I Quit Nursing. Hospitals are EXPLOITING Nurses and I'm DONE!

I Quit Nursing. Hospitals are EXPLOITING Nurses and I'm DONE! Why I'm quitting nursing and how I'm becoming the CEO of my nursing career.
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[@nagarcia76]

I quit being a nurse after 25 years and now I work in a bakery. Loving life, and spending more time at home with my loved ones. Life is short. Just because I have a degree does not mean I need to use it. Nursing sucks!!!! Money doesn't buy happiness.

[@christinatravels6717]

💕💕💕

[@pickles9440]

Thanks for being honest. Most nurses run around saying “I love my job” and then spend all day swearing and complaining how conditions suck. We dont have to be nice all the time, we should be able to set boundaries and live up to them. Thank you

[@taxicamel]

Truthful answer: the work is too hard and I simply do NOT want to have to work hard. I want a far easier job where I can relax any time I want ....which is quite frequently ....and NOT have someone waiting for me or needing me to actually DO something. I want to be able to get up every day, WHEN I want to get up, and decide whether or not I want to work or not. I would prefer to NOT have to work at all ....if I had the choice. .

[@pickles9440]

Don’t mind hard work, just do not like being devalued on a daily basis. Abused verbally and physically by patients and sometimes family members. Maybe you think it’s what I signed up for, but I was very naive. Did not know people could be so cruel. Live, learn, and get the heck out. @@taxicamel

[@bobbybannerjee5156]

Money is necessary for happiness. You missed the point of the video. She was trying to say that there simply isn't enough money paid to nurses.

[@DanniUnlimited]

" How am I a Healthcare hero if MY health is declining"....this is what I've been thinking for the last couple months

[@lynnerodgers4461]

Ditto.

[@derekdempsey8506]

Learn how to look after yourself and also put the phone away

[@jeanniejuarez5998]

Same

[@Muffin8882]

Exactly

[@cindi7228]

Same here. I think I’m done

[@Abigail43732]

This needs to go viral. Management needs to be held accountable for understaffing.

[@nazbah5929]

Nursing or hospitals are not the only places struggling with understaffing issues, i worked as a pharmacy assistant and was paid shit and was doing alot of the work and we need to make it work somehow as if its our problem theyre understaffed fuck them all

[@localppcartist]

PCT here, currently in RN school...I quit today as a pct. Nurses look down at thier help...nurses won't be a team player when the night before leaves the next shift with patients stewing in thier own feces all night, cold and humiliated, angry. I get hit by pissed off patients, then I am reprimanded for not obtaining VS. Seriously?! Its a toxic place here. I can't get a transfer to another unit so easily...i have to apply for another position ininternally....and as it would happen....no positions are available for my schedule i need

[@bmay282]

​@@localppcartist that's due to short staffing. get out of your unit asap.

[@localppcartist]

There is so much I can reply back with...waste of time and energy. All i will say is....I KNOW WHY THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF NURSES AMD WHERE....ITS MED-SURG. AND STAFF PERSONNEL IS TOXIC.

[@localppcartist]

@@bmay282 i am making sub sandwiches now, for same amount of money, with less stress amd abuse.

[@johnberry2877]

Dear lady, those administrators, management and owners use our empathy and concern for others as a weapon to manipulate and coherence nurses to do anything to increase the bottom line ! FACT. As an RN myself who also did management, I can honestly tell you, They do not care AT ALL about the well being of the patient or staff. You did the right thing. I have personally known two nurses that have committed suicide due to unrelenting stress, anxiety and feelings of being completely overwhelmed. Profit at any cost is what corporate lives by and short staffing is done intentionally FACT !! I have sat in meetings and heard it myself !

[@christinatravels6717]

It’s the dear lady for me 😂

[@serenaw7727]

I am so sorry for those two nurses who felt that they had no way out. No job is ever worth committing suicide over. Although I can empathize - I experienced bullying including being publicly mocked for having an abortion at my job in a remote mine. My manager responded by removing me from my position with no notice, at my expense, and moving me to a different shop on a different shift. I was then brought in to see a psychiatrist and basically accused of "lying" and that my "allegations were not based in reality".

[@folashadeabayomi4058]

Oh no. I’m sorry for the nurses. I really hate that nursing drive them to that. Changes need to made man.

[@awarren06]

I believe this 100%!!! I’ve always wondered if they created the term nursing shortage as a way to placate us into believing there just aren’t enough nurses to staff properly good luck! Fortunately my bedside nursing job I was kinda specialty med/surg we only had 4 or 5 pts NO MORE and that was a standard at a few hospitals even 7-10 yrs ago. Med surg maxed at 5 pts I can’t imagine 10-13? Holy crapola. We had a union and a pretty good one then. I don’t think pay has increased for GRad nurses and entry level since 2015 though…. It was 36$ for midnights I think? 8 or 10% bonus for 3rd. I think days was 32$.Good then not so much now… i there’s not enough money in the world to take me back to bedside.

[@donnaleone9895]

Oh, no!!! How sad to feel so stuck that suicide is the only way out. I can see how the more sensitive RNs would have suicidal ideation. Before I left nursing I became cynical, angry & even became argumentative with my superiors.

[@J_Hun.]

This is gold. I’ve been a Nurse for 10 years, and I am struggling. My mental health is suffering, I feel my body breaking down. My spirit is crushed under the constant anxiety and stress. I went into travel almost a year ago, and with all the pay cuts, (three of them, mid-contract!) I can’t even have satisfaction of putting up with the BS for the ‘money.’ I pay out of pocket to see a therapist, because no insurance I’ve ever had, (even as full time, regular floor staff) covers mental health. I agree, I’m sick of being called a ‘hero,’ and then being treated like trash. Actions always speak louder than words. We are dispensable bodies in a building. You walk off, and are instantly replaced with another poor soul. It’s not about anything but the money. Healthcare today is a use-use game. If you don’t want to get used, you need to get out, and I’ve just about had it.

[@christinatravels6717]

Oh my gosh this breaks my heart! I feel you! I think you need to try a different type of nursing but as a traveler. Are you inpatient? I hated inpatient. I’m much happier in outpatient facilities.

[@mekawarren]

Yes, ambulatory Care, public health.

[@mekawarren]

I went from working in The prison system/Psych Nursing, to Public Health with the homeless population. I am at peace now, making much more money, with a better pension.

[@effytraveler6155]

I’m paying out of pocket from those online therapy because insurance only covers one type of therapy. The CBT or DBT has limited doctors and cost out of pocket more than what I pay per month.

[@anitaknight3915]

As a therapist I commend you on seeking mental health services. Nothing is worth your peace of mind and help! This is the irony and travesty of our fields that we destroy our mental health and wellbeing to care for others!! And we can't afford mental health services ourselves with the terrible lack of benefits and crazy high insurance. The mental health within healthcare is even more underfunded and devalued. It's all corporate greed to just medicate and hospitalize people. There's no care in healthcare. This system is destroying not only nurses but all therapists, social workers, & healthcare workers in this broken corrupt system. No job should be sacrificial and destroy yourself mentally and physically to help others. Many of my clients are in our fields and teaching.

[@Candiceknits]

My husband and I are both ICU nurses. He worked in the Covid ICU throughout the pandemic. In January he looked at me and said “I feel dead inside”. We are both still working full time but gone are the overtime shifts. I am now travel nursing where I can be in charge of my own hours pay rate and vacation time. and yes I am making the most money I ever have in my 26 years at the bedside. Should have done this years ago.

[@christinatravels6717]

So happy you found a way to make nursing work! That dead inside feeling is awful!

[@Melanie-cg4fu]

I am so happy for you! I’ve been an ER nurse for 12 years, however I have three younger children that are between 3 and 10 years old, therefore travel assignments weren’t an option for me. I encouraged all of my coworkers to take those travel assignments, who could! I couldn’t blame them. Many nurses that were working at my healthcare facility left and took local contracts because graduate nurses were starting off with more money per hour than the nurses with years of experience! We used to joke about feeling dead inside, however that is how we truly feel. Understaffed, underpaid, not being able to physically provide adequate care to patients, and being unappreciated, kills a human being on the inside. It totally contradicts what we’re supposed to be as nurses! I agree 💯 percent with EVERYTHING this nurse had to say.

[@JB-kb6fn]

How are you able to be in charge of your hours/pay rate and vacation time??? Are you on a contract or a specific agency 🤔

[@karenpaige1186]

What is it like? Have you liked every contract? How did you choose an agency?

[@dooversbydonna147]

I worked nights through the pandemic. One stretch was 7 nights in a row, 12 hour shifts. I was an administrative nursing supervisor. Responded to every code, knee deep with the staff, pushed drugs, did compressions, took each body who passed to the morgue. Then I just had my fill. The BS of staff not getting what they needed as in PPE. The escalating violence from the public. How many times can you say, “ you are not allowed to put your hands on my staff.” Shouldn’t they KNOW that? I quit in May and marched in Washington. Seriously considering journalism school.

[@hottstepher]

Nursing is a 💩job now. They don’t give a 💩about the patient anymore. That’s why I work my 3 shifts/week & NOTHING more. They expect us to: take care of patients, chart what happens, complete all orders (with no support), answer the phone, order supplies, fix ALL administrative problems, communicate with ancillary staff, deal with families, deal with death, do extra housekeeping if u have a few free minutes. It’s ridiculous. I think we should all just not go to work. Let the hospital figure that out.

[@josearvizu5705]

Is that the reason I see nurses outside building smoking or being stress and irritating because of this?

[@hottstepher]

@@josearvizu5705 I’m not a smoker, but when I’ve walked past the “smoking area” where I work I see: MD’s, nurses, Physical/Occupational/Speech therapists, Pharmacists, housekeepers, transporters, etc. So what’s your point?

[@barbie6695]

⁠@@hottstepherReads like the point is that nurses are stressed out, to answer the question you asked the previous commenter.

[@funky_gold_medusa]

Veteran nurse here, its always been a sh^t job.

[@lorelwebber6435]

Charting is such a waste all this reporting is wasting valuable time. I do think the love of helping patients needs to be the priority. If you want to do nursing you could run an out of hours practice to your local community area. If it’s about love and care not money that is.

[@JuWannaRoland]

We are definitely underpaid! We are abused and disrespected on every level! Good for you Sis, I commend you.

[@christinatravels6717]

Thanks girly!

[@KayDejaVu]

Not as much. Even with good pay mammy day the stress is too much. I'm in LTC. Worst than many acute care assignments.

[@dubuis69]

Sure thing LPN

[@dubuis69]

@@KayDejaVu my ass! LTAC is a total step down unit from a step down unit. Get over your pride honey you were at the low end of care.

[@truthseeker4084]

And I wanted to come to the USA because I thought nurses get paid well, here I am earning only 2200 Euros in Germany as a nurse, around 1500 per month left after taxes :/ I think US nurses are paid way better. My rent is 800 euros, and I have to pay my car and half of the health insurance plus food and high gas prices making me leave with zero Euros at the end of the month.

[@anitapiotrowski7513]

Retired after 40 years when Covid hit. The fake “hero” and frequent pizza parties is so true. Being short staffed is never going to change .good luck with you’re new job !

[@anthonymarquez6493]

I have only been a nurse for 3 years and feel dead inside I have recently done travel nursing and it made me realize no matter where I am in the country it is still the same BS. I really tried my hardest but I have been having panic attacks before my shift and call out so much I can't keep doing this the only reason I do is to help my family. Update 3/14/24: I am still currently a nurse and have the transition to being an ICU nurse and I must say I am so far enjoying it alot more and has made like nursing again I also found a place I like to work at that is pretty good to their employees so far of course that can easily change with management. I suggest keep changing nursing specialties until you find one that works for you. Just remember you are never stuck.

[@DefiFreedomMaxi]

Get out while you can! I promise you it does Not get better!

[@mdot1353]

Use the travel money to transition into something else. There's a lotta folks on here discussing that particular move. Seems we gotta slug thru hell to maybe make heaven🤷🏾‍♀️

[@irinapolonski7714]

I so hear you! Been a nurse for 26 years and I can see how health care have changed for worse! I’ve sat in a parking lot before my shift having a full blown anxiety attack. They don’t care

[@jeanniejuarez5998]

I’m so depressed and dread coming into work… 😢 I paid for all my tuition out of pocket and have sacrificed so much to be a nurse. I hate that I put my family through all of this and they believe in me but I’m NOT happy. I feel my health deteriorating everyday. I’m doing this for my family 😞

[@tl9611]

Im a telemetry nurse and I do see management not caring for patients or nurses. I have been asking for part-time for a whole year to cope with the stress and to have more family time and they would rather hire new grad no experience lower pay nurses than having experienced nurses. I’m all about teaching the new generation but there has to be a healthy balance of experienced nurses and new nurses. There is hardly any OG nurses in our unit which compromises patient care. I myself have less than 5 yrs experience. It’s crazy what is happening.

[@olympiaelda1121]

Im a doctor. I just quit, too. Same reasons. Less goooooo!

[@christinatravels6717]

Hell yes!!!!

[@christinatravels6717]

Pinning your comment b/c I want everyone to know doctors and nurses stand together. This a SYSTEMIC healthcare problem caused by hospital corporations and if we don't fix it there will be no good nurses or doctors left. Doctors & Nurses (and all frontline workers) deserve higher pay and to work in non-toxic environments. Unless you work in healthcare you really have no idea the tremendous amount of liability and work load we carry at the expense of patient safety. This should be concerning to all Americans.

[@angelita1895]

You ain’t no d@mn doctor if you don’t know the difference between let’s and less.

[@infullbloom3246]

"According to the FDA,US doctors kill 1.1M Americans/year" from the book the LETHAL dose by Dr. Jennifer Daniels. So far they have killed over 50 million Americans. Life expectancy in USA is the same as in 3rd world countries such as Cuba, Lebanon, Barbados, Panama etc. Age 78

[@nicoleturpin163]

The government is exploiting healthcare workers as well. They’re prioritizing political calculations over common sense prevention measures and just expect healthcare workers to bear the brunt of their bad public policy. I applaud you for putting your well-being first. Enough is enough

[@R.N.LosAngeles]

I’m quitting this week. I do dialysis in the hospital and treatments can last anywhere from four to six hours with set up and take down. Over the last year I have developed IBS and I am having to jump through hoops with the ADA lady so I can leave the room and use the bathroom. I cannot leave the pt alone; only another dialysis trained nurse can relieve me. I’ve been an RN for 14 years and I’m so done with the micromanaging, lack of staff, the fact that when WE get sick there is ZERO support. You are right- WE ARE HUMAN, TOO!

[@irinapolonski7714]

Amen sister!

[@reginahinkle7507]

Be prepared. You will get big bucks, but your case load will be heavier. I retired after 50 yrs.

[@R.N.LosAngeles]

@@reginahinkle7507 I left. I’m co fused by your response about a heavier caseload. 50 years is a long time. You must be in your 70s by now? Were you still doing hospital nursing when you retired?

[@Jou204]

Take 2 dropperfuls of wormwood tincture from the health food store...(once a month) And an acidophilus tablet

[@R.N.LosAngeles]

@@Jou204 I have it under control now. Thank you, though. I think leaving that job was part of getting better.

[@lillyb3672]

I was a CNA for years before I became a nurse. I quit my full time job as a nurse last month and became a seasonal nurse. I've decided to go into truck driving school. I'll be team driving with my husband. It's over the road to all 48 states so it'll be nice to see the country. I'll be home sometimes once a month for 3-4 days then back out on the road for 3wks. As a seasonal nurse I can let my nurse job know that I'm around and see if they need me. Till then I'll be enjoying the open road and new life style with my best friend. I'm burnt out as a nurse. I tried changing jobs and it just didn't work out. I worked as an LPN in LTC taking care of 30 patients...yes 30 to one nurse. I was responsible for their meds, wounds, admissions, discharges ect. Once in awhile I had help but most times I didn't. We were on call as well. The new graduate nurses coming on were making more money then I was. Agency CNA's were making more or the same as I was. I finally had enough. To new beginnings and I can't wait. I copied and pasted my comment from another video of a nurse quitting. 🤣

[@christinatravels6717]

Good luck with your new career- sounds exciting!!

[@justfit71]

Over the pandemic, I have seen 40 patients to one LVN. Not right

[@ashtonxleigh_4716]

@@justfit71 what the fuck.

[@Quilt4Joy]

Congratulations 🎊🎈🍾

[@bannisteryort5330]

I’m thinking of getting my cdl imma LPN dreading 😟 goin back to school for my RN

[@lindalopez3916]

I was in healthcare for 20 years in HR as a Director. I hear your frustration and agree 100%. I would sit in executive meetings and leave frustrated and sick to my stomach after listening and talking about “heads in beds” , “length of stay” and what it was costing the hospital to care for people that were going to die anyway. It was disgusting, but I stayed because I would not give up trying to make things right for the employees. I would argue and fight to insure staff got paid if they missed a break or left late for their meal break. It was the law and one executive was adamant that instead of paying the staff the missed break/meal period ( equal to an hour’s pay) to put the money aside in case of a law suit. Even consultation with the hospital attorney could not convince the execs to pay. I warned them of the potential of a class action law suit, especially since we had some extremely vocal staff that threatened to sue. That didn’t work and within 6 months we were faced with a class action law suit for over 3.5MM. When new policies were implemented in nursing, I was expected to tell administration who was complaining. I refused and was often berated publicly for not doing so. After ten years, Of working in this toxic environment, my health started to suffer and I made the difficult decision to retire @63. This was two years before the pandemic and I would literally cry watching what first responders were going through. All the fine people in these positions deserve more than they have received. My thoughts and prayers for them will always be paramount and I hope those in a position to make changes do so. Otherwise will will continue to lose quality professionals that make the difficult decision to turn their back on their “called” profession!

[@christinatravels6717]

Wow this is so eye opening. Thank you so much for advocating for nurses! We need more people like you in HR.

[@naturallynursing5392]

Bless you for advocating for healthcare workers….most HR reps are in the administrators pockets, so I salute you for staying true to your heart and ethics. Integrity is priceless 💗 thank you!!!!!

[@maam-yj8ph]

Thank you for fighting the good fight as long as you did.

[@csc1641]

I hate Human Resources. Listening to whiney employees all day and psycho management. No thanks.

[@SophisticatedBob]

I hear you loud and clear. I was a healthcare admin, and I quit at the age of 60. Could not deal with the stress anymore, it was quite literally killing me. Hospitals care nothing for patients, it's all about money. Money, money, money, and more money. The President of the healthcare system I left makes 9 million a year.

[@GG17250]

I have 8 doctors quiting at my local clinic and going on strike. Doctors are getting it too in the clinics. They just keep adding more and more to their load and they are sick of it. If the shortages are bad and the load is too heavy I don't care HOW MUCH you pay! I always said you know it's bad when the DOCTORS strike, because you don't walk away from that degree! But they are...God help us!

[@christinatravels6717]

Ugh doctors are so overworked it’s sad.

[@TheFrankyfern22]

This is a really good point. The amount of docs in my area has drastically diminished. Providers are constantly changing. It’s really bad. Waiting times increasing daily.

[@GoldSoul1]

Facts on facts on facts!!! ☝🏽and what’s worse…most of the USA public is unaware of the issues in healthcare and the Short staffing for profit, and how it impacts their care in the hospital. Nurses are treated like crap and underpaid because it’s a female dominated profession, and nurses have allowed this travesty to continue instead of forming strong unions. Patients die because nurses are stretched beyond belief and unable to provide quality care to patients. Hospitals are always for profit and love to use the word “cost effective” at our expense! When will it stop! I am burnt out..I took time off to re-evaluate and decide where to take my nursing career after 25 years of experience. I don’t enjoy being a nurse anymore.. This Florence nightingale mentality, self sacrifice, essential, “thank you for your service” but not paying us the money we deserve or making sure we are well staffed, must stop, the quality of “our lives” is greatly affected. We matter!!! Thanks for this video, I wish it would go viral. 👏🏽👏🏽🤝

[@mikecarlton6297]

Because unionizing worked so well for the US auto industry? No thank you. Free agency is where it's at. Travel or work PRN and stop being a doormat.

[@BMWF2023]

Don't be loyal to corporations and institutions that are not loyal to you. Agency and traveling. Yes sometimes it is unsafe which is why I had to chose the safest specialty for me.

[@GoldSoul1]

@@mikecarlton6297 I have traveled many times, per diem as well, where they give you the worst assignments and heavy loads.. California has a union and it’s working for them so zip it, unionism will stop corporations from jerking us around. Nursing is a far cry from the Auto industry genius 🙄

[@robertsmith1865]

​@@GoldSoul1 Strange isn't it. Nurses always complain about being short staffed and being it dangerous for patients and the pay. But refuse to unionize? Rather run than unionize. So much for all their care for concern of being dangerous for patients

[@mommieminnesota3108]

Thank you for speaking on behalf of all of us nurses that are not able or are to scared to speak up.

[@fa5102]

I’ve been traveling for the past 3 years but there is also a down side to it. Recruiters are also very shady and constantly try to low ball you.

[@pmm6853]

society is so backwards ...nurses should be making the 200-300 thousand dollar salaries and admin should be making the 70. This is so ridiculous, i'm sick and tired of hearing "it's not about the money", then sacrifice your pay check and give it to the people doing the actual work, "we're a family"....no, no we're not

[@christinatravels6717]

Thank yewwww

[@rebeccaabel4589]

Teachers social workers firefighters emergency first aid first responder should be making 100k to 200k

[@julianluke7280]

I quit my nursing job as an RN last two years ago after almost 17 years in the field. It was not an easy decision, but life is too short to dread going to work everyday. No amount of money can buy real happiness Lol 😁but friends I'm not asking you to resign from your job or abandon your business but be wise!!

[@gracedaniels6172]

I don't really like my job but I love what it provides for me and my family. The pandemic has people rethinking working

[@eiraantoinette6793]

You're right ma'am what do you do now and how did you planned your self before quitting

[@julianluke7280]

@@eiraantoinette6793 I run my own business now and While I was still in service I planned towards early retirement, making about 2k weekly from my retirement investment portfolio trying so much to build more side hustles and extra income

[@eiraantoinette6793]

@@julianluke7280 wow impressive! You're making quite a fortune speaking of investing I have heard about this but I don't really know how to start and make a good investment. Can you explain please

[@marcosalvatore673]

Very good Julian it's a nice decision. Everyone needs to find what gives true financial freedom and happiness. We all need to be wise

[@nornayeh9839]

I've been a RN for 16 years...Most of my time was spent working on a med/surg/oncology unit. No matter where you go, your going to get the same BS. your going to be understaffed and overworked. They will give you the worst assignments, you'll get all admissions and discharges. I can't imagine not having a mandatory nurse/patient ratios (1:5 in CA)! Sometimes the pay is not worth the hassle the hospital puts you through. And it's not only the admin! Your fellow nurses don't help out too! I now work in a med-spa boutique as an RN. I get paid less but at least I feel valued.

[@vmmurphy3918]

I worked in a unit in Virginia the ratio 1:6 on a medical unit. I only lasted 6 months.

[@loveowe7636]

Thank you for saying this. A lot of nurses think travel nursing is how you get passion back. Its not all its cracked up to be. Same personalities in those CEOs are everywhere. They will work you to death. We have to come together and get mandated ratios and more.

[@omotanwa2986]

At least no headache.

[@carlaj9293]

Our ratio where I work is 1:8. They give night shift more patients where I work and we still get the majority of admissions. It's a rehab hospital, but there's been a HUGE shift in the type of patients we've been receiving in the past couple of years. It's become more of an LTAC than rehab. It's exhausting now. It's definitely become a money game.

[@mikat6026]

I’m not a nurse but I work in a hospital as a Pharmacy Tech and I’ve never seen healthcare this bad in my 24 years of being there. There are a lot of people walking away from healthcare. You leaving your job is the prime example of one door closing and you walking into a major blessing. Congratulations and Good luck on your new journey!!

[@christinatravels6717]

Wow, if it's bad in pharmacy you know it's bad!! I love joking with the pharmacists about being in their ice box in peace away from everyone 😂

[@gold6813]

@@christinatravels6717 haha in our ice box. People expect medication with click of the fingers. Because apparently we are just picking something off the shelf. Not knowing an error from the prescriber or pharmacy can lead to fatal consequences. I could go on.

[@ccalexander1924]

I been in radiology about 15 years and I’m hoping to be done in 1-2 years. I hate everything about it. The schedule , the lack of breaks , staying late all the time , picking up shifts , taking that horrid pager call , working weekends and holidays , being exposed to all kinds of diseases , and the rudeness of patients. Working extremely short staffed , having to do more new exams that are more time consuming but we do not give anymore time to do those exams. What a terrible career. I hurt my back moving a patient because I worked alone ( which is common in mri ) . There is a huge shortage in radiology. Especially mri and hospitals are cross training CT and xray techs but the training is so rushed and minimal they don’t know what they are doing at all. You would not believe who is scanning you. It’s very scary . I’m also noticing a huge shortage in radiologist . Healthcare is getting worse and worse . Something needs to be done about the conditions in radiology . I know everyone talks about just nursing but radiology is in huge trouble

[@TheGriteater]

Curious, what are you transitioning into? Also, helping out with those issues is what those hefty ASRT fees were for. 35 years later….only has gotten worse.

[@jaycommonsense2468]

All jobs suck guys

[@kind2423]

You spoke nothing but the truth

[@christinatravels6717]

Thank you!! We need to stand up to the unfair treatment of nurses!

[@cristidormiendo5743]

Everything you say is spot on! Thank you for sharing

[@cottoncandyheart894]

My moms a RN and I feel so bad for nurses like her my mom has to work alone every single night and she worked at a much shittier nursing home I won't name the place for legal reasons but she quit because they were so understaffed and the young "nurses" they didn't help at all they did God knows what I had to comfort her one day because she had a really bad night she came home crying because those damn nurses were not helpful at all and the place got sued and the people that sued them won I think that place will be out of business before you know it if you have any relatives that need rehabilitation do not go to my moms former work place its not worth it.

[@awarren06]

I keep hearing we’re “expensive” (nurses) I say not as expensive as CEOS honey you are so correct I hope this video gets the recognition it deserves. They go for our hearts and it works….

[@travelnurseadventures3225]

Lol, exactly!

[@formerfundienowfree4235]

I left hospital nursing after 32 years. A lot of that PICU. I just could no longer take the disrespect. The rest of the night shift core staff followed me and the PICU had to be closed for several weeks. Thankfully I had banked money and already by nature I live frugally and I was living like I was already in a recession so I was able to take a 40%, pay cut and I now work in a medical daycare for kids. Day shift, paid holidays, no weekends, no hurricanes. A million times less stress and they are so happy to have me there and they appreciate me. You can't put a dollar amount on that.

[@christinatravels6717]

Good for you!!

[@tsechejak7598]

Recession already hit so right now healthcare is the only real hiring in the near term. Even with high burnout it’s terrible to quit now if you don’t have other work lined up! This is a slow unwind recession but it will be far worse than 2008! A lot of nurses though were probably elementary age kids in 2008 so no one remembers. This recession is going to be even worse as the dollar collapses

[@eastwestpicayune8200]

Lol. Me too. I had total of 33 years of service in a hospital 14.5 of which is in an clinic. I quit my job 3 months ago. Another RN quit the same day. The one left hang in there for another 5 weeks but now on leave. Poor management, lack of support and disrespectfulness were my reasons of quitting. Cant be happier. Taking a break from nursing.

[@blondieb6673]

My fellow Nurses, until we are not bundled in with Housekeeping and Food Services we will always be a liability (loss of revenue out of the hospitals budget) for every nurse staffed. This is why hospitals intentionally understaff. There is no nursing shortage-the nursing schools are full!! When we are finally put in the fee for service bucket (asset = $$$ maker) believe me nurse to patient ratios would be corrected, clinical specialist and educators for each service line would return and our hourly pay would be adjusted appropriately. We need to understand our worth and value to the Hospitals. There are many papers written on this as far back as the early 2000’s. And nothing has changed. ANA needs to fight for us before we all quit.

[@mentak2593]

@Mary C. Brame no, nurses are highly trained life-savers. Do you get upset with doctors for wanting to be compensated? We pay out the backside and work our backside off to get our degrees in nursing. We are not better than anyone, rather the profession deserves to be treated fairly for the level the nurses attained.

[@mileksun7907]

@Mary C. Brame what are you talking about??It is normal for nurse and any profession that they want and need money. If you want to go to yoir job for free then go, but that will not provide you with food and pay your bills. So dont play a fool here. Nursing profession is based on helping others but does it mean they if they work job where they help some human they dont need money????And yes that is called job you know, just a job and you must get paid for the job you do!!And is it hard job yes!!And it deserves to be paid well, it is one of the most stressful and hard working job that never will fit in some easy category job !!!Never !Whether you will accept it or not!!!And first you have to be a nurse to know what is this lady or anyone who is a nurse talking about!!We encounter many many rude and patients and co workers but we chose the profession yes , but we dont need to tolerate bulshit, disrespection and low paymet, no.Who wants to disrespect us should go home and treat their fsmily or anyone that way , and who wants to put work on one nurse that is triple that at least 3 nurses should do and pay her the same ,should be reported and all nurses then have to protest for their rights of decent work!!!!

[@puzzlehead340]

Exactly! Alot of people want to get into nursing and not everyone gets in the first time so they keep on reapplying. There are alot of nurses available but not all are treated well so most end up quitting. The industry needs more nurses because they keep burning them out.

[@lorenrobertson8039]

@@mileksun7907 Good points. I don't know about you all, but I owed well over $64K in student loans for my BSN. That cut my salary way back...and I never paid anything but the interest payments. We couldn't afford to! So free to finally have that forgiven after a 5 year battle to get my much needed disability. I loved working retail and should have quit nursing and never gone back after my breaks from the nursing I took between jobs. Nursing about killed me, and I'm not just saying that.

[@carolsipala1639]

The ANA are just as bad ! There is a nurse shortage and what do they do ? Increase the cost to renew your license by a huge margin. If anyone's has a family member admitted to the hospital, please make sure someone stays with them. Life or death is what your looking at !

[@DefiFreedomMaxi]

Good for you! I would never ever go back to healthcare!

[@eliw6005]

Hey Christina, I’m currently a grad nurse in Australia. Feeling burnt out already. Did my degree through the pandemic, which was so traumatising. Have 3-4 months left of my grad year. I’ve decided to leave nursing once I’m finished, even though I’ve been an RN for only a year. My anxiety and mental health has never been this bad before. Thank you for sharing your story, it’s such a hard decision to make. I wanted to be a nurse to help people as well, but after and before a shift I always cry cause I feel like l’m not good enough. So difficult with the limited support and understaffing. Im currently paying a lot for therapy to work through my experiences. So over feeling unsafe as new nurse.

[@johnpositive2386]

I'm a nursing student at the moment, 2 nd year and I feel the same... How is it going for you ?

[@wendymarshall2132]

You’re such a strong person. I wish you all the best ❤

[@eliw6005]

@@johnpositive2386Not an easy transition, but after leaving nursing I'm definitely feeling better. I'm taking a gap year this year travelling to europe befrore doing a post grad at uni next year :)) not trying to make a rushed decision about what to do next for my career.

[@eliw6005]

@@wendymarshall2132 Aww Thank you ❤

[@Obekanobee]

Same girl

[@charm_777]

You can never give from an empty cup. You can never give what you don't have. You only have ONE life to live. You deserve a well-balanced life.

[@gloriamaggs5453]

I worked ICU from 1960s to 1990s....I know how you feel. We are always tired and over worked. NOTHING HAS CHANGED. Nurses should be more appreciated, and better paid. It is pitiful that nursing shortages seem to be the norm. I am so appreciative of nurses in my old age. You mean the world to me. Gloria, R.N. Rtd.

[@James-dx2vs]

I left nursing 12 years ago. I make a fraction of what I used to make and I've never been more happy than I am now.

[@finalfantasy3808]

I refuse to take the mandated clot shot, so I can't work in the hospital. I have thrombocytopenia. There's an article about a lady named Jessica Berg Wilson who took the clot shot and it gave her that blood condition and she died. Imagine what the shot will do to me when I already have that blood condition. I am a certified respiratory therapist. I graduated with high honors (Magna Cum Laude) in 2020. I am currently working at an Amazon warehouse closeby to my home because they aren't forcing the clot shot there, and let me tell you, wonderful humble people work at Amazon. Not like the jaded burned out resentful gossiping nurses, RTs and other hospital staff that I met during clinicals. One of my instructors would literally drag her feet when she came to meet us in the mornings and she didn't even give me and my colleague eye contact. She would always complain how she feels like she is just working to pay for her huge mortgage. She needed a long vacation. Money is not worth peace, joy, and health. I am not stressed at Amazon, but during clinicals, I was so stressed that I started forgetting things. Why? Because I get told somthing once, and I have to remember it or else I get scolded. I am thrown into a patient's room and I have to try to remember everything I learned from Egans and practicums. I tried to consume as much ginko, sharp thought pills, dark chocolate, blueberries and walnuts as I could to stay on top of things. I was chewed out in front of everyone in the MICU Because when I went to lunch, my Sunday instructor texted me she already started to wean one of my patients off the vent. When I got back from lunch and I didn't chart it, guess who she came to yell at. I noticed that same bitter RT instructor was out to get my colleague when she kept telling him to calculate the simple RSBI over and over even though he had it correct. She was a bad instructor who didn't want to even be there. She was only there because her friend asked her to fill in on Sundays for her. She was from a different hospital. I was told many times how nurses treat RTs like the red-headed step child and I saw how the nurses were annoyed when we were there in the same room with them for a call. The nurses don't have the decency to cover a male patient's genitals after they stuck a catheter, so I had to cover it for him because he was shakily trying to do it himself with little strength he had. I remember wanting fast pace, I wanted to work in the ICU and the ED so my main instructor (the good one) took me there. But when the Sunday instructor came, she didn't want to deal with any of that, she wanted it to be easy so she just took us to work in the boring upper floors not learning anything new. When I was a patient, I never knew all these layers of stress, pridefulness, bitterness, unwelcoming attitude, and hostility were part of regular hospital staff life. I remember this one woman with scrubs from surgery walking into the cafeteria all flustered because she had to wait a small moment, and said something in a rude tone asking about if we ordered yet. We were all waiting for our turn to order and she thinks she's entitled because she has things to do. Just horrid people at the hospital. They are there not to help people, they are there for the money. They hate their job, and they don't know how to do their job well because they need to study more, which causes them to despise their patients and their cowrokers, as if it was their fault problems happened. This is why I am happy working at Amazon. No dreading work because they train you very well, with much care, patience and respect. From the very beginning, you are taught if someone is harassing you, or you feel retaliation for voicing concerns about higher ups, it will be dealt with swiftly. The learning ambassadors know that the workers are the backbone of Amazon, so they try to get out of your way and apologize for walking by your work space. Sure it's a lot of time on your feet, but nobody is there belittling you. If you need help, they don't make you feel less for asking. They are happy to help. At Amazon you accrue PTO, personal (paid) time off that you can choose to use, how much to use, whenever you feel like it, no questions asked. They will even pay 100% of your school tuition. They hire everyone who can pass a background check and drug test, and then it's trial by fire. They fire about 50-100 people a week who are not good employees, people who steal, people who are late, who waste time not doing their work, all kinds. That's probably why I meet so many good people there, all the bad apples are dealt with. But in the hospital, it's like your licensed to treat people like dirt because nobody is going to do anything about it.

[@James-dx2vs]

@@ala-freaking-bama1750 Consider working a phone line at a poison control center. You can do this at home.👍

[@josettebassett3734]

You haven't lost your passion for nursing. You wouldn't be able to articulate how you are feeling so well if you had and you haven't lost your perspective. Everything you are saying is true.

[@ammj6202]

I'm just five minutes in and my heart is breaking because this is everything I know and feel. I've worked in healthcare for nine years. I was so optimistic. I navigated through so many ups and downs and I held on, and held out, for hope. Then 2020 happens, and all those experiences wrecked my life. It wrecked everything inside me. It ruined everything. I had to leave. I have no idea what to do but I couldn't be there anymore. God help us.

[@christinatravels6717]

I’m so sorry. I feel you ❤️

[@collegeman1988]

I’m really, really sorry this has happened to you. Two years ago this month, I had open heart surgery to repair the mitral valve in my heart, and I had a number of health complications associated with the surgery , which put me in the hospital a second time followed by a week and a half at a physical rehab center. I saw firsthand just how hard the nurses at both facilities worked to help not only me in my recovery, but also other patients around me. Your profession runs circles around the doctors and hospital administrators, so there’s no reason for nurses to be treated the way they have been in this country.

[@christinatravels6717]

We appreciate patients like you 💕💕💕

[@barb0875]

I quit after nearly 20 years in the profession, after our CEO quit after putting 2 hospitals in millions of dollars in debt, after our doctor, who was the head of our department got several hundred thousand dollars to pay off his student debt, after our new CEO told us in a hospital-wide meeting that he wouldn't listen to complaints from nurses whose patient load was increased two-fold. We were told to basically shut up and deal with it! Used and abused. I left.

[@coraliecadet90]

I feel like the ceos and the presidents that don’t do nothing all day but be in zoom calls should become nurses before getting a higher up position so they can see how’s its like and they also need to work part time

[@sandradelamotta4982]

Even if they were nurses or doctors before, they will forget when they get elevated. Amnesia suddenly sets in

[@amandab60]

I think that everyone should work on everyone’s shoes. No job in the hospital is easy. Especially with all the shortages.

[@medicostudy101]

TRUE!!!

[@angeliquerider-mitchell2538]

Oh don't sell the CEOs short. I remember one time after our hospital merged with another healthcare conglomerate and we got a new CEO we all the sudden had to start calling downstairs for each individual F/C, urinal, etc. and we were advised to ask the family members to bring in towels /sheets for the pts. Little bastard was very busy, it was embarrassing and demoralizing .

[@Catherine3692]

Well said. They would never understand how hard and exhausting unless do a hands on

[@NaturallyPrettyBrownK26]

As an LPN I travel locally through agencies going from 22 to 35-45 per hour!! It honestly doesn’t make sense being a a staff nurse at this point until they start paying correctly!! We need a work life balance so we aren’t burned out..My career is not my life! Good for you for taking control!!

[@christinatravels6717]

I want nurses to know they have options. We do not need to work for hospitals/clinics. Contracted positions are the way to go right now.

[@edysmith9758]

Hospice nurse here. Pay much better but could always be better .Do my 12 hrs shift's a few times a week . Work when you want too.Don't live above my needs. Have time to myself. Would not go back on the floor. I'm good here.

[@ironwoman2012]

This year I decided not to pursue a nursing career, at my last job I was offered the chance to train for free to become a certified CNA, I remember the pressure and urgency, always short staffed and the nurses looked completely miserable, I was told by a nurse not to become a CNA and to look into another career because nursing will take the joy out of your life, she has been a nurse for 20 years. Now I'm more interested in software development. Good luck in your new journey ❤

[@Me-ru6cl]

You won’t regret it

[@montanagal6958]

you are either worked TO DEATH or told to leave early and denied your hours...find another career

[@ceeceebrownn]

Yes you made a great decision please don’t be cna

[@serpobeatz]

I work in a hospital level rest home alongside many RN's and they work 12 hour shifts 5-6 days a week because of the 'shortage' aka shortage of jobs offering nurses what they're actually worth. I too was offered to become a Registered Nurse for free but seeing the stress and hours they work I can't imagine it's worth it. I'm now ready to start university next year in teaching! Good luck with software engineering. It's an exciting field.

[@mekawarren]

I have been in Nursing over 20 years. I have worked in So many settings. I am now working in Public Health , as a Registered Nurse for the Homeless, and am being compensated very well. I am at peace with my current position. It is not the Career choice, it’s the career path. Don’t let yourself get stuck, try new areas of nursing, to see if it fits.

[@lucindaboren2996]

Yes you have to sign these documents and then to top it off, there are mandatory meetings and classes, that if you miss then you are given a write up or verbal warning. SMH. 39 years a nurse, nursing has changed so dramatically.

[@apal1257]

I once worked a night shift, then had to drive about 75 miles to a nurses meeting at a park. I kept falling asleep and nearly wrecked.

[@lynnerodgers4461]

Exactly Lucinda! Nursing has changed so much. It is a travesty. We are pushing more paper, attending meetings after meetings and mandatory classes. It never ends. It's impossible to have any work/life balance they speak so highly of. My health has definitely deteriorated immensely in the past 10 to 15 years. I'm retiring and not looking back.

[@churchofpos2279]

@@lynnerodgers4461 Good for you. I quit earlier this year after 30 years. My license expires in a few months and I am not renewing it. I am done.

[@choucobra]

I quit nursing school this year and went in another direction. The stress is not worth it

[@bettysmith4527]

What did you decide to do Chou?

[@cindi7228]

You are smart! I wish o woulda been smart like you.

[@nicolesam2863]

Thank you for everything you do. Nurses are not respected or valued and they are one of the most important workers in our society! It makes me sick how nurses are exploited. I am a teacher and have quit teaching full time due to being exploited and being severely underpaid!

[@christinatravels6717]

Teachers are in the same boat!! I feel you!

[@marathongirl1000]

OMG girl, tell it like it is!!!! You are so on point. Thank you for keeping it real. Too many phony baloney pie in the sky videos on youtube about nursing, someone telling the truth is refreshing.

[@petrichorandmoss]

I've been struggling with obtaining nursing for 3 years. My entire career is healthcare, and working it put me in such a dark, scary place. But, I love medicine and I love healing. Videos like this make me want to forget the whole RN idea and get a job at Wal-Mart and turn my hobbies into a career.

[@debcomly2481]

Be happy!! You only live once.

[@tsechejak7598]

It used to be that bs king out of a terrible but good pay job was feasible for a time to learn something new even if working a lower pay job, but now rent and other housing cost inflation makes nursing a low pay job! There’s a new form of healthcare shortages and it’s due to the fact that housing costs in most areas of the US are out of reach for the average starting healthcare worker! And yes nurses need more pay since even before hyper inflation but this inflation makes it dramatically worse

[@g35davilla]

Not all nursing jobs are like this... So many options out there for RNs, don't give up on it.. Like maybe get your RN and join the Navy Nurse Corps.. 🤔

[@janicethrasher4003]

What did you end up doing? Hopefully the hobby into a career thing.

[@jillfoley6834]

Walmart is NOT the answer..

[@cnkis]

I fully agree, why do we have to literally sacrifice our BODIES for our job? Disgusting. They should be ashamed of themselves.

[@literarymary121]

I love being a nurse. I love my patients. The hospital does not care about nurses at all. They will never value nurses. The pay for nurses in Alabama is laughable. I’m really embarrassed by it frankly.

[@julietcrowson3503]

Lawyers do not have a duty of care towards patients or nurses, so the court culture is mirrored in the work culture in hospitals. Regulatory lawyers are behind all this - think they're experts but they're vultures!

[@Czech801]

I'm a former hemodialysis RN and I quit last year after 8 years of service and this is the principle I live by. There is no perfect career. Don't waste this one life being anxious about career choices. Your worth isn't based on your work.

[@Keesh73]

Facts 💯

[@nikkistahr7105]

Well said

[@iamchanaemonique3069]

Whew I needed to hear this

[@prettygirl_1626]

What you doing now?

[@Czech801]

@@prettygirl_1626 outpatient Urgent Care

[@lorriewhalen2430]

I am a cardiac nurse of 23 years. Most shifts we are short staff. Some days I am charge nurse, have patients, and be secretary. I am at the point that I am trying to change my path for nursing. We only have 3 charge nurses because the others have quit. Then the upper management wants to know what is going on. They are so detached from the bottom ladder they have no idea is going on.

[@christinatravels6717]

I hope you find something that works for out! It’s not worth it to be stressed. Look for a cardiac clinic job.

[@bettysmith4527]

TRUTH, the public needs to be made more aware of this!

[@janetl.ocasio8347]

I was a Nurse for 17 years. Mostly long term care and got tired of being used and worked like a dog. Also, got tired of being part of a system that uses CNA'S like dogs and uses them to the point they are crying while working. Plus, tired of working in a system that so under staffs that UTI's and bedsores happen due to understaffing. The whole system is collapsing due government underfunding and places that use staff to the point of being ridiculous. Understaffing , overworking and underpaying is all collapsing the healthcare system. The stress of being a Nurse or a CNA isn't worth the headache. I had planned to work for many more years, as a Nurse, but I matter and am done being part of the shitty system. I particularly feel for CNA'S that work so hard and the pay for them is poverty wages. More Nursing schools pumping out more student Nurses is never going to work. No one wants to be used, over worked, stressed to the max and not be paid their worth.

[@dnw75]

Truth.

[@TheDira93]

FACTS.

[@debcomly2481]

Truth

[@chriss7552]

VERY TRUE. we nurses and CNA's are tire.

[@CassieHodges-pr7ng]

Government underfunding? 17% of taxes in America go to the healthcare system. France has a healthcare system free to all its citizens and its medical professionals are paid well, and only 12% of their taxes go to support their healthcare system. No, the issue in America is that our healthcare system's true purpose is to make money, not help people. The hospitals, medical staff, and patients would do far better if CEOs and hospital administrators learned how to find it in their hearts to allocate some of the 100,000s to millions they make a year to pay to actually adequately staff hospitals and buy up-to-date equipment.

[@maybebaby1112]

I am a nurse and I am under contract until oct and I’m quitting. I’m over it . I have had countless people say “ people need you” well I’m don’t care that strangers “ need” me. My son opened a food truck and makes double what I do putting up with the bullshit I deal with now.

[@christinatravels6717]

Tell the public to come take your job!!! If people think being a nurse is so easy and all we do is complain about pay HAVE AT IT BOO!

[@simplyshanbrown3684]

I'm currently an LPN, but i've been thinking about opening a food truck. Any info on starting would be helpful. Thanks ☺

[@erikamartinez4788]

@@simplyshanbrown3684what? You don’t like working as an LPN?

[@sweetcandy111204]

Within my 10 years of nursing in canada in a hospital my patient load has increased by 2-3 patients. This makes huge difference in the care I provide each of my patients. Patients are also coming in wayyy sicker than before. The issue isn’t lack of nurses. It’s that nurses don’t want to do bedside nursing anymore. There is no appeal.

[@jenniferfanguy2812]

Nursed for 25 years. Doctors call us names. Hospitals call you when you have days off. You are given guilt trips for just wanting to spend time with our families. I loved my job. Abuse of nurses are real. We get bad backs from lifting patients. We get sick because we don't have the time to take care of ourselves

[@derrickcollins3084]

We the workers have to come together and fight for safe work environments

[@kesaadjima]

I'm so exhausted from the last two years that even the money isn't a draw anymore. My facility has been paying triple pay for the last 3 months and I barely pick up extra shifts. I want to, but my body and mind won't let me. I think the money came a little too late. When you're tired the money doesn't matter. And guess what? The CDC is pushing 4th VAX on staff over 50....too much.

[@christinatravels6717]

Ugh I’m sorry! Can you get a clinic job? Outpatient nursing is less stressful on your body. There’s also a lot of work from home phone call type of nursing out there. Lots options if you are willing to consider!

[@nesq4104]

Once you don't have health you don't have a job anyway. He'll no to vaxx

[@kesaadjima]

I'm sure I could. Definitely going to look into it. Thanks.

[@montanagal6958]

screw that

[@overallwellbeingmatters4214]

Wow!

[@GirlGoVegan]

You had the guts to tell what is really going on in the healthcare system. I worked for a major hospital after 15 years. Hooray to you! I wish you the best. I can tell that you have a good heart and care about your patients. I am happy for you.

[@fb8874]

I honestly feel the same way. I love taking care of my pts but my mental health and well being is essential, hence why I"m considering leaving this field in the near future. I wish more nurses would come together and protest against this but the ones I have worked with either stay quiet, go travel or leave all together. Hence why there is no change. Good luck on your travels

[@christinatravels6717]

Something will have to change bc there isn’t going to be enough nurses staffing hospitals. So many are leaving altogether or finding creative ways to use their degree with work from home jobs or traveling.

[@desireelochau-emden8253]

I work in a 3rd world country. To be a registered nurse is really difficult. And the hospital management, CEOs of the companies of the hospitals are also very obsessed with the money making and cutting nursing staff. The poor patients are exposed to incompetent nurses because , competent nurses are too expensive. The lower category nurses are performing totally out of their scope of their practice, skills and knowledge. Registered nurses resign. Many doctors are arrogant ( not all of them) and have a godlike complex. They treat patients like crap. Patients are vulnerable and helpless, we as nurses are advocates for them. The hospitals have so many SOP ( standard operational Protocols), of which we are to adhere to, but in the practical field it is impossible. We are barely keeping the patients alive. As shift leaders, we have to deal with so many risks because of incompetent nursing staff. The cultural difficulties are an immense problem. Strike (refusal to work) is an approved lawful practice. Nurses are attacked and kidnapped while using the only public transport which they have and these are the taxi transport. I can go on and on....nursing is definitely not what it was 40+ years ago.

[@lilianasandoval2742]

What I find SUPER crazy is that Welders make the same amount of money a Nurse does. They can start making $30 with just a certification. I have a friend who has been a welder for 3 years and is making $45/hr & he's happy af. He says it can be a little stressful, cause what job isn't...bit he said his wife is MISERABLE AF being a nurse. And she's been a nurse for 4 years and only making $35/hr. He said she's "not happy and seems as though she never wants to do anything anymore. She said she's dead on the inside"

[@travelnurseadventures3225]

So true-I say the same thing with Welders and Plumbers etc. I had to give myself a raise to go to travel nursing just to save $ to fund new skills to get OUT of nursing! But travel companies take 20-60% so that’s a hustle too.

[@cqbarnieify]

Nursing ruined my health. I had no choice but to finally leave the profession. I’ll never be the same person I was before.

[@retired69]

I agree 100%! I have been an RN since 1981 and at the end of my career. I have become so jaded about the profession especially since Covid-19. I've worked in all aspects of Nursing and unfortunately no matter where you go it is the same. In retrospect I feel like a prostitute who has turned tricks for John's for too long .

[@christinatravels6717]

I feel you! A much deserved retirement is in your future!

[@travelnurseadventures3225]

Don’t feel like a prostitute, but sometimes I feel like a waitress in a factory with acute patients and set up for failure as some kind of test to see how low $$$ the hospital and other ‘non-profit’ corporations can get away with…

[@retired69]

@@travelnurseadventures3225 I was a waitress for 7 years prior to becoming an RN. In the last 41 years I've done med-surg, ER, CCU, LTC and i was a CCRN. For the last 14 years I've worked in home care. The patients and the challenges have been rewarding. BUT.....employers treat nurses as a dispensible commodity. One hospital administration had the nerve to tell is staff nurses that we did not contribute to the income of the hospital in the way lab, radiology, therapies and the rain maker doctors do. This started in 1985 after Medicare switched over to PPS. They had to cut costs so nursing took the hit - "learn to do more with less" is what we were told. Most of the RNs is see on KZbin are young and already quitting. Treatment of nurses will only get worse as health care costs rise. The cost of education is astronomical. When you quit, how do you pay your bills and loans. Don't count on the government to help. Oh yes, and I was a travel nurse in critical care. Big mistake. The only places that hire travel nurses are so desperate for staff that they pay for it instead of offering a decent wage and benefits and scheduling to the local professionals. I've seen and lived it all. Good luck to you. My only advice is to pick your career wisely.

[@travelnurseadventures3225]

@@retired69 you are so right! Wishing you the best my fellow nurse!

[@brendabanks6000]

I was an X-ray tech I left the medical field, After 13 years, I was bullied sooo much I got fed up. My paychecks were lame. I went back to bartending, and I’m happy. No more being abused. I don’t care if I let go of my professional licenses. I’m not giving the ARRT not one cent anymore.

[@dtswaite0916]

Hope you have a great 1st travel assignment :) I’m a travel RN as well but doing local now in Dallas. Yes I make more money than staff but to be honest, being the “traveler” can be a disadvantage at times. Staff can get petty because they know you’re making atleast 2x if not 3x more than they’re making. So you get the harder assignments, back to back DCs/admits, no help from charge and feeling an outsider all the time. Every hospital system is different. The beauty of traveling is you can move around as much as you want, extend if you to or not. I’ve been in this hospital system for almost a year and still feel anxious/burnt out just like how felt when I was a staff nurse. The only consolation is that I get paid well enough to deal with the BS and I get to come home to my family everyday. Wishing you all the best in your new journey and hope everything works out for you!

[@christinatravels6717]

I live In dallas- what hospital are you working for? I'm an outpatient nurse so I don't deal with admits in the same way. I did 2 years inpatient and was like NOPE I'm out lol. I work in a very specialized field (outpatient oncology) so it's a lot different than most types of nursing.

[@awarren06]

I hear this a lot. I’ve been a traveling Covid team for awhile it’s been amazing but we’re all travelers unfortunately it’s ending 2 yrs prematurely due to funds being sent in a different direction overseas so thousands of us are losing their jobs 2 yrs earlier than planned idk what I’m going to do, the thought of bedside gives me ulcers!

[@barbc.3093]

First, congratulations for taking control of your life and your career as a Nurse!! I'm a medically retired Oncology RN and there was Always a shortage then, from 2004-2011 when I unfortunately had to medically retire. It's about time someone was willing to expose the fact that there's always been a shortage but it didn't come to light publicly until Covid hit! Good on you and Congratulations again and best of luck on your new adventure in your career path!!👍🏻🥰

[@catholicfemininity2126]

I straight up would rather be homeless than go back to nursing again. That job was awful. And so many people expected things of me, it's easier when no one expects anything out of you than those that pressure you to be 'successful.'

[@christinatravels6717]

You got me with the homeless 😂😂 I feel you. Travel nursing is much better bc you don’t have to deal with staff politics and you get paid.

[@johnberry2877]

What is rather disheartening for myself is when your spouse, who has never worked in any healthcare setting, tells you, “ get over it”. They have no idea the literal horror show we as nurses live through on a daily basis.

[@fitnessbabe7958]

Ypu don’t want to be homeless, I was homeless now I’m a CNA making over $35 an hour and I can’t wait to get in Nursing school. There’s over 100 things I can do with an RN degree. My friend never did bedside Nursing and is doin Botox making over $5K a week. I wish I had a Nursing degree.

[@pinupbarbie86hoodboujie20]

@@fitnessbabe7958 I came to say the same. She must have never been homeless cause I dead ass would do anything to NEVER be homeless again. I start my pre reqs this fall and apply for the program next fall. Healthcare will always be about money and new nurses wanna tackle the job let them, when they get tired there will be another new nurse to replace her!

[@eliza8160]

I told the nursing supervisor I would rather be unemployed than work for y’all. So I quit.

[@lilapurple7210]

I just want to hug you! I kept thinking of going to nursing school, but I wanted to do CNA first, and that changed my mind!

[@christinatravels6717]

You are so sweet!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@kimsy520]

I quit healthcare (occupational therapy) after 10 long years, for about the same reasons as you. It’s thankless, and things are only getting worse. I hope you get your peace!

[@cherrykindstedt7051]

WORD, SISTER... I totally feel your emotions and frustration in this video. From a nurse burning out in Sweden.

[@stevemickelson6502]

This is a very serious problem. I live in Phoenix and all the nurses are struggling. I am shocked at the fantastic care I have received in spite of the terrible way nurses are being treated. I wish your family the very best. I cheer you on and very proud of you. The demand for nurses is very high as you know. God Bless You!

[@christinatravels6717]

Thank you! I know as nurses we try very hard to give great care for our patients despite what’s going on behind the scenes. I’m so happy to hear you are being well cared for! 😀

[@Beepositive84]

I left outpatient dialysis for these reasons and now I work for a health insurance company. The money is good but I work for the bad guys. I don’t want to be a nurse anymore

[@Abmarp]

I have only been a nurse for a year and I am watching videos like this and looking for jobs every day for the past week. I don't know how to get out!! I don't care about travel nursing cause I'll still be doing the same work.

[@christinatravels6717]

Travel nursing gives you freedom/flexibility. However look into outpatient nursing, nurse coordinator jobs, nurse work from home jobs with health insurance companies.

[@starsighting7167]

My moms a nurse and every day I look at her and tell her I'm sorry. I feel so bad for her because of the stress. I went on to become a medical technologist and she's so happy I work in the lab. She didn't want me to go thru the rough stressful nursing career

[@Nina7x1887]

The medical technology field isn’t looking to well either there is a shortage. I’m a med tech and my shift hasn’t been fully staffed since I got hired. Almost the entire shift has turn over since I started three years ago. It’s ridiculous how much they expect from you without sufficient resources and expect good turn around time. Benches that should have three people only have two. I work the off shift so management never sees what we go through. They just think we are exaggerating. So frustrating. When you complain they say yeah ok but never do anything about it. Or whenever they make changes that effect workflow they don’t consult with the actual techs like really so stupid. Sorry I’m venting but I feel the shortage in nurses is similar to lab people as well we are under appreciated.

[@starsighting7167]

@@Nina7x1887 yea this is true. It really also depends where you work. I work in the microbiology department. I do enjoy my job and work but I understand in some locations it can be frustrating

[@tsechejak7598]

@Stephanie Gomez. Lab shorts are real, I don’t know if the HR dynamics are the same but what I fear is a mentality in admin that since there’s these great (or not so great Sei ens exl chem anylizers) that lab staff have to just babysit anylizers. Wow how sucky it is to have to deal with bad calibration and downtime during a busy part of the shift! Now some lab departments are more trouble prone then others but nonetheless. Also extreme care even with high tech type and screen anylizers is required in blood bank and that’s not something to rush, but resulting patient orders in the easier dept like chemistry and hematology when you’re the only person doing both dept on a busy afternoon, docs on the phone in addition, that’s cause for concern in potentially forgetting other tests like urine scope sediment or leaving centrifuge with tubes unregulated by accident. You need a minimum of one tech per department even if urinalysis is handed by whomever can get to it first, and I think mandatory two techs at blood bank regardless of how busy! This is relatively small hospital mind you but still serving a lot of clinic orders!!

[@lorenrobertson8039]

That is what I wanted to do! I loved biology in university! But my family insisted on me becoming a nurse, and they held the purse strings. I had been left an inheritance, but my aunt and uncle invested it. Told me not to worry about student loans that they would pay it all off at graduation. Nope! Rich Dr. Uncle and Rich Dr. of nursing Aunt kept it for themselves. And got mad because other family members and friends gave me $300 total in gifts when I graduated...which I spent on getting my dog out of the hospital with. Jerks. Narcissists...gone no contact with them for almost a year now. My mom was an LPN...that would have been a better deal for me if they didn't want to pay for my BSN. My poor mom worked herself ragged at the VA. Hosp. but they were good to her with her retirement and continued insurance and other benefits. Have fun in the lab! Smart!

[@BoHeaux]

I’m a nurse administrator (i dont make the big bucks you referenced) and I’m not even mad at this video. Agreed. ✔️ My cousin left her informaticist job to travel and my good friend is also planning to travel in august. Get your coin and good luck.

[@oksanabadanina2016]

Very eloquent delivery. I truly appreciate you saying what most nurses are feeling, but unable to verbalize it like you have.

[@danielleb2466]

Well said. Thank you. Me too. The CDC, NIH and the WHO should all be abolished and forbidden - and trials need to be held and these clowns must be held accountable. I’m a photographer now- I quit the second year of COVID. Too many dark lies of healthcare were wagged in our faces with no compensation or even apology. Now I capture peoples sweetest and happiest moments.

[@ChristysChannelYall]

We had an entire hospital staff meeting one day before a massive hurricane was coming in. They wanted us to bring our clothes to prepare to sleep there. I asked if we would be paid for the ENTIRE time we were there…silence…I said NOPE. Sorry. I also asked what happens if one of them (admin) doesn’t show up to work one day…again…silence. Then I said how about if we don’t show up (nurses, RT’s, MD’s). Again…silence. I quit the stupid hospital. I work home health for WAY less money and zero benefits. I’m working with my last patient. I’m leaving nursing after this…after 24 years. I’ve been treated like a piece of expendable trash the whole time. I like helping people, but I’m simply done and over it now. I’ll go work a simple job.

[@cindi7228]

That’s what I’m going to do

[@heatherparrish1751]

You definitly hit the nail on the head. I’m a UA in the OP surgery dept at a hospital in Fl. and I see how hard the nurses work and what they have to deal with on a daily basis. When patients and visitors ask me if I’m going to school to be a nurse I say “hell no” well not literally like that but I tell them I’ve seen and witnessed way too much and it’s ruined me.

[@jcotton5332]

That was always my answer Heck No!!!

[@stefanitabogdananitoiu8776]

I went through the same thing luv, we deserve so much more, joined agency for a while, made loads but the stress was too much, now I have an interview in 2h36m for a pip assessor 8h/day 3days/week, not that much money but I wanna chase my passions too. This travel nursing sounds interesting, will check if we have something similar in UK. Be strong, we deserve more, it's time we take what we deserve !

[@yvonnedemings3215]

This matter is serious and needs to be exposed to the media and develop into an unrelenting movements. I’ve long noticed that hospitals are not what they used to be and the patients suffer the most… I truly empathize with the nurses who really are being exploited by hospital administrators. It’s shameful.

[@lin-joglobal769]

I am a nurse too and it is so true. I am in the dialysis industry and the greed is horrific. We are the sacrificial lamb. They use our sympathy for their own greed. No respect, patients are sicker, doctors are disrespectful. Do what I say and not what I do. I have been a nurse for 30 years and so over it. Short staffed, under paid, and no respect. They want you to do, do and do. December will be the turning point for me. I have got to decide whether I can or want to continue. Thank you for being so open about the silent suffering of the nurses.

[@Mr60minor]

I just quit too. I have worked as RN since 1990. The staffing was horrible. We began drawing ALL our own labs. Not just PICC or central lines, all labs. Initially our unit was going to have the nursing assistants clean rooms too. But that was not implemented. No transport help on nightshift. You went to ER to pick up your patients every other month. ER brought them up during months it was there turn. 12 hour shifts. No lunches most of time. Few bathroom breaks. No time. Nurses pulled for 4 hours to another unit, then back to another unit. I was "burned out". Depressed. Angry. Irritable. Dreaded going to work. Looking back, I would NOT do it again. Weekends, holidays, 12 hour shifts. Life is too short. It was a stressful job. I loved my patients, but trying to give safe, effective care was a challenge. The system is broken. I became broken too.

[@cindi7228]

I am broken. I am quitting. This shift tonight will be my last.

[@jules.101]

I’ve been a CNA for 7 years. I thought nursing was my calling but seeing how no matter how much money you make, the stress and guilt is still there. Especially working during the pandemic where cnas/pcts were treated like absolute dirt. I never felt so expendable in my life and not only by admins but by nurses as well… My life apparently was at the bottom of the healthcare totem pole and I felt every second of it. I somehow pushed through and sadly have to thank fate for having me misstep on some stairs and I broke my foot. Leaving me out on leave for 3 months when the pandemic was at its worst. Right now, I just accepted a unit secretary position and I cannot be happier. I’m also taking classes to get into cyber security as well. Don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone. Do what will be best for you and your family in the end. We only have this one life.

[@davidphillips4958]

God yes. The only person that understands this is another nurse!! From burnout to the icing on the cake which was the mandated jabs, I quit nursing after 15 years. Everyone (outside of nursing) always says "you have to think about the patient", but I began telling these people that at some pint I have to think about the guy I see in the mirror. These same people never know how to respond when I say this.

[@prayntongues]

There is so much your nursing degree can take you, you don’t have work as a nurse, you can teach, you can become a nurse practioner, there are many fields you can try and find your fit. There are many avenues available with that degree.

[@Promiseland2024]

I totally agree. We go above and beyond in a broken down system and do not even get a "thank you" for taking on more than we should. However, my breaking point has come because it is dangerous! Nurses endanger their license working in such conditions. So I am looking for another profession outside of the medical field.....its not worth the stress! And the pay doesn't compensate at all for what we do! Wishing you the best! God Bless 🙌

[@christinatravels6717]

Have you looked into travel nursing?

[@Shazzyhtown]

Thank u so much for all u did as a nurse! Thought I would tell you, since no one does😉😉

[@BeardGawd88]

I always here about nurses but never about the cna or pcts who are dealing with 12-15 patients on their own taking vitals, taking sugars, whipping poo and pee, playing therapist, feeding and bathing patients all while making under 20 bucks. Where’s the pay increase for them?

[@mchlrae7]

Changing careers to nursing and currently in nursing school. Videos such as this really makes me think about what I am getting into. Thank you for your perspective.

[@lorenrobertson8039]

invest in a back brace!!! and good shoes, at least 2 pairs to take and change when your feet start killing you.

[@jeswith1s2009]

Amen girl! I had been an RN for 10 years when I quit my job in 2018. I needed time off for my mental health and my 90 year old grandmother needed my help. By the time I was ready to go back, the pandemic had hit and I was NOT willing to risk my health AND especially not my families. But the day I was told I needed to refer to those I took care of as my customers or clients and NOT my PATIENTS, I can never go back to working for the medical field.

[@christinatravels6717]

I get that!!

[@janebellco]

Hospital nursing is the most stressful , soul sucking job ever. While I liked caring for an appropriate number of patients, the expectations were unrealistic from administrators. I got out of hospital quickly and fell bass-akwards into clinical research nursing. Been there 8 years (I used to be a chronic job hopper) and while no job is perfect, the money is appropriate for the amount of work I do. I only have young healthy adults as my population, I actually have time for breaks, and I work with a great team. We have super low turn over. My job is the perfect mix of bedside and admin (I’m a supervisor). I’m appreciated and don’t leave work in tears from stress and huge amounts of physical pain like I did when working in a hospital. I remember the pain in my feet being so bad I couldn’t get out of my car when I got home so I would just sleep there a couple hours before being able to go inside. Travel nursing offers great money but I’m not willing (or even able ) to do what they want for me to earn that money. I truly hope your travel experience works out. If not, perhaps look into working in a clinical pharmacology unit of clinical research organization. We actually hire travelers where I work !

[@Absaalookemensch]

I've been in healthcare over 40 years, 20+ facilities in civilian and military facilities in trauma, ICU (CCRN), Life Flight and clinics. Burned-out from abuse by leadership and patients, the constant fighting to deliver high quality care, the stress, the workload. I retired a few years early. I didn't quit the job, I quit leadership whop constantly said to "Just do what you can and let it fail." A career of top performer, awarded what no other nurse previously received, the betrayal by organizational C-Suite leadership broke my soul. But I'm healing in retirement.

[@SpeedyJanet]

I retired after a 40 year nursing career, mostly working in trauma nursing. Rarely did I feel appreciated by management. We keep working because of our nursing colleagues.

[@curmudgeon513]

Congrats on your retirement, Speedy!! I agree about your hospital management comment. Management looked at nursing staff as "red ink" at the budget meetings. I worked in a level 2 trauma teaching hospital affiliated with UCLA in my last 12 of a 26 year career. I smelled a rat when threatened by administrators to wear a face mask for 12 hr. shifts for not taking the worthless flu jab. The H1N1 manure was a warm-up to the recent con19 manure. I'm truly impressed you tolerated the system as long as you did. May you enjoy your retirement my fellow colleague. You deserve God's Love and Peace.

[@cellgrrl]

Just to highlight the greed of administrators, back in the early 70's a new hospital opened up in my city. They advertised much higher salaries to bring in nursing staff and I left my job to go work there as the pay was significantly higher than my then salary. After working there for 2 years the staffing was adequate and they began hiring more new nurses, but then they were finding ways to fire the first nurses who came in to open their hospital. That's when I learned the newer nurses were making a lot less money than I and the other original nurses were making. They used us, and when no longer in a bind, they threw us away.

[@annmarie9215]

I left my therapy job 2 years ago, due to the implosion of the American medical field, 7/13 of my pts presented with withdrawal from serious substance abuse, ( opioids, ETOH, other, etc ) with a daily cascade of disregulation, behaviors, mental illness, homelessness, head injuries / felonies due to substance abuse...I was never trained to even remotely support the healing of these lost souls, plus my rehab company demanded 90% productivity which means 2-3 minutes between treatments, no one pays for rehab equipment anymore, my PT parallel bars had a sign "Do not use until further notice!" I was only payed for my treatment time had to clock out between patients if wait time too long, meanwhile facility staff asking me to do cna tasks bc always short help which is against Medicare rules as unskilled I could lose license. BTW the CNAs were overworked so much, and often found them crying from exhaustion or frustration, I helped when my job allowed. I went back hoping it had changed, but it is much worse. It is soul crushing. I have to leave for the last time. Therapists need unions to protect them. But who protects our patients?! Not the greedy ones at the top of the food chain. Administrators vacationing in Greece for 3 weeks while my patients have no catheter leg bags, proper fitting wheelchairs or basic rehab supplies. Broken Infrastructure and greed has ruined patient centered care.

[@cindi7228]

I have worked long term care, hospital, and clinic. Currently in LTC in a shithole of a facility. I am walking out of here at 6:15 am and I am never setting foot in this bldg again.

[@beth2513]

Well said. I do have a great manager on my floor and she understands, she’s treated the same way also in ways. I understand what your saying and feeling.

[@monleigh]

I quit too. Sick of corporate greed while I suffer.

[@MargaretHall-y6o]

I am a retired RN after 43 years working in acute care. I love nursing but it isn’t worth the mental, physical, and emotional abuse. I appreciate nurses coming forward to speak up for themselves. The only way it changes is to continue to speak up, fight for better working conditions, take care of yourselves.

[@ajacobo72]

More upsetting when they pay double and so much more to have foreign nurses come in. I’m like wow why can’t they appreciate and pay for our nurses what they are worth. They rather pay a temp or foreigners more $$$. Do it girl!! $$$$

[@binca4439]

Really? Facts?

[@erinw6813]

REALLY FACTS: Staff RN: 25-40$/hr Travel RN: 65-90$/hr Keep in mind though… hospitals are cutting travel contracts like crazy right now. Personally I’m just passionate about nursing but the pay difference is a kick in the teeth. Especially when you’re doing the same work as your higher paid coworkers.

[@Gumboz1953]

When I was in nursing school, in one of my clinical rotations, I had a patient whose nurse was from Haiti and barely spoke English. (There were a LOT of foreign-born nurses, who I think were imported on work visas. I suspected that these nurses were paid less.). But my point here is that the nurse was trying to give instructions to the patient, who couldn't understand Haitian French. I speak regular French and was able to translate for the nurse. So there I was, a nursing student, giving instruction to the patient because her real nurse couldn't speak English. There was also the time on a mother/baby rotation when an OB-GYN was verbally harassing the nurses and then started giving me a hard time as well. I reminded him that I was only a nursing student, but I was beginning to think that maybe I'd better stick with my current profession (practicing attorney -- which is true). You wouldn't believe how fast his attitude changed toward me. I graduated from nursing school cum laude and passed the NCLEX, but stayed in my legal career. Health care in this country is a joke.

[@cass7358]

Foreign nurses do not get paid more. They make $28/hr

[@lorenrobertson8039]

I don't mind that nurses from other countries come over to work. The ones I met and worked with usually were very nice and worked harder than some of the reg. staff. And were willing to do team work. Same with the CNA's. Those that were here either on visas or became US citizens had better work ethics in many cases. Just what I experienced. Not everyone is nice/bad.

[@Ali_villa]

Good for you I’m very happy to watch this video and you are 100% right on all to talked about because I too work in the medical field and I’ve seen a lot of thing. May god bless you and protect you and your family 🙏❤️ good luck

[@christinatravels6717]

Thank you!

[@cindysandbeck2447]

Thank you for speaking up !! I blew whistle years ago yep got the ax, it was just for staffing issues, employee issues, which eventually lead to patient care. Get rid of administration, they don't do anything. Director of nurse rules nursing issues! Thank you again for all you do !! Sad nothings changed in thirty years so sad, just gotten worse.

[@terryhester6168]

Hello 👋 ! I was a nurse and I quit my nursing job and I got me a job as a long distance truck 🛻 driver and I am happy happy and I love my new job , I work very independent on the road , I meet people from all over the world 🌎 ! 👍

[@care-a-lot1051]

I’m a travel MA and wanna continue doing this. Why work for these facilities permanently when they don’t give a damn about you 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@christinatravels6717]

Yes it’s so much more lucrative!

[@jessica36245]

Can you share agencies you recommend?

[@christinatravels6717]

@@jessica36245 yes my description box shows the agency and recruiter I work with!!

[@montanagal6958]

AMEN