Nursing vs. Residency

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[@gesck0556]

Thanks Residents for putting yourself through hell to deal with the shit in the healthcare industry

[@baileyjerman5573]

Sometimes literal shit

[@lorientheresa4844]

I have sat for NCLEX Exam for the 9th time now and still failed , i guess licence isn't meant for people like me🤦‍♂️💔😥

[@marykings2894]

​@@lorientheresa4844 So sorry to hear you guys complain deeply of failing the exam. But I will assure you that Nclex exam won't be a problem to you anymore,if you work with someone like Mrs ELISABETH HELEN. She help me through my exam and I made it through.

[@lisa337]

Really, you'll know her Too? I even thought I was the only one she has helped walk through the fears and falls of NCLEX Exam, Mrs ELISABETH has brought me out of the trenches and to a better living, I encourage repeat test taker to work with her.

[@MaryAnn-jd4fo]

Wow!!!! congrats and thanks for the encouragement words for all the people who have not take the NCLEX yet. yes, it is a crazy test for sure. I also used Mrs ELISABETH HELEN review material's. - I studied for 1 week and my test shut off at question 78. I cried too when I got my results. PASS

[@bcx1138]

I don’t understand why the status quo in healthcare is to overwork people. It seems like a liability.

[@protect_provide8031]

The elites dont care sadly. Insurance big pharm money rotation

[@sevourn]

1. There are orders of magnitude more sick people than people qualified and willing to care for sick people. 2. Because rich people stand to profit from it.

[@georgewang2947]

It's all about the 💵💵💵

[@Dreamwarrior0802]

Staffing shortages.

[@mck421]

That's why I left. The norm is to work yourself to death and I hated it

[@veganbatman]

I hope what we learn from this is that residency doesn't have to be this way just because it's how we've always done it & that well rested staff working in health care, while not ideal for the hospitals' bottom line would actually improve patient care

[@porkupineexe6862]

And I hope everyone that reads our comments learns that the American Medical System is profit driven, and part of earning profits is reducing the number of staff you have to pay at any given time. Capitalism actively makes our lives worse every single day by doing this exact thing to other medical providers, sanitation workers, social workers, and (state) lawyers. Those are things that we as a society require to function, but continue to see decreases in their working standards. The only way forward is to realize that the American way of life was designed to benefit wealthy white people, and be a hinderance to anyone else.

[@susanboyd6592]

Sadly, this is much better than it was in the 80s and 90s.

[@lijohnyoutube101]

YES!

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

id agree but 3 years is barely enough time for residency as it is without the brutal hours

[@daniellekernan2052]

We'd rather have better pay and better hours than dinner 🤣

[@westcoastseattleboy784]

This is abusive of the residents and frankly dangerous for the patients. Who can be an effective doctor if they’ve been on for 10 days straight??????

[@socceratesmedicine]

Just the tip of the iceberg honestly

[@PainRack]

Wait until you realise those 12 days in a row includes working 30 hours straight.

[@iliketurtles20]

@@PainRack And jeopardy being activated when you finally think you're getting that day off.

[@PainRack]

@@iliketurtles20 we also forgetting that doctors may not even have time to eat a meal during on call.

[@oluwakemishotayo1028]

who? most specialties especially in surgery

[@jonfilibuster8499]

I remember being a CNA and thinking my 4 12s in a row were bad. Now I’m a resident and do 6 12s in a row plus the occasional call. No overtime pay either. People don’t understand and give no sympathy. Thank you for highlighting this. Edit: This is literally THANK A RESIDENT DAY. For those saying thank every healthcare member instead, guess what? We have an entire week called Nurses Week, a PA day, NP day etc…Give us our one day lol.

[@damonbrown5803]

This shouldn’t be allowed. Why is this a thing?

[@CJ-uo5cl]

You need more than a day. You need the morning talk shows and cable news.

[@LKamp]

God bless our entire nursing week where nothing real gets addressed, we get some dogshit 1mm thick cooler, and a piece of candy or pizza party. Blessed be thy powers upon high to allow us such benefits

[@jonfilibuster8499]

@@LKamp God bless resident day where nothing changes and everyone thanks nurses and PAs instead

[@LKamp]

@@jonfilibuster8499 yeah I get a shitload of thanks from patients as they blame us for literally everything down to the ED bed not being comfortable and not providing them enough snacks and refreshments as we treat their 8 year chronic illness that’s worsening because hey why ever go to a PCP or idk take health and wellness as a proactive measure not reactive

[@seanbutterfield1]

Residents need a union like nurses.

[@dannelle17]

Not all nurses operate under a union. None of the hospitals near me allow them.

[@seanbutterfield1]

@@dannelle17 hospitals can't unilaterally decide not to allow a union. No workplace can, because organizing a union at work and engaging in concerted action and collective bargaining is a legal right for all Americans. Some workplaces are not unionized, that's true. But they should be. The pay and benefits of non -union workers in an industry are fought for and won by union members.

[@jasonlopez8499]

some of them have. some residency programs now give their residents health insurance and a small retirement package but unfortunately this isn't ubiquitous among all programs.

[@sevourn]

@@seanbutterfield1 I fully agree with you that every hospital needs unions. That said, depending on the state, "can't" can be a pretty loaded word.

[@lmart16]

​@@seanbutterfield1Most states do NOT have or allow nursing unions.

[@elvisbeeblebrox]

When I started residency back in 1988, I worked 3 months with no days off. It was abusive.

[@JennyJeong425]

Residents shouldn't be working twelve days in a row. It's dangerous to their health and the patients' health.

[@pixpusha]

Laughs in surgery.

[@kelloggs7447]

As an RN who works in mental health I have observed the consequences that can sometimes occur as a result of how the system educates our docs. I would seriously like to see an end to the lengthy stretches residents and interns are doing. My vote would be a mandatory day off after each 5 day stretch.

[@Doov-xd6sj]

Intern here. I’ve worked 80 hour weeks for the last 3 months. Then, I’ve had to work 6 days straight for the last 2 weeks with “1 day off” in between but in reality, it’s one day that I’m coming off from a Saturday night shift so I really don’t get to enjoy the day. I spend the day sleeping as much as I can but can’t sleep too much because I have to be back at work in the morning. Shit can be rough at times

[@ttfun4421]

when I was an medical intern I tried working 100 hour per week

[@sarahelizabeth2359]

Wow, it’s shocking reading this as a nurse in the UK. Our junior doctors don’t seem to have it quite that bad. I hope you’re okay x

[@Baraa.K.Mohammad]

@@sarahelizabeth2359 UK has a very patient and practitioner-oriented healthcare system... In the US, it's just about the $$$ ... It's sad given the fact that you get medical training that's top tier, but the overtly capitalist mindset controlling the process makes it a hellish nightmare.

[@cbl6520]

@@Baraa.K.Mohammad Considering how little the NHS pays its doctors and how inhumane the working conditions they subject them too are, it’s not really a fair trade off.

[@mamad4551]

That was my schedule when I worked at a community. That's what happens when you have no outside life

[@aaly50187]

Yeaaahhhh I the message is to start treating your damn residents like living breathing humans. Who exactly learns at their best when they're suffering from exhaustion? What the hell is wrong with that system and why has no one opted to change it???

[@thomasmitchell4128]

"Living breathing cash cows"

[@kts8900]

When you are that tired, it is very difficult to be patient and kind. I don't like myself when I am that tired, and I try very hard to consciously stay kind.

[@kitten-whisperer]

I'm personally very VERY cognizant of how I treat others in terms of basic tone of my voice and what not but when someone is dead tired from being over worked and borderline delirious, it would be very difficult to not lose your cool over mundane things unintentionally.

[@cliffkissling1891]

I’ll never forget the intense wave of depression that came over me while pre-rounding on day 10 of 12 as a medicine prelim.

[@LunarDeity]

I work in IT security supporting Epic and I found that residents, even residents working as attendings are the most patient users we have. Sometimes they're downright sweet and understanding when I'm helping them. They appreciate that we're available 24/7 to handle their issues. Travel nurses are nice too. I guess because they're familiar with access and workflow issues in the EMR from the various places they've worked.

[@thesilentbrains]

As a nurse in Germany my schedule working in a hospital was often 10 days on, 3 days off, sometimes I did 12 on, 2 off. The longest stretch I did was 13 days (legal limit). Needless to say I don't work in a hospital anymore.

[@ashaabdul2561]

Thank you !! Same here! I thought the whole sketch was upside down…

[@Blueoceandog]

I'm glad there is a legal limit but it should be less than 13.

[@cottongreentea]

We do 14 days on and 14 days off. This could just be me, but the exhaustion hasn't hit me yet. I suspect that as I get older, it'll hit me then. Our senior nurses said that it's kinda like that when they were my age.

[@the_rising_king8485]

@@cottongreentea Where do you work at??? I have no clue what country is best to go for in terms of reasonable resident hours

[@kaerligheden]

What???? I work in Spain, and I'm a nurse, and we work 2,3 12h and have 3, 4 days off... That is insane!! I don't understand how you all work so many days In a row....

[@vinnyoz4709]

A resident was the only one who took me seriously with my chronic pain when my main doctor kept ignoring my actual symptoms. Thank you residents!!

[@Auric-BraiNerd]

I am a resident (Sorta my second residency) and while I agree I think it's insane that we work as many days as we do in a row (13 hr shifts 6 to 14 days in a row with 28-hour shifts mixed in there every few days) ... But nursing is also right to be exhausted because their job is very physical. Both physician and nurse jobs are emotionally and mentally taxing but nurses are always on the move lifting and moving and pushing and pulling. . It's tough in a different way. (I'm saying this as a non-procedure heavy specialist. I'm sure surgeons, interventionalists and other procedure heavy specialties are also physically wiped while the rest of us are just sitting around table rounding and talking for hours lol. (Again not to undermine that that's exhausting too ; the hours are ridiculous no matter what.)

[@lizmullaney305]

Thank you for saying that. It’s not at all uncommon for nurses to have to leave bedside care before they wanted to because their bodies are just wrecked by the unsafe physical tasks like repositioning some who weighs 5xs what you do by yourself because of understaffing and you don’t have time to pay attention to that back pain because now you’re running the fifth code in three hours.

[@jonnyunited]

Yeah, after 3x 13 hour nursing shifts in a row with no breaks, I'm exhausted! I have no idea how residents do it!! They should really enforce less hours. It's insanity

[@haga1320]

Me as a veterinary intern rn…I’ve already worked over 55hrs this week and it’s only Thursday… My nurse was chatting with me last night and complaining about how she had to work a 10hr shift instead of her usual 8 hr today (I never say anything because each person has a different threshold and imo the right to express their frustrations so I just listen when they vent to me). She finally stopped and asked me how my schedule was and I told her I work 6 days a week with each shift scheduled as 12 hours but I’m often here for at least 15+ because of paperwork. “That’s not healthy! You’re going to collapse like that” she said. But I’m a young doctor pursuing post graduate education, so it’s just my life. To all my fellow doctors out their, both human and veterinarian, hang in there. We will make it

[@kaerligheden]

Yes, you will make it, but at what price??

[@justinfooshee6436]

I’m an intensive care nurse at a teaching hospital. I spend a lot of time with our residents. More goes on than can be said in a short clip but I completely understand the point being made. I love my overworked residents and hope they enjoyed the dinner our intensivists put together for them!

[@freethinkeralways]

Same here, but RNs' work is so much more physical than residents' duties.

[@jasonb905]

As a nurse, this is 100% true. I’m currently on an 8 day off stretch without using any time off. Props to all the residents on the grind!

[@donnaleeah5075]

I'm so sorry. It's very inhumane. I was a cashier and treated like GOLD. They shouldn't be allowed to do this. Let a CEO come down and do it. Undercover Boss CEO working various, all positions.

[@hollyl5702]

​@@donnaleeah5075 I don't want a CEO trying to practice medicine. They can shadow though.

[@djsaidez271]

@@hollyl5702 Then let's make doctors in charge.

[@RetroGamerTy]

One of the reasons I could have never went the physician path. Thanks for all you guys do with residency - not sure how any of you do it

[@sarac3089]

From an RN, thank you. ❤

[@ekleamon1]

I say this often actually. I'm a travel RN and do 5-6 days occasionally, but not on the regular. I feel for the residents.

[@shleegar]

Thank you Residents! From, a nurse ❤

[@cdass001]

I just finished a 3 day stretch and my GOD idk how the fuck anyone keeps up a resident’s schedule

[@castellijm]

Both situations are hard. The fact is, there are plenty of studies showing sleep deprivation is just as bad as being intoxicated. It's not right for the doctors or their patients.

[@niffler230]

Resident here. I start my fourth week in a row tomorrow. No day off...

[@madisonmantyla8025]

Make sure you talk to your chief about duty hours. If you’re in the US you must average 1 day off per week averaged over a 4 week stretch

[@kristinesalters2006]

Promote more rn-md teamwork! When we are both real humans with each other, sharing the same vulnerabilities, then we naturally help each other out more because we stop protecting our egos in a very hierarchical and ego driven system. I know it isn’t easy and I love our residents who really partner with nurses. No one is god and our roles are so very different. Come be real with us!

[@JohnDoe-dc6nr]

Being a doctor is tough. I am proud of what Ive gone through and what i am capable of. We function at high levels under duress.

[@macyevan]

This is one of those Orphan Crushing Machine situations where the individual action of saying thanks is nice and good, but what is really needed is structural reform to eliminate the problem.

[@Icetor01]

This reminds me of one rotation I had in residency where I was on-call for three days in a row (home-call, but I was still coming into the hospital almost every night). On other rotations, it wasn't uncommon to work 19 days in a row (to explain, we were guaranteed 4 days off in a month on average, but if that was the first and last weekend of a month, we might be stuck working a long stretch in between.) Brutal.

[@Thebatcavepetfriendlybakery]

Thank you residents for going through absolute hell for all patients and staff 🎉❤ you have beautiful hearts and souls and i am so proud of how far you all have come!! Take care of yourself and rest as much as you can, you deserve it!

[@bardnightingale]

What hospital doesn't schedule nurse 3- 6 days stretches, 12 - 14 hour shifts. I need to get hired there!!!! And lets not forget about mandatory overtime. That being said, they really do need to fix residency hours. They're ridiculous.

[@intergratedmedicine4538]

Y’all work 3 12s at most hospitals. Don’t think that one hospital you work at is the norm

[@rockswapna]

@@intergratedmedicine4538 yes, 3 shifts each week can be combined into 3-6 day stretches. It happens often. Also, like OP stated it's often more than 12 hours. Some hospitals do have mandatory OT. Our hospital schedules us on-call every other week. It's becoming the norm in many places

[@alliesong77]

I think this depends where you are a nurse. I live in Quebec where we have a major nursing shortage and it’s common for people to do eight or nine shifts in a row with 2 days off. There’s tons of forced overtime, so people are also asked to stay for 12-16 hour shifts and work on their days off. My colleague was on her 5th sixteen our shift in a row this week (keep in mind we don’t have call rooms). The residents are also overworked here, and we are losing them to other provinces as well. Unfortunately it’s a problem that affects both professions.

[@angelingray]

I think the pandemic made us realize we can’t pour from an empty cup. Mandated patient ratios, better pay for nurses and more sustainable hours for residents. We can’t properly care for our patients if we’re stretched to thin. Mistakes are bound to happen when we are

[@s311kyra2]

Am I the only nurse on day 13/16 with 2 off and 13 more? Just me? The standards of hell for medical staff are insane right now and the worst I've seen in 22 years. Residents deserve better. Especially with the lack of pay. But it is important to remember that we ALL deserve better.

[@sillyhaha8211]

It's not just you.

[@krisb8055]

Nope not just you!

[@somethingtosay1119]

You nailed it except for the part that the nurse ignores the resident for 20 mins or more. Whenever we admitted a difficult patient and condition I always brought coffee from the OR break room for them. We rounded in the morning and that was it except for the occasional phone call for meds. They had to deal with that patient for 12 hours and I was just so grateful that I got away with 10 mins.

[@beardiemom]

Former nursing student from Germany here: 10 days on, 3 days off was the norm in my nursing school. I quit because my mental health got so bad that I wanted to unalive (still struggling, but I have a good support system, a job that I love and a psychiatrist who cares). Huge respect for anyone who can do that long term.

[@julzstaley3178]

I have worked retail for over 20 yrs and I have been scheduled Fri thru Wed. because Monday is considered a "new week." I work every weekend, every holiday AND the day after...I get so frustrated that RETAIL is the only field that never gets a 5 day "long weekend" and has to Christmas shop after work and on lunch hour....I CHOSE this job, I just want to remind people to be KIND & PATIENT with cashiers of any type....We don't have a weekend to look forward to and our schedules are usually not posted until the last minute. Planning anything is difficult. Let's all be kind to each other and remember that EVERYBODY is going thru SOMEthing....❤😊

[@hypnoticuniverseofficial]

I remember when I was a nurse working 10 day stretches and then we changed to 14.5 hour shifts and I@d get 3 in a row, or 7 in a row 12 hour night shifts (though the 6 days off after the nights was good). It was brutal and broke me. I needed more sleep! Fast forward, I now run my own business and work minimum 60 hours a week, enjoy my job and never feel tired. The contrast is huge! For all those still working in healthcare, there are SO many jobs around now that one of them will suit you. Don't be afraid of moving around, re-training and trying new things. So many nurses I know never even changed role - ever! Less so for doctors as it's more ingrained to follow a pathway and progress through it.

[@alexsmith3598]

Thanks to your channel, I realized wanting to be a doctor or surgeon is the stupidest idea I could have ever come up with.

[@andylikesyourkite]

I've heard this conversation before. I love my residents, always checkin in with em.

[@sørinstudies]

As a student currently getting an associates degree, going to med school in the future, I'm both excited yet terrified of residency lol

[@hchen-gb1tw]

Veterinarian here, graduated 2022. During my first post-doctoral year of training, I worked 100-120 hours a week for a salary below poverty line in the city I lived in. No overtime. Lived in hospital-provided housing and they still charged rent. Average new grad from vet school has several hundred thousand dollars in student loan debt. And they wonder why veterinarians have the highest rate of suicide of any health profession worldwide (British Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2015). If human medicine is abusive, then veterinary medicine is beyond comprehensible. It’s the dark ages. No unions, no protection. Not even the “on paper” protection of a legally-allowable hour cap. I don’t say this as a pissing contest of “who’s got it worse” - I say it because most people have no idea how archaic vet med is by comparison in terms of the wellness and protections of its staff, and shit really needs to change.

[@EricSayre-xu1gv]

I thank all the doctors I don't care what stage they are in thank you all so much for all you do

[@AllMySmiles06]

CNA here, would work 13 days in a row 1 day off many times (because they had to legally not have me work 14 days in a row), 12 sometimes 16 hour days. Kids and a home to take care of when get off. It sucks but if I wouldn't work that much I wouldn't be able to survive.

[@tiffanykrieger5035]

I don't really understand where you're coming from because where I work we work 5 days a week 16 hours a day sometimes. And we are not the doctors the doctors however have a place where they can sleep. I work in forensic mental health and I'm on the floor with a patient constantly. I think all of healthcare deserves a thank you. Every Day!

[@juliehadden5928]

As a nurse, I've often said you couldn't pay me enough to be a Dr. And to add insult to injury, I have compared my paycheck to that of a couple of doctors (not consultants) and my pay was higher in spite of them writing almost half again my hours. No thank you. Good on you to those for whom being a Dr is a calling.

[@josesanchez5981]

Thank you to every resident who sees this. You work too many hours, and you don't get paid enough. Nursing has been hard, but I don't think I'd make it through residency.

[@pixpusha]

The work hours is doable. It's the trying to get studying done when you're doing 90 hour weeks. Not to mention, eating sleeping, showering, working out ...all the things you need to do to for your body to not break down.

[@mdm7057]

Residents are the life blood of our health system!

[@allie3073]

I feel like I remember hearing about a study that people just don’t tend to be super productive after 8 hours of work and I always wonder why don’t we seem to even consider that when it comes to our medical professionals. Especially when I think about any residents who like me are bipolar and are also on anti psychotics that help them sleep.

[@PainRack]

As a nurse, I worked 10 days in a row before. Day 5 was me just going grr. Urr. Argh during report. It didn't help that my colleague was going are you sure the caregiver training has been done and I was like if you don't believe me, ask the patient. Longest stretch my friend did was 12 but that was a fluke due to night shift . And my 10 days in a row was at least mostly noon shifts or etc, no oscillating shifts which is IMPOSSIBLE to be functional after.

[@twrivalis]

I once had a conversation with a resident about how long his shifts were and I quipped, "I guess that's why they call you residents, because you live at the hospital!" He stopped dead in his tracks and whispered "oh my god." I guess he'd never considered it before...

[@riohenry6382]

This is so true. When I was growing up I knew a lot of people studying medicine. All but one advised me not to go into medicine. The hours were lousy, the pay per hour as pitiful. These guys were still in that transition from schoolroom to hospital so they were the very lowest in the pile. Anyway, I became an engineer instead after having seen a photo of gangrene of the scrotum. He wanted to talk me out off it and all it took was a photo from some massive book of photos of yucky, above my pay grade diseases

[@Hanniekinz]

Yeah, working 3 12 hour night shifts as a nurse suck. 10 is absolutely brutal. We need a change in healthcare 💪🏻

[@KssN27]

Yeah, finishing nursing school (accelerated BSN portion of an ELM program) and I seriously don’t know how doctors do it. The good ones deserve all the respect in the world and a helluva lot more money

[@Zanyotaku]

As a nurse who has friends who went through Med school what they put y’all through is nothing less than cruelty based on tradition moreso than it’s based in a culture of safety. We have longer shifts to maintain continuity of care, sure, but you gotta get some rest eventually or you break down and burn out. I’d support any doctor or resident who wanted more rest days for residents, we all know how important it is for our own health to sleep and eat well and so often we all ignore our needs trying to care for our patients.

[@megwadkins4874]

Yes, thank you, Residents! I'm a night shift nurse (not travel nurse) and while they don't work us ten days in a row, we almost always get scheduled three to four (I've even had five!) 12-hr night shifts in a row! It's not easy Still, Residents are a whole different kind of amazing!

[@StephanieP-ie6un]

Thanks residents and nurses. Healthcare is brutal and not a competition.

[@chrism6904]

The struggle is DEFINTELY REAL. My average weekly hours were 96-120 hours *a week* when I worked Fire/Rescue. Id legit bring a suitcase to work and just live there LOL.

[@Lillith.]

The people who you can always trust to look after themselves like they didn't just tell you to do exactly that. Gotta love healthcare workers.

[@LackingASoul]

Our nurses never get that many days off unless you work less than 100%

[@rileybri]

This is why residents at our hospital just unionized. When the hospital and med school play duck around and find out they eventually find out.

[@MissJane777]

As both someone in the medical field and an individual who partakes in needing medical treatment and surgeries once in a blue moon I hate how much a lot of medical workers work so kany days in a row. I, for one, wouldnt want to be needing brain surgery from someone who hasn't had more than 5 hours of sleep in a week. It can be brutal.

[@steve-ru9sy]

Not too long ago I had a perforated ulcer. I had a 10-day stay at the hospital. I saw the same five nurses(two day two night and a random one because one of my other ones was busy)and two doctors(GI, hospitalist) and a surgeon. Y'all are rock stars.

[@Mkym365]

Thank you Resident Doctors for all you do🎉🎉🎉

[@robinharding9919]

And this is why I always push water, snacks, and memes at residents I work with. They’re broke, tired, and 9/10 just want to learn with, from, and nearby your bedside experience with the fellows guidance and be part of a team. For the few that aren’t quite there yet in mutual respect and communicating, I try to remember they might just be burnt out, tired, in a rotation they’d rather completely skip, maybe with a senior running them ragged or any number of other stressors. Residents need unions. But for now, we’ve gotta stick to taking care of each other!! Love the travel nurse tired after 3-4 days of 12s.

[@roniclark8142]

Having done 80/80 in a pay period often when I was a CNA, That ish is real and draining. And i was just doing patient care so, I cant image.

[@CrystalCollins-sx3vr]

In my younger days I worked 9 12 hour shifts in a row due to short staffing and no travel nurses back then. The only thing that saved me was I basically had the same pts for most of those days. By the 9th day I was exhausted

[@triciadenson49]

When I worked in the hospital, I did 6 12-hour shifts in a row. I don’t know that pitting nurses and residents against each other in a competition is helpful. The system itself is brutal.

[@sabinajoh]

Reminder that instead of someone feeling ’jealous’ for just having to work 3 days in a row, remember that you can join in the fight for better hours for everyone, just because 3 days is better than 10 doesn’t mean 3 days is good either ❤❤❤ (don’t think OP thinks this but I’ve noticed that this is a normal thought trap people get into)

[@maritimponi]

Here in Brazil the whole group of residents of a very prestigious medical school walked out and resigned due to poor working conditions (overwork and low pay, plus all the usual problems of the medical field). They scared the university and hospitals, and got a seat at the table to negotiate better working conditions. It was not a perfect victory... they got the bear minimum... but imagine that? All the residents quitting at once?

[@bobbobbob1318]

I personally know the hell of which some residents speak. I was kind of in competition with another RN on who could work the most days in a row. She fell out after 18 days, & I managed 24 days in a row. My last two shifts were a double from night shift to day shift. I slept 14 hours straight when I came home, only getting up for the bathroom. My husband watched the baby (she was 9-10 months old), & told me that staffing called to see if I'd work a 25th day in a row that same night. 🙄 I must be crazy to consider going back to school for PA or a MD at 50... 🥴 🤪

[@wyldcherry]

Hence I'm a nurse. Residents. You go through alot. Hang in there

[@LydJaGillers]

I think we can ask are that 12+ hour shifts are inhumane and doing them days in a row is straight murder and yet we have allowed ourselves to think this is ok.

[@KevinCrouch0]

Watching this as the IT guy who's been OnCall since 2020, with a couple like 3 day breaks for vacation

[@NicoleMay316]

Both are unacceptable working conditions. The last thing we need are overworked and exhausted health care workers. Give people breaks!

[@dinahmyte3749]

I'm glad I didn't become anything to do with helping people. I've worked admin for teachers, nurses, social workers, and overnights and it's relentless but I'm hourly so I go home once I hit my hours. And I've been punished for not working overtime before. My longest stretch of shifts without breaks was 3 back to back closing-opens at a retail store on my college campus, 7:30 to 11:30pm, 7:30 to midnight, 8 am to 11 pm. I was DEAD on my feet by 6 pm on the second day. And it was exhausting because I didn't really get a break, because I got yelled for trying to take a lunch or close to restock during a home game weekend in the midwest. I had midterms, I was anemic and very sick, but no one covered for me (I was fired from this very job for getting hospitalize and no one covered for me so I got "quiet fired" by my boss who didn't tell me until I returned from winter break and found myself "terminated without cause). My longest continuous shift was a 14 hour at a dorm. I had gotten home from class at 5 pm. It was a full class day. 9 AM to 5 PM after working the night before 8 pm to 5:30 am, taking a nap before catching a bus at 6:30, getting home and napping again till 8:20, going to class till 5 PM, slept till 11:30 pm, got dressed for the -53 degree weather during a polar vortex, went to work, by 6 AM the buses couldn't start so I called my replacement who walked and took the bus to wait till they started and they didn't till noon... I slept for 13 hours... So glad I dropped out of art school to follow my passions and now work admin support for a university and get to leave at 5.

[@rachelkim232]

Resident here. My record is 26 days in a row. So when you see a resident get a little annoyed or grumpy, please give them a little leeway

[@dianedavidson5283]

That needs to change. How can a medical system know that exhaustion is torture, and keeps people from thinking clearly, be a system that asks people making decisions about health to miss sleep?

[@MaeV808]

3 twelve-hour shifts in a row at the bedside is rough. I could never be a doctor. The amount of times being hit and verbally abused by patients is too much stimuli. Everywhere seems to be short, so nurses do primary care as the CNAs are off the floor because they have to be sitters for 1:1 patients. Shout out to residents and all healthcare workers.

[@megadams4923]

What residents go through schedule-wise is horrendous. Nurses have to sustain their schedule over the course of their entire careers though unless they move away from the bedside. So I can see where both groups have a reason they'd be dissatisfied with their schedule.

[@geslinam9703]

A lot of nurses work 3+ days in a row all the time, and a lot of those are 16 hour shifts.

[@intergratedmedicine4538]

By choice

[@geslinam9703]

@@intergratedmedicine4538 not really by choice. I would never schedule myself for 16 hours…but if no one shows up to relieve you, you don’t really have a choice.

[@reaperlove77]

When I worked as a nurse I worked up to 30 days without a day off. Never going back.

[@samanthaweps4215]

They say this to eachother and guess what? They get called in immediately. I’ve NEVER heard of this.

[@belindahawkins4083]

U worked so hard doc I appreciate u

[@moregaragedateswithnatespl5177]

I can relate. Worked full time while going to school during the day. I slept every other day. You do in fact got this

[@makeupnmedicine]

THIS. My longest stretch was 23 days of 12.5 hour shifts.

[@Archivist212]

I haaaaate when nurses try to use room numbers with me, I need to know if its the right person, not the right room number

[@lindsaygomez3374]

Residency is so brutal. I really don't know how they do it. It's one of the reasons I encouraged my daughter to be a nurse instead of a doctor.

[@kryptonite2249]

I give the residents no small amount of hell. But y'all put in that work and do a great job. All the love from the nurses ❤

[@dezzorad896]

This is wild to me. As a nurse in Germany i work 12 days straight regularly

[@Kblmquist]

Never thought about this. I do respect the residents, but I’ll have much more respect for them. I forget how hard they’ve really got it.

[@andydarling8951]

Y’all deserve better. I wish there were deeper systemic changes to prevent this. I wonder how many dangerous medical decisions were made because of these schedules

[@lilshaz8378]

Residents make very little in comparison to the hours (80) they put in for the week. Even with the 20 yr regulation capping hrs, I still find it crazy to work these souls like this.

[@GeetardHD]

America seems chill as fuck, I worked 14 days in a row once as a student nurse here. And its usual to do 10 day stretches to get a long weekend.

[@DianneGerrity]

It is exhausting. I had a relatively easy residency, no more than every 4th night call, got at least 1 weekend off a month, and the other two weekends I only had to work 1 day, not both, except the weekend I was on call Saturday. Post call I got to go home as soon as my work was over, typically 3-4 pm. It was nice finishing and working outpatient only and no overnights in the hospital, AND every weekend off (that I wasn't on call-but only had to go in for rounding, no overnights!!). Thank you Residents :-)

[@Dyllon2012]

FYI for those who might assume they are well compensated, I dated a resident in college and I made more per hour as a part time research assistant than he did as a resident. They are absolutely being treated as a cheap form of labor by hospitals.