always find something different to do within the field
That’s the beauty of nursing. Sometimes you just need a break for a while away from acute and full on stressful roles. Then when youre de-stressed , you return to what you love. Remember no experience is ever wasted. From a 🇬🇧U.K. RN! God bless all RNs xx
I’ve been a peds nurse for 23 years. Seen all you talked about. Did peds oncology for 2 years of that time. I’m now 50 and I don’t want to be in healthcare period anymore. I’m just tired and worn out. Not sure what I’m gonna do. I quit hospital nurse in 2015, was in home health for a couple years, did case management (awful), school nurse (also, sadly, awful) and am back in home care. I’m down to one last patient. When he no longer needs me I’m done. I’m literally thinking about going to work at somewhere like Target or Starbucks and doing a channel on here. I have one, but it’s just got a cat video on it 😂. I need simple and where someone’s life is not in my hands.
Physical therapist here. I love being a physical therapist but it's hard on your body. Patients are great but they put a lot on you mentally, like I'm not a counselor. I love being there but it's a lot all pf the time. I have worked in every setting amd various states.. it's the same. Hoping my youtube channel grows and i can earn a few thousands a month 😂. I started posting videos in January and now have 5000 subscribers!!
Hi! You may not be checking your CZcams, but I was just curious… why was school nursing awful? Just interested in possibly pursuing that big wondering what aspects of it you didn’t like? Thank you in advance!
Thinking the same thing too. I have been a nurse for 10 years, had a practice gap for 6 years, now I just started getting back in to bedside, my 2nd week in nursing to be exact but no matter how I try to push myself back to this profession, I still feel so very anxious pre-shift and God knows I have always wanted to become a photographer, be in creative arts. 😢
Are you going to pursue photography? This anxiety that were all facing as a nurse has become normalized which I think shouldn't be because NO job should give us anxiety. I hope you find a way to pursure what you really love
If you think peds have your back hurting my gosh imagine working on a regular med Surg floor with full grown adults and overweight patients with minimal staff. It's crazy out here.
I've been working as a RN for 3 years in the med/surg and 2 years in the ED. I kinda thought and expected that the anxiety will get better as I get more experience and career, but this pre-shift anxiety is killing me.. :/ I'm in primary NP school right now too.
This sucks to know. I'm an incoming nursing student. I believe that nursing is likely God's plan for my life since it's not something I thought much about, but somehow managed to get accepted. I know it will be hard mentally, physically, and spiritually, but I don't know if I can bear the burden and responsibilities. I hope the nursing field improves by the time I graduate. Do you mind sharing some of your struggles or experiences as a nurse?
@@greencandyy6632I think it's the uncertainty of the shift because we don't know what will happen during the 12-hour shift and we know how busy the shift is so I think that gives the anxiety. But some days are good and some days are bad. Nevertheless, I love nursing tho. There are so many different paths that we can pursue that not that many jobs have. Plus it's very rewarding to see the improvement of patients that you take care of :)
I'm a new nurse and I cannot deal with this pre and post anxiety. I've never felt such a horrible feeling of being scared to go to work. It's my first time dealing with anxiety and I can't take it anymore. I'm looking at other career options so far like med lab technologist or piloting even. But even that will take time and I'll have to suffer in nursing for a few years til I finish school. Any other options?
@@jennadeleon4017 Thank you for sharing. Can I ask what are some of the struggles that you are facing working as a nurse? Is it because of the nursing shortage causing more responsibilities or is it the nature of the work in general?
@@greencandyy6632 I'll give you a few examples of my struggle as a new nurse. One is having to find someone to help you with the things you're unfamiliar with. Sometimes nurses are so busy so you have to wait or sometimes noones willing to help at all or if they help, they make you feel like you're a bother. Another is having to deal with rude doctors. Some of them yell at you for doing your job, like calling for a critical lab in the early morning. Patient and patient's family are another thing, they can be very demanding!. For example, they want you to change a patient's diaper who is 2x assist right away but no PSW is available to help you, so they get mad. OR they have so many questions that your'e not familiar. So many other things :(
Respiratory therapist here for 29 years. I’ve NEVER been on call. I’ve worked in bigger hospitals, but now, at 52, I’m moving to a 100 bed hospital. I know SO MANY RN’s who are absolutely miserable…& they’re new grads & decades-long nurses.
Thank you for always being real! I’m learning so much about nursing and nursing school from your experience and it’s making it all a bit less scary as I’m starting my medsurg semester!
May God bless you and all the positive energy follow you for all the sacrifice and heal you for all the trauma you have seen. If you feel it's right, I pray for protection of covering over you as you are trying to do and have already done so much good.
I want the very best for the patients and I find enjoyment and satisfaction to the fullest with I see patients get better during their stay. I feel the new RN's who faced the covid outbreak has gotten burnt out...that with the office dramas...gossips....omfgoodness...to me, I can deal with critical patients with physically demanding work...what I can't deal with are immature people around me who get in the way of effective teamwork....people who come to work to play, hang out, talk and gossip...yea..thats what burns me out..not the 6-10 patients I need to take care of at any given time....glad ill be leaving bedside too...after 6 and a half years...now that I am applying the medical model in treatment plan in addition to the holistic approach of nursing, it feels so gratifying...i love knowing and learning about the pathophysiology of diseases....knowing what medications are to be prescribed...I feel that i can really help this community so much more now as a practitioner....
20+yrs here - private, critical care, then coordinator, now site leading... two sites. I do steady film for fun 😅. keep variety open for your mental health. congrats on you NP journey 🎉
Damn, I feel old! 😂 I worked bedside nursing in Labor and Delivery for 32 years with the previous 7 years also teaching adjunct clinical. I am now full-time faculty and only work in the hospital as a clinical instructor. BS nursing is tough and isn't for the weak!
Today is my 1 year nurse-aversary! I am back in school for my BSN (I have an ADN) I’ll be done end of summer and then I plan on starting an NP program next summer. I know bedside isn’t for me
You are so luck me. Unfortunately too many (actually it is very few)nurses are there just to make others miserable. The unhappy don't like the happy and try to being you down. I have been a licensed nurse for 18 years I took the last 10 years of doing live in, but financially I have returned to the ICU. I still feel it an honor to care for those. I do it for the patients and not the unhappy nurses. We have so many options. Mad respect for the nurses who go in each day with gladness and singleness of heart.
How is nursing going for you? I'm an incoming nursing student. I'm worried about the future of the nursing profession and if I can manage and bear the burden. I hope it improves by the time I graduate.
Same Situation. All we can do as nurses is to sit down take a breather and be honest to ourselves that IT is taking a toll on our health (chronic back pain) and mental health. as we call each other in PH , "KABARO" (colleague or co-nurse) MAG PA TULOY KA LANG (carry on) ❤
I remember helping a manager at one place by picking up nightshift just to help out per request-needless to say...I ended up doing day & night shift in same week for over a year. - I was just trying to help but sort of felt forgot about-I agree- it can be extremely taxing on the body, no joke.
I’m having a similar situation. I have a bachelors in medical laboratory science and am a medical laboratory scientist (med tech, lab tech, etc.) and am applying for PA school. I figured it’d be a great transition considering i know the pathophys of all these diseases and how they correlate to every lab a doctor can order, and i am getting burnt from my job a little bit in a similar manner as you (besides the on call, we don’t usually have that in most circumstances).
I don't want to scare you but PA job is more stressful and has more risks to offer against your license. You have bigger responsibilities although those are 2 different jobs. Being in the lab and then becoming a provider are 2 different things. This is like having burnt out new grad nurses that are taking NP school thinking it will get better. It will not get any better. Healthcare system is broken and also aside from that consider work politics, bullies, work environment, work ethics. A job is just a job and the key is don't get married to a job if you want to have a life. I am a burnt out ED nurse and educator for decades and I quit my bedside job because it is sh*tty everyday. I found happiness in real estate and e commerce. Lol A totally different world.
@@JG-Photography9590 Do you think the nursing profession will get better? Was it already bad when you first started working? I'm an incoming nursing student and I'm scared if I will make it
@@greencandyy6632 I am not discouraging anyone to become a nurse if that is your passion and your dream. I mean, to each his own right? I was once an enthusiastic new nurse that always wanted the sickest patients so I can utilize my skillset and learn something from them on top of saving their lives. I've been a nurse for 1.5 decades and nursing before was different. We focus on the patients more than the charting and dealing with computers. I mean, it is very important to document. As the saying goes, if it's not documented, it wasn't done. It's brutal now and you see massive strikes happening recently from all the burnt out nurses. I'm happy we have nurse ratios here in California but out of state aside from low wages, they are out of ratio or no actual set nurse to patient ratios at all. There a lot sicker patients now and insurances won't even cover shit that the pt needs when they go home so there is what we call readmission. I work as a Case Manager now so I see how disrupted the system is. I am hoping it will change but more and more new grads are quiting nursing because they see how awful it is. Again, if it's your passion, you will be ok. Any job is stressful but if that's what your heart desires, you are more than likely to love your job. Nursing has many facets it's not just all about the bedside if I'll give you a piece of advice. 🙂
I couldn’t be a bedside RN. I’m fed up enough with being a medical assistant. Working for bratty docs who ironically can’t seem to internalize the simple concept that just because I didn’t study medicine at Dartmouth does not preclude me from being a generally intelligent human being. Some of the arrogance I’ve encountered is just gross. Clinics let their staff become so depleted and they don’t hire more MAs, you just get to pick up the slack without any real compensation. This whole role in medical is a joke and I often ask myself why anyone would stay on as an MA for any real stretch of time.
After being in healthcare for 40 years I retired from nursing a years ago. I'm still recovering. Nurses give so much of themselves we eventually have nothing left for us. It's not the hundreds of codes, deaths, or even abuse that ruined. It was the betrayal from leadership as they let the standard become understaffed, expecting the high performers to make it all happen. I did clinic for the last 17 years doing telehealth, but the load was 30-40 patients per day and after 150,000 patients, the stress became unbearable. It was like running a marathon daily at sprint speed. You work unpaid overtime daily while leadership came and left on time. The COVID hit, nurses quit and the floodgates opened.
I'm an ultrasound tech. Being on call is why most techs quit hospitals. I'm so tired of it, if i'm going to have my free time wasted like that, i might as well be a travel tech and get paid for not enjoying my time outside of work. just 8 more months. to have 2 years experience and go into travel.
I am an RN for 25 years. It’s 2023 and this is absolutely the worse. The rationale is those in charge want above all to have money and they seem to do whatever it takes to keep their leadership positions. Half of you will disagree but forced Covid policy was the catalyst. It’s more political now, more outsourcing, and above all less about patient care. Those at the top decided to take care of number 1, themselves first. The incompetence, bad spending, and novice attitude those in charge have is unbelievable. They say all the right stuff but their actions speak louder. I hope it works out for you, bro. I see trends that wages are down in nursing and multitasking is up. If you let them they will burn you out, don’t let them. Nursing still offers variety and if you move you can always have a job.
Hi! Thanks for your video. I was also thinking of PA school after my MPH/RD degree. Were you able to find a PA program online? I'd love to know how balancing your many goals and projects has been. New subscriber :)
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It can be because for some strange reason most hospitals won’t take you on as a new grad to become a scrub nurse. I would say I’ve possibly got lucky. But it doesn’t hurt to try them again. I’m in the UK so things are a bit different. Plus I did apply to a lot of hospitals and most of them rejected me because they said I was a new grad. it’s a completely different skill set and there’s so many different specialities as well, so it takes longer to learn everything plus not every hospital does every single speciality as well. Basics of being a scrub nurse. Is Learning general surgery inside out because that would be like a stepping stone into all the other specialities.
@@Pearlsena I sincerely appreciate the detailed reply!! it has put things into perspective. I would love to eventually end up in the OR bc the field fascinates me so much!!! thats even if i have to gain experience to get there! im happy for you that u were able to start right away. lets hope i get lucky as well.
@@tmc14121Late reply to but for any other new grads interested in being OR nurse, I have seen a few new grad nurses drop videos about getting that job, so check with your area hospitals, and maybe you will get lucky.
Been a nurse for 8 years in a multitude of positions. We are losing many RN’s at my hospital due to the increase of flex (travel nurses) making double/triple than staff RN’s. Many barely do anything. For example, one we just had charted patient refused on all meds. I can’t knock the hustle, but what financial gain do hospitals have from paying a travel nurse 120/hr rather than increasing staff RN pay to let’s say 40/45? Mind you, I’m contingent but work part/full time hours and am in MI.
You need to take a job that you enjoy. If unhappy then do something else. I quit my job after working 20 years as Physical Therapist. Started and diligently studied how to invest in stocks. Today my ROI is over 2,000 percent. My annual salary in my previous job, I could easily earn it in few weeks or just a month and only working or monitor the stocks few hours only in one day.
@@ally705 Idk if there is an equivalent in other states but in NY there is something called the uniform assessment system of NY for community based long term care agencies and health insurance plans. Most of the UAS nurses Ik work remotely from home or hybrid, and they also get pay a portion per assessments they complete on top of their regular pay. There’s alot of opportunities here in NYS for those types of roles.
Damn.. these nurses-vloggers needs to have fresh and new content or subj area to discuss. Everytime I see one of you, you discussed basically the same damn thing.
You are the biggest cupcake I’ve ever not met. This is what’s wrong with this country, nobody wants to pay their dues anymore they’re so entitled. I’ve been a PA for 21 years and a paramedic, in a very busy metro for 12 years before that. You have no idea what the words tough job mean.
I quit bedside nursing after 31 years and retired early 2 years ago, I am still recovering from the physical, mental and emotional trauma of a life lived at the bedside. My chronic back pain and the bilateral degenerative joint disease of my knees from 30+ years of constantly being on my feet for 12+ hour shifts for 3 decades is my lasting "reward".
The current state of nursing is humiliating.
So true
Every single day I think about how to get out. ER for 19 yrs, nursing for 20. Don't want to do anything in nursing anymore.
I've been nurse for 15 years, end up working on ER. I'm sooooo ready to move on. Yesterday was my interview for pain clinic....wish me luck!!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🤞🤞🤞🤞
There must b 100 videos for this topic. I watch them everyday as I try to figure out how to escape something I prayed for. Something I KNEW I wanted. Some how, some way, there is no way I’m doing this longer than I have too. #cantwait2quit😅
😂😂 me too physical therapist here
I'm only been working 2 months on my own as a nurse and Im already looking for a way out. I applied for med tech but It will take 3 years at least for me to finish. I am so miserable. I've never had anxiety before I started working as a nurse. Life is just horrible.
I’ve been a RN for 10 years and went from the ICU to non bedside roles, but I’ve gotten to the point where I am thinking of going back to the bedside. Working 9-5 sucks. But that’s the beauty of nursing, you can go back and forth and always find something different to do within the field
I agree, I tried 9-5 and nothing beats 3/12s
I'm doing 9-5 now. We'll see 👀
Im doing 5-5 and i dont cry like this guy
you don't have to work 9-5 lol...can also work in acute care settings for 12 hours like physicians...
That’s the beauty of nursing. Sometimes you just need a break for a while away from acute and full on stressful roles. Then when youre de-stressed , you return to what you love. Remember no experience is ever wasted. From a 🇬🇧U.K. RN! God bless all RNs xx
I’ve been a peds nurse for 23 years. Seen all you talked about. Did peds oncology for 2 years of that time. I’m now 50 and I don’t want to be in healthcare period anymore. I’m just tired and worn out. Not sure what I’m gonna do. I quit hospital nurse in 2015, was in home health for a couple years, did case management (awful), school nurse (also, sadly, awful) and am back in home care. I’m down to one last patient. When he no longer needs me I’m done. I’m literally thinking about going to work at somewhere like Target or Starbucks and doing a channel on here. I have one, but it’s just got a cat video on it 😂. I need simple and where someone’s life is not in my hands.
I hear you. From a U.K. RN
Physical therapist here. I love being a physical therapist but it's hard on your body. Patients are great but they put a lot on you mentally, like I'm not a counselor. I love being there but it's a lot all pf the time. I have worked in every setting amd various states.. it's the same. Hoping my youtube channel grows and i can earn a few thousands a month 😂. I started posting videos in January and now have 5000 subscribers!!
Hi! You may not be checking your CZcams, but I was just curious… why was school nursing awful? Just interested in possibly pursuing that big wondering what aspects of it you didn’t like? Thank you in advance!
Look into nursing informatics...
Thinking the same thing too. I have been a nurse for 10 years, had a practice gap for 6 years, now I just started getting back in to bedside, my 2nd week in nursing to be exact but no matter how I try to push myself back to this profession, I still feel so very anxious pre-shift and God knows I have always wanted to become a photographer, be in creative arts. 😢
Are you going to pursue photography? This anxiety that were all facing as a nurse has become normalized which I think shouldn't be because NO job should give us anxiety. I hope you find a way to pursure what you really love
If you think peds have your back hurting my gosh imagine working on a regular med Surg floor with full grown adults and overweight patients with minimal staff. It's crazy out here.
My thoughts exactly 💯
thank you for all the love and support! I read all of these and im so grateful
Your motivational & seem like the coolest nurse to work with man. Hope to meet you one day fam. Much Respect ✊🏾
one day! but thank you so much!
I've been working as a RN for 3 years in the med/surg and 2 years in the ED. I kinda thought and expected that the anxiety will get better as I get more experience and career, but this pre-shift anxiety is killing me.. :/ I'm in primary NP school right now too.
This sucks to know. I'm an incoming nursing student. I believe that nursing is likely God's plan for my life since it's not something I thought much about, but somehow managed to get accepted. I know it will be hard mentally, physically, and spiritually, but I don't know if I can bear the burden and responsibilities. I hope the nursing field improves by the time I graduate. Do you mind sharing some of your struggles or experiences as a nurse?
@@greencandyy6632I think it's the uncertainty of the shift because we don't know what will happen during the 12-hour shift and we know how busy the shift is so I think that gives the anxiety. But some days are good and some days are bad. Nevertheless, I love nursing tho. There are so many different paths that we can pursue that not that many jobs have. Plus it's very rewarding to see the improvement of patients that you take care of :)
I'm a new nurse and I cannot deal with this pre and post anxiety. I've never felt such a horrible feeling of being scared to go to work. It's my first time dealing with anxiety and I can't take it anymore. I'm looking at other career options so far like med lab technologist or piloting even. But even that will take time and I'll have to suffer in nursing for a few years til I finish school. Any other options?
@@jennadeleon4017 Thank you for sharing. Can I ask what are some of the struggles that you are facing working as a nurse? Is it because of the nursing shortage causing more responsibilities or is it the nature of the work in general?
@@greencandyy6632 I'll give you a few examples of my struggle as a new nurse. One is having to find someone to help you with the things you're unfamiliar with. Sometimes nurses are so busy so you have to wait or sometimes noones willing to help at all or if they help, they make you feel like you're a bother. Another is having to deal with rude doctors. Some of them yell at you for doing your job, like calling for a critical lab in the early morning. Patient and patient's family are another thing, they can be very demanding!. For example, they want you to change a patient's diaper who is 2x assist right away but no PSW is available to help you, so they get mad. OR they have so many questions that your'e not familiar. So many other things :(
I'm hitting 9 years and Its so depressing missing all the fun events. I have 6mo of NP school left and I'm so ready!!
Respiratory therapist here for 29 years. I’ve NEVER been on call. I’ve worked in bigger hospitals, but now, at 52, I’m moving to a 100 bed hospital. I know SO MANY RN’s who are absolutely miserable…& they’re new grads & decades-long nurses.
Congratulations, Alex!! Thank you for sharing with all of us your journey!
Thank you for always being real! I’m learning so much about nursing and nursing school from your experience and it’s making it all a bit less scary as I’m starting my medsurg semester!
May God bless you and all the positive energy follow you for all the sacrifice and heal you for all the trauma you have seen. If you feel it's right, I pray for protection of covering over you as you are trying to do and have already done so much good.
congrats alex!! glad you’re making a switch you’re happy with!
Congrats on all of your future plans! Great job!
the burnout comes so fast... oh no
BUT be yourself Alex!! Chose what you believe is best for you
omg congrats!! you'll be a great NP
I want the very best for the patients and I find enjoyment and satisfaction to the fullest with I see patients get better during their stay. I feel the new RN's who faced the covid outbreak has gotten burnt out...that with the office dramas...gossips....omfgoodness...to me, I can deal with critical patients with physically demanding work...what I can't deal with are immature people around me who get in the way of effective teamwork....people who come to work to play, hang out, talk and gossip...yea..thats what burns me out..not the 6-10 patients I need to take care of at any given time....glad ill be leaving bedside too...after 6 and a half years...now that I am applying the medical model in treatment plan in addition to the holistic approach of nursing, it feels so gratifying...i love knowing and learning about the pathophysiology of diseases....knowing what medications are to be prescribed...I feel that i can really help this community so much more now as a practitioner....
Good luck to you, I’ve been in healthcare for 23 years. Left the bedside after 16 years.
You will get to enjoy so much more life, Congratulations and Keep us posted
20+yrs here - private, critical care, then coordinator, now site leading... two sites. I do steady film for fun 😅. keep variety open for your mental health. congrats on you NP journey 🎉
Damn, I feel old! 😂 I worked bedside nursing in Labor and Delivery for 32 years with the previous 7 years also teaching adjunct clinical. I am now full-time faculty and only work in the hospital as a clinical instructor. BS nursing is tough and isn't for the weak!
Today is my 1 year nurse-aversary! I am back in school for my BSN (I have an ADN) I’ll be done end of summer and then I plan on starting an NP program next summer. I know bedside isn’t for me
You are so luck me. Unfortunately too many (actually it is very few)nurses are there just to make others miserable. The unhappy don't like the happy and try to being you down. I have been a licensed nurse for 18 years I took the last 10 years of doing live in, but financially I have returned to the ICU. I still feel it an honor to care for those. I do it for the patients and not the unhappy nurses. We have so many options. Mad respect for the nurses who go in each day with gladness and singleness of heart.
Just graduated nursing school and im already planning my path to NP. Thanks for being so positive brother!
Same!
How is nursing going for you? I'm an incoming nursing student. I'm worried about the future of the nursing profession and if I can manage and bear the burden. I hope it improves by the time I graduate.
Same Situation. All we can do as nurses is to sit down take a breather and be honest to ourselves that IT is taking a toll on our health (chronic back pain) and mental health. as we call each other in PH , "KABARO" (colleague or co-nurse) MAG PA TULOY KA LANG (carry on) ❤
Love seeing more men in nursing and climbing the nursing ladder
I remember helping a manager at one place by picking up nightshift just to help out per request-needless to say...I ended up doing day & night shift in same week for over a year. - I was just trying to help but sort of felt forgot about-I agree- it can be extremely taxing on the body, no joke.
You will be great Alex!!!!!
Also I agree, everything is more fun when there is a timer to it
Good luck!
I’m having a similar situation. I have a bachelors in medical laboratory science and am a medical laboratory scientist (med tech, lab tech, etc.) and am applying for PA school.
I figured it’d be a great transition considering i know the pathophys of all these diseases and how they correlate to every lab a doctor can order, and i am getting burnt from my job a little bit in a similar manner as you (besides the on call, we don’t usually have that in most circumstances).
I don't want to scare you but PA job is more stressful and has more risks to offer against your license. You have bigger responsibilities although those are 2 different jobs. Being in the lab and then becoming a provider are 2 different things. This is like having burnt out new grad nurses that are taking NP school thinking it will get better. It will not get any better. Healthcare system is broken and also aside from that consider work politics, bullies, work environment, work ethics. A job is just a job and the key is don't get married to a job if you want to have a life. I am a burnt out ED nurse and educator for decades and I quit my bedside job because it is sh*tty everyday. I found happiness in real estate and e commerce. Lol A totally different world.
@@JG-Photography9590 Do you think the nursing profession will get better? Was it already bad when you first started working? I'm an incoming nursing student and I'm scared if I will make it
@@greencandyy6632 I am not discouraging anyone to become a nurse if that is your passion and your dream. I mean, to each his own right? I was once an enthusiastic new nurse that always wanted the sickest patients so I can utilize my skillset and learn something from them on top of saving their lives. I've been a nurse for 1.5 decades and nursing before was different. We focus on the patients more than the charting and dealing with computers. I mean, it is very important to document. As the saying goes, if it's not documented, it wasn't done. It's brutal now and you see massive strikes happening recently from all the burnt out nurses. I'm happy we have nurse ratios here in California but out of state aside from low wages, they are out of ratio or no actual set nurse to patient ratios at all. There a lot sicker patients now and insurances won't even cover shit that the pt needs when they go home so there is what we call readmission. I work as a Case Manager now so I see how disrupted the system is. I am hoping it will change but more and more new grads are quiting nursing because they see how awful it is. Again, if it's your passion, you will be ok. Any job is stressful but if that's what your heart desires, you are more than likely to love your job. Nursing has many facets it's not just all about the bedside if I'll give you a piece of advice. 🙂
I couldn’t be a bedside RN. I’m fed up enough with being a medical assistant. Working for bratty docs who ironically can’t seem to internalize the simple concept that just because I didn’t study medicine at Dartmouth does not preclude me from being a generally intelligent human being. Some of the arrogance I’ve encountered is just gross.
Clinics let their staff become so depleted and they don’t hire more MAs, you just get to pick up the slack without any real compensation.
This whole role in medical is a joke and I often ask myself why anyone would stay on as an MA for any real stretch of time.
Congratulations!!!
I would love an update to this. I went from RN to NP and found out that shit sucked too. 😊
After being in healthcare for 40 years I retired from nursing a years ago. I'm still recovering. Nurses give so much of themselves we eventually have nothing left for us.
It's not the hundreds of codes, deaths, or even abuse that ruined. It was the betrayal from leadership as they let the standard become understaffed, expecting the high performers to make it all happen. I did clinic for the last 17 years doing telehealth, but the load was 30-40 patients per day and after 150,000 patients, the stress became unbearable. It was like running a marathon daily at sprint speed. You work unpaid overtime daily while leadership came and left on time. The COVID hit, nurses quit and the floodgates opened.
I'm an ultrasound tech. Being on call is why most techs quit hospitals. I'm so tired of it, if i'm going to have my free time wasted like that, i might as well be a travel tech and get paid for not enjoying my time outside of work. just 8 more months. to have 2 years experience and go into travel.
I am an RN for 25 years. It’s 2023 and this is absolutely the worse. The rationale is those in charge want above all to have money and they seem to do whatever it takes to keep their leadership positions. Half of you will disagree but forced Covid policy was the catalyst. It’s more political now, more outsourcing, and above all less about patient care. Those at the top decided to take care of number 1, themselves first.
The incompetence, bad spending, and novice attitude those in charge have is unbelievable. They say all the right stuff but their actions speak louder.
I hope it works out for you, bro.
I see trends that wages are down in nursing and multitasking is up. If you let them they will burn you out, don’t let them.
Nursing still offers variety and if you move you can always have a job.
Well said. U.K. RN here and it’s the same.
I was bedside for 15 years and recently left for hospice home care and I. LOVE. IT. I should’ve left the hospital years ago!
F$&k doing pediatric hospice though! No way😭
My buddy has done hospice for over 2 decades and loves it!
It’s the most intimate experience and what families and your patients value and remember forever
You are amazing ❤💪
Hi! Thanks for your video. I was also thinking of PA school after my MPH/RD degree. Were you able to find a PA program online? I'd love to know how balancing your many goals and projects has been. New subscriber :)
Congrats on the decision to go back to school and potentially graduating! You got this!!!
My idol nurse Alex😘❤️
I dont think I can handle anything to do with healthcare ever, ever, again. It’s a mess, and its only getting worse.
Can you share more? Has it already been this bad? I'm an incoming nursing student and I'm scared if I will make it through.
I work PRN and it’s saved my career
Good for you!
Sad to hear. Any updates?
I support you. I’ve been a nurse for 20 years. Move on!
You are my hero
which nurse practitioner do you do？what about CRNA？
They just treating you any kind of way…no way I will switch from day to night in one week interchangeably
I thought it was just ME and I’m too old. Lol but I’m done with the bedside too. I’m exhausted
Nursing has literally crippled my body.
Work with us as a home hospital nurse! Help disabled children with multiple disabilities like my daughter and see them well and help catch problems before they happen. Take them to their therapies and brighten their day. Brighten their home lives. Also anyone else interested PM me. Have shifts Mon-Fri avail 6a-2p, 2p-10p, 10p-6a, respite shifts on weekends. Will keep you sharp; daughter is on home vent, gtube, trach, VP shunt, epilepsy, deafblind; see the kids. We're in OC.
hi what kind of NP are you doing that is not bedside? glad you made a switch that is best for you! :)
Guessing FNP
BSN RN less than 2 years…… I am going to travel pay off all my debts pay a condo cash and move on to something else. Maybe NP too who knows…..
what kind if NP specialty are you pursuing?
God bless you.
You should maybe consider a scrub nurse. Only bedside nursing I did was when I was training. I went straight to the operating theatre.
is it hard to get into OR as a new grad?
It can be because for some strange reason most hospitals won’t take you on as a new grad to become a scrub nurse. I would say I’ve possibly got lucky. But it doesn’t hurt to try them again. I’m in the UK so things are a bit different. Plus I did apply to a lot of hospitals and most of them rejected me because they said I was a new grad. it’s a completely different skill set and there’s so many different specialities as well, so it takes longer to learn everything plus not every hospital does every single speciality as well. Basics of being a scrub nurse. Is Learning general surgery inside out because that would be like a stepping stone into all the other specialities.
@@Pearlsena I sincerely appreciate the detailed reply!! it has put things into perspective. I would love to eventually end up in the OR bc the field fascinates me so much!!! thats even if i have to gain experience to get there! im happy for you that u were able to start right away. lets hope i get lucky as well.
@@tmc14121 i hope too all the best.
@@tmc14121Late reply to but for any other new grads interested in being OR nurse, I have seen a few new grad nurses drop videos about getting that job, so check with your area hospitals, and maybe you will get lucky.
How about Care Management/Health Insurance?
“Literally my entire career of 3 1/2 years”. Been at it for 25. Salty as F and tired.
Urgent care NP for 1 year after 4 years ICU and 3 years Tele. Best decision ever. Never looking back!
I undserstand..from a rn of 40years preaparing to retire.
What are you in school for?
Scary. MD doesn't write a prescription for yoga or elderberry juice.
Any nurses work alongside social workers or child life ?
Been a nurse for 8 years in a multitude of positions. We are losing many RN’s at my hospital due to the increase of flex (travel nurses) making double/triple than staff RN’s. Many barely do anything. For example, one we just had charted patient refused on all meds. I can’t knock the hustle, but what financial gain do hospitals have from paying a travel nurse 120/hr rather than increasing staff RN pay to let’s say 40/45? Mind you, I’m contingent but work part/full time hours and am in MI.
I love you
You need to take a job that you enjoy. If unhappy then do something else. I quit my job after working 20 years as Physical Therapist. Started and diligently studied how to invest in stocks. Today my ROI is over 2,000 percent. My annual salary in my previous job, I could easily earn it in few weeks or just a month and only working or monitor the stocks few hours only in one day.
Make video on how hard becoming a NP is
If this isn't clickbait, I don't know what it is. 🙄
Do prn
No
I'm planning to quit nursing since nursing school 😊
Why? Is nursing school just as bad?
Dude just become a UAS Nurse, more flexibility.
Uas nurse ?
@@ally705 Idk if there is an equivalent in other states but in NY there is something called the uniform assessment system of NY for community based long term care agencies and health insurance plans. Most of the UAS nurses Ik work remotely from home or hybrid, and they also get pay a portion per assessments they complete on top of their regular pay. There’s alot of opportunities here in NYS for those types of roles.
What now then
Must be tough being a male nurse.
male nurses are well like everywhere, because most nurses are female,
1/10 are male
Damn.. these nurses-vloggers needs to have fresh and new content or subj area to discuss. Everytime I see one of you, you discussed basically the same damn thing.
I don't see you adding anything relevant here !
You are the biggest cupcake I’ve ever not met. This is what’s wrong with this country, nobody wants to pay their dues anymore they’re so entitled. I’ve been a PA for 21 years and a paramedic, in a very busy metro for 12 years before that. You have no idea what the words tough job mean.
We live in a world of weaklings
theres a reason yall get paid less. One patient at a time easy
Too much rambling
Thats his channel he can ramble if he wants
After 5 years iam leaving soon