The Great Resignation, Or The Great Awakening?

Moral injury is driving people to quit their jobs, especially in healthcare. But this may actually be an opportunity for REAL transformation. Links, transcript, audio podcast: zdoggmd.com/th...
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[@Lakoda26]

I walked from a 120k/yr this year. The blessing that was that money wasn't worth the cost. I am SO much happier making half that. I am present with my family and for the first time in years feeling like a real father figure. There is no comparison.

[@TheGibby13]

I hear you man, same boat, grateful for the pandemic in a way and Zubin is right it was not a stellar place to be even before COVID

[@thedoo777]

What are you doing now

[@TheEvaluna1975]

Great decision! Time is our most valuable resource... so happy for you! ❤

[@hojo70]

And how are you making money now?

[@surreycase]

Congrats on having the courage

[@marksanders8095]

You are so right. I just quit my staff job and will never go back. I am an ICU nurse with 24 years experience, I have 2 college degrees and have worked in every critical care unit there is. I made $13.27 an hour at my first job out of school in 1997 and only made 3 times that amount when I left in September. The tens of thousands of hours I have worked with very few breaks throughout the day, horrible management who didn’t care, Unsafe and impossible staffing ratios. Being burned out and stressed out all the time. One hospital charged me $10 a day just for parking. The final straw for me was learning the hospital system I worked for (5 hospitals) had 3.35 BILLION dollars in revenue last year and just announced the building of a $100 million dollar cancer center, but can’t seem to find enough staff nurses to help in the nursing units so that we can do our jobs better and take better care of our patients. No one understands that no one gets paid in healthcare without nursing doing their work. Tell me one department that can function without some kind of nursing intervention. We are the ones that run just about everything and we get treated the worst. Management and doctors better get their scrubs on because nurses are leaving in droves and the whole system collapses without us. I am out

[@Lumpycheeses]

Man, HCA fucking sucks, don't they?

[@marksanders8095]

@@Lumpycheeses I wasn’t referring to HCA in my post

[@merrywalsh2809]

Great decision. You deserve better, and you will find it. There are wonderful jobs out there. I worked as a hospital RN for 26 or so years, then in a large multi specialty, multi-location clinic as a triage nurse for a group of eight cardiologists in Seattle. A year before I planned to retire, after giving them 17 years, they laid me off to trim costs as they looked for a huge corporation to buy them. That was in 2018. My retirement in Hawaii is wonderful. I am glad they pushed me out ahead of my schedule, and ahead of COVID.

[@thewellfedhuman3043]

Completely agree. I am a Bone Marrow Hematology Oncology RN and I walked away. Done.

[@Lulubear0304]

🙏🏽💜

[@Nancy-pl4lh]

I was an over night patient at a hospital and my nurse was working a double shift. A mother with 3 children at home. I felt so bad to ask her for anything through the night yet she made the time to get me up and walk the hall. What a wonderful nurse, hard worker, compassionate, dedicated to her job. They don't deserve to be treated like they do from management. ZDogg your video is right on!

[@Jenny-fr6nz]

I often wonder how common it is for people to neglect asking for help because they recognize/empathize with how overburdened the employees already are & don’t want to add to their workload. I would sparingly reach out to my contact instructors during university as I was so disgusted by the poor wages/unpaid labour/job precarity/unrealistic expectations. Same thing with people working within the service industry, medicine, etc.

[@moojuice4337]

Emergency physician here. I couldn’t agree more with every point you made. The situation is toxic and it is seriously harming patients and healthcare workers alike. It’s really nice to hear somebody say what we’re all thinking. I just hope I can salvage my career and my medical school debt into some livable solution before my burnout becomes incapacitating. There are a lot of us on the brink.

[@tonimorris6512]

Doctor Z, you hit the nail on the head, with all the points you made. I am an RN...who's burned out, and unable to articulate my truth, regarding my profession and my role in it, and how it's linked to my self worth... as you have done here. I've been so unhappy for so long, behaving like a robot. I cried listening to you express my thoughts, my heart, my spirit, my frustration, my dissatisfaction...Thank you for your articulation, understanding, and compassion. Continue the good fight. I'm done. I'm burned out. God bless us all. Everyone🙏🏾

[@carl13579]

Thank you for your service!

[@pamelacusick9632]

Toni....I couldn't have said it better myself!! RN for 30yrs♥️

[@alicejones9031]

Thank you for posting your thoughts, you are not alone.

[@RachelSmets]

Dear Toni, Thanks for being so honest and sharing this! I really feel what you are saying and I actually did burn out. Like you, I felt like an automated robot too, but luckily and happy to say, I found my path to fulfillment. So I just want to say that it's never too late or you're never too old to make a change and find your purpose. You love helping and serving people and there are other ways to do that while feeling happier and get your energy back. I'm happy to share more if you want and I have made videos about my burn out and how I found my path, which might help you. But you are not alone and I want to give you a big hug!!!

[@jaydem8611]

Thank you for this! I work for a large healthcare company and they are offering THOUSANDS of dollars as a sign on bonus for new staff. Yet they can’t offer raises or anything to those of us who worked through the entire pandemic. Where is my giant bonus for coming to work each day during a pandemic and being a loyal employee??

[@robertsleeth861]

Probably the same place where my giant bonus is. I was considered essential personnel. Every one else got to workfrom home for a year and save on gas money and commute time. I was told be thankful I still had a job because my neighbor might not have one.

[@alicejones9031]

Omg, you are so right....it's just a money making business first, but it didn't seem to be that 24 years ago when I entered the med field

[@vf12497439]

Its not just Healthcare, im a truck driver who is questioning why my company can't raise wages but offer huge sign on bonuses for new employees who won't be with the company in one year. I know, apples and oranges as far as our jobs go but the reward for tenure and new employees is wrong. In my home state im seeing burger flippers making more money than me and they don't need to pass a drug screen to get that job. If they screw up the drive up order they aren't scared they might go to prison where if a nurse or truck driver screw up we may end up being sued or defending ourselves in a criminal trial. I question if its worth it... or why the hell im still doing this after 20 years and my experience level against a guy with 3 months is considered equal. I need a vacation I think? Oh yeah... I cant afford to miss any work. Grocery store prices and gasoline prices are sky rocketing and they say its because of driver shortages. Traveling nurses paid more than staff member nurses. Everything is messed up.

[@RobynGermaine]

Exactly, same bs everywhere

[@noellebrunelle3157]

This. Right here.

[@shannonskiptomylife]

It’s not rocket science. I left a very large Healthcare System where we (RNs and other Clinicians and staff) had to pay for an outdoor parking space 1/2 mile’s walk from the door of the hospital. In order to get to work, we had to trudge through rain, snow and ice. Our path was directly in front of the private parking garage where administrators and doctors pulled in and took the elevator to an underground walkway. What other profession would treat employees this way! But it’s our fault when we don’t support each other and call it out. It just gets so exhausting to stand up for yourself AND deliver care with empathy and excellence.

[@robindick2802]

I want to take a moment and thank everyone one on here for all that do. You're all so amazing and appreciated. I'm a patient with several issues from mental to physical and I don't know what I would do without everyone who treats me. All of them are blessings. Thanks guys. ♥️

[@jeanbackus5694]

Thank you for the love. We certainly are not used to it. We're used to abuse from admin to management to each other to patients families and even the patients themselves.

[@pamelacusick9632]

I wish there were more people out there that felt like you do I so appreciate what you just said as a nurse for 30 years 20 of which being in an ICU your comments are so so appreciated ♥️♥️

[@Ajschroeder7]

I walked away from my job as a hospital nurse case manager to stay home with my first baby 8 years ago. I was told by quite a few co-workers that I was wasting my talent and education. They couldn’t have been more wrong. I have been able to know my kids, prioritized family time, homeschool, and so much more. Life is much more than “what you do for a living.” Sure, we have less income being a single income household, but the blessings have definitely out weighed the costs.

[@awilkie15]

I came home from a med Surg chemo floor 8 years ago after kiddo number 3. Don't regret a thing. ❤️

[@lcn706]

I wish I felt this way. I struggled with trying to stay home on and off for 4 years. I have a 2yo and 4yo and I wanted to be home with them in the worst way but I’m just a better mom when I work. I also LOVE my job & having a sense of identity outside the home. Plus bringing in an income and providing insurance for my family is necessary as well. MAJOR props to all you SAHMs out there. I just can’t do it. Just hope I don’t regret it later. 😔

[@alicejones9031]

BRAVO!!!

[@RayVi5ions]

I actually get 6x more than I did in my home hospital now that I’m traveling. Seriously got 22 bucks an hour as an RN in a level 1 trauma center. I worked up to that pay rate after 6 years. When Covid happened my wife had to quit her job to stay with the kids when schools were canceled, so I had to travel. I’m embarrassed I worked for that rate for so long. Those nurses deserved more.

[@derekburrows1810]

My hospital has lost so many nurses to traveling who would have stayed onboard for a mere one to two dollar raise but were denied or, in some instances, laughed at for asking. In my fifteen years in the game I have never seen such a disconnect and schism between admin and medical.

[@ccsmith2937]

Yep a $10-$20k retention bonus per experienced nurse would solve some of the staff shortages. 💡🔥

[@climber950]

These hospitals wouldn’t pay these incremental raises or treatment and are now paying 2x or more for a traveler who isn’t as connected to the community or the people. They are probably excellent clinicians, but a nurse who is only planning to be at a facility for 2-3 months is never going to perform at a full timer on board for years. The connections with the EMS providers, law enforcement, city leaders, none of that is there.

[@jahbern]

I have a dear friend who is an awesome pediatric nurse, and she quit her regular job to do travel nursing. It pays SO much better and she gets to live wherever she wants to and work whenever she wants to. It’s a hard, hard job and it takes a very skilled nurse to jump into a brand new environment every few months (to put it lightly). Hospitals should consider very carefully the environment they are creating where people CHOOSE to only work in any one hospital for a few months and then are happy to leave. Yikes. Hospitals should treat their staff so well that they love doing their job. Instead they treat them so badly that they have to beg strangers to come work for them. 😳

[@Mikefngarage]

While people that work in hospitals in the bay area cant even afford to live near work. They commute from Modesto or Tracy. While the California government raises gas taxes. IDK why people keep voting for these guys they DO NOTHING....

[@jeanbackus5694]

It's nurses' way of forcing hospital CEOs/CFOs/CMOs/COOs/CBSs to pay them what they're worth. Lol. I ain't mad at them.

[@ingridcox6024]

I am a nurse at a nursing home. I worked extra hours when our facility was a COVID hot spot. Because administration saw we could handle working short and they could save money they never brought back the second nurse. I got burned out and didn't want to go to work anymore. My husband gave me some great advice. To only work my schedule shifts, and so spend extra time with one resident each time I work. I also went to my doctor and was put on an antidepressant. Slowly I came out of my funk. I may not have time for all of my residents, but I make time for one.

[@dndmat]

I’m being fired in two weeks. I feel ya man. From hero to zero in two months. It’s fine because I’m confident inside. There are other jobs but I love helping people. I’ll find another mechanism for that.

[@toda9008]

I'm in the same boat. Good luck and I wish you the best

[@yalu2]

You guys frankly should all dump your jobs like you dump a bad boy/girlfriend, let them feel what they are without you.

[@sukeywatson1281]

@@yalu2 Get ARNPs and then get qualified to practice Functional Preventive Medicine... outside of the system. F the system, F the insurance companies and all the other 4 profit paws in the medical industrial complex.

[@valeriefoltz9801]

Join the club my company is getting rid of me for not getting the jab despite having natural immunity. They don’t care.

[@joesterling4299]

@@valeriefoltz9801 That's your personal decision, and I respect it. Just be sure you are making the best decision you can for yourself. "The jab" is a very small sacrifice to make for your chosen livelihood.

[@taliatkaczyk7042]

This is SO spot on I can’t even take it. I walked away a year ago from my nursing job in the ER after being a nurse for 10 yrs.. I may be poor.. but I’m happier than ever 😄

[@TimBitts649]

You did the right thing. My sister did a similar thing. They treated her like crap, she quit nursing, now is at home, happy as a clam with young kids.

[@alicejones9031]

I walked from a unit clerk job in April 2020. After working from end if JANUARY that year, I couldn't believe the PPE shortage, poor ventilation, lack of transparency to notify employees to possible covid patient exposure, cross contamination practices, and I didnt really like working there! After getting a sinus infection with loss of smell, I walked.

[@joelb1079]

"You can tell a bully from a leader by how they treat people who disagree with them." - Miles K. Davis

[@bettydavies8511]

Thank you for being who you are. Listening to this had me in tears. I could really feel your Doctor Heart, and I am so sorry for the way you special people are being treated. And you are so spot on. Recently my husband suffered a collapse, and it was the paramedics and the hospital ICU that saved his life. For which, I emphasise, we are eternally grateful. However sadly, five days later, we walked out of that hospital feeling traumatised. Every organ had been x-rayed, ultra-sounded, etc etc, the chart at the bottom of the bed recording the results of every test, much like what happens in the mechanic's workshop....so that my husband felt more like a conglomerate of organs rather than a human being with feelings and fears. In stark contrast to that, I recall an experience I had fifty years ago when recently having given birth to my third child, I found myself back in hospital with pneumonia, pleurisy and glandular fever. Couldn't breathe, very weak, frightened, thinking I was going to die, and in walked my GP, who took one look at me, made a beeline for my bed, sat on the bed, took my hand, looked into my eyes and said, 'Oh you poor sausage!" I could feel the healing kick in at that very moment in time, and in fact, I walked out of that hospital days sooner than had been anticipated. It is not simply the diagnostic tools, but also that mysterious connecting that occurs between physician and patient that is the catalyst for healing, and we need to somehow get back to that.

[@crystalnixon5267]

I quit my job as an RN recently after being treated as disposable by my “not for profit” hospital system. Not sure I will ever work as a nurse again. I can find lots of other ways to make money that don’t cause as much angst and anxiety.

[@chellepatino1675]

What do you do now

[@crystalnixon5267]

@@chellepatino1675 I work with my husband in his real estate business.

[@runfayalife]

I quit my job too ... May the way forward be lighted by the bridges burning behind you. :)

[@Blessed1283]

I quit my high earning accounting job due to being treatex as disposable as well. Having a hard time finding my way and confidence. Got burnt pretty hard by that.

[@patsyadams734]

Let me guess…the not for profit earned millions per year and the hospital administer’s salary and perks were too obnoxious to mention. The loss is theirs and they will not know the peace of mind you now experience.

[@Jeffb193]

I was the RT director for the last 5 years at my hospital. I somehow found the strength to get through the worst of the pandemic but in August I finally had enough and stepped down into a staff position. The stress was insurmountable and the support for my team was completely non existent. Finding the strength to finally step down took so much courage, as you stated in your video.

[@everettscaife7746]

I am a Radiologic Technologist or X-ray tech I worked for an unnamed three letter multibillion dollar corporation through the first half of the pandemic at a level 2 trauma center I have seen 3 times as many people die from this disease than the previous 4 years combined I tried to do what I knew was morally right- be compassionate, take time with patients and learn their name, speak to the poor Spanish only patient (I’m bilingual) who had been hyper isolated prior to being intubated and proned because he hadn’t spoken to someone face to face for weeks due to a language barrier and COVID restrictions This video brought me to tears because it hit on just about every frustration I had working there, and I nearly left medicine all together- even as I was continuing my studies to be a PA- because of a system that incentivized us to be robots pumping out diagnostics images as fast as we could Thank you Zdogg for making this video- I have since moved to a better facility that pays less but takes WAY better care of their employees We all need to do our part to be better- and I’ll start today

[@belgrc597]

when managers say "We're all family" makes me cringe

[@randallherold8806]

Thank you for telling my story. 30 years icu/er nurse. Only 57 years old. Retired August 2021. Everytime another family or friend asks me, WHY? I will simply play my story for them. Thank you Doctor. Thank you very much!

[@Explorer766]

58 here. Any ideas for non-nursing jobs? All I need to live is health benefits and 15-20 bucks an hour.

[@joannseaman]

Congratulations! Also retired in 2021 and very glad I am fortunate enough to be able to retire. I feel very sorry for younger nurses!!! It is a damn shame. And will ruin nursing for decades to come.

[@maggiemcdowell8868]

I'm a CNA. I'm burned out because I regularly have to care for way more patients than any one person should and yet am expected to provide the highest standard of care for each and every one of them. Which just is not possible when you have 18+ very sick patients. Care is sacrificed because I just do not have time. And I can't even leave. It's bad everywhere. At least if I took a travel position, I would be making 2 or 3 times more for the same amount of suck.

[@MK-ih6wp]

Why do they pay traveling nurses soo much more. Plz explain. It's like they want you separated away from your family & detached from your own community so you are unable to protest or promote change when you see patients being mistreated. If you try to speak up, they just transfer you elsewhere.

[@MK-ih6wp]

Would love to hear your thoughts on this traveling nurse's experience. It was filmed months ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eafLhYSMaquBi6c

[@paulalindner9772]

@@MK-ih6wp you don't have to travel far to be a traveler. There are local jobs 40 to 50 miles is the most you travel for local travel jobs. I already drive 40 for a regular job.

[@MK-ih6wp]

@@paulalindner9772 So you have a 40 mile commute to work, but you get the higher pay for being a travel nurse? That's a nice tradeoff. Are you experiencing burnout like everyone else?

[@MK-ih6wp]

@@paulalindner9772 my bad I thought you were a nurse!

[@drgarryrains]

Dear Dr. Damania: I listened to your commentary with great interest and decided you had indeed articulated the current reality for physicians. By any objective measure, I have had a long and distinguished career as a physician, but the landscape has changed. Medicine is still a noble art and science, while healthcare has become organized crime. Today, I inactivated my medical license, and walked away. Best regards, Garry E. Rains, MD, DABA.

[@kriswarden2103]

I've never thought about it as organized crime, but you have got it square on the head! The day of reckoning is coming!

[@Joshcodes808]

Our problem as a country is we suck at developing good leaders and now just have managers.

[@tommussington8330]

And those that can't do manage in my opinion! A lot of them rise to their level of incompetence.

[@williamwimmer5473]

our problem as a country is that America is functioning exactly as intended and designed, and that you cannot peacefully reform this system.

[@doctorisout]

There used to be the idea that we all needed moral upkeep. That America was great because she was good. The diff between Leaders and Managers is moral fiber.

[@MNP208]

Amen!!

[@eeliasb3722]

The problem as a country its because its first moral value s Greed is Good and Money is the only God. NO HUMANITY NO RESPECT FOR KNOWLEDGE OR WISDOM

[@buendiagaucho83]

I just walked away from job as a Family physician hospital group. They treated me like garbage for 4 years! They used gaslighting daily to confuse me into thinking I was a bad physician and person. When I put my 90 day resignation through citing hostile/toxic work environment the main manager told me I had to sign an immediate contract Release or they would make my 90 days there horrible. I’m now off for the next 3 months until my next, hopefully better job happens. Enjoying the time off !!!! There’s obviate a lot to the story and abuses. But I’m free!!

[@jennyromero6063]

There should be a list of these hospitals which treat their staff like garbage. It will not help you but will give the next doctor or nurse a heads up there is an issues at that hospital. It will eventually make them change

[@buendiagaucho83]

@@jennyromero6063 I totally agree! In college I remember a website that had every college class and professor graded. I would read the reviews and make choices based off those reviews. The same should be done for physicians to grade these systems. Imagine going for an interview with a graded reviews printed and ask the CMO, CEO, recruiter to explain why they have issues. Also, it would be nice to know exactly what the physician turn over is at a hospital because they lie!!!!!!!

[@celeste9129]

This is hands down THE BEST things you have posted! Thank you for putting this out there. As an RN myself, I think I speak for many, we don't feel heard by administration. Ultimately the patients and anyone that doesn't wear a suit suffer.

[@motomatt3763]

I'm a paramedic of 15 years, and I finish nursing school in 2 weeks. Knowing that you, and many others feel the same as I gives me strength to continue on my path. I wish administrators would realize they are eroding the safety net of society by abusing they only people that sustain it.

[@jeanbackus5694]

And the only people that stand between life and death. Besides you guys too. Paramedics I mean.

[@Stefie_K]

Because of something you said on one of your other videos about “awakening“ I quit my school nursing job. I was being forced to become a contact tracer for Covid and it was making me miserable. I was literally physically ill from all of the stress. Quitting that job was the best decision I have made in a long time! Onto my next adventure. Thank you for what you do!

[@kevingrooms8727]

Having worked in healthcare for my entire adult life I can say that I wholeheartedly agree with you, Dr. Z. I’ve seen it and experienced it. Very well said and it’s refreshing to hear someone with your platform spit the painful truth. Keep it up, brother!

[@rcstout6475]

Thank you, Dr.Z, and all those in the healthcare sector who care for us. Early in the pandemic, my sister (a RN) told me about the lack of PPE. I gave her a box of N-95 masks, and you would have thought I’d given her a box of gold. So sorry you all had to go through this.

[@debbiejones6265]

I hear you ZDogg. I am crying as I hear this as I feel it too. And lack of empathy from the public for all we/healthcare workers have been through makes me sick. They will never appreciate us or learn until we are no longer here. :(

[@Highintensityhealth]

Wow. Much needed convo. Feel bad for the well intentioned health professionals who are trapped.

[@luddity]

Their employers care about them about as much as they care about the patients. Nobody should let themselves fall under that thumb. All their decisions are guided by perverse incentives and should not be trusted.

[@superfresh75]

Thank you for the video, Zubin. In January I stopped working, sold my house, and moved my wife and kids into a trailer. I really like that you get it. Trailer park life is not too bad actually! Taking a break is wonderful but I wish I knew how to help. I love caring for people but struggle with our system. Keep the vids coming! 🙏

[@ambercuevas3643]

Wow…this resonated so strongly I got a lump in my throat and some tears. Thank you for understanding and bringing awareness. Words can’t express how I’m feeling right now. Keep going zdogg.

[@rcn9232]

This is the same thing that is going on in Education! So much truth in what you are saying!

[@juliemiller3894]

Thank you for this video, it was so therapeutic for me to hear these words and ideas spoken aloud. Everything you have said is exactly what myself and coworkers are experiencing. As a physical therapist with school loans I cannot get out from under, working for a company that spews wellness to everyone else but we feel absolutely worked to the bone. I work every day on a covid unit that is bringing more patients in than my team can handle. As I am listening to your video and writing this I'm trying to catch up on my paperwork while my kids are also desperate for my attention. What gives.

[@TheMomseloc]

Thank you for everything you do. BTW. I'm a vaccinated nurse and quit my job 3 months ago because ADMIN wouldn't let me have time off even when I told them I was in severe burnout.

[@grillmeisterkush6396]

i got wrecked by my job environment early this year and i walked away from it all. This year has been one of the hardest journeys in my life but for all the right reasons. I walked away and now i feel free again. If you watched this and are truly scared of this, trust me, it is the right thing to do. The trick is to always move forward. No matter how hard. Just go forward, any direction is the right direction as long as it takes you away from what you are feeling now. The rewards are vast. Trust in your heart and your ability to stay resilient, but do it for you, not your boss or your customers. You are the only one that matters right now. Stay strong much love.

[@MedlifeCrisis]

A really important video Zubin. Some issues may not apply outside the US system but I think the majority do, this is an industry-wide change in priorities and, I agree, an awakening. I am quite optimistic in some ways. I saw the light a while ago and I’m doing my best to encourage others to make a career that works for them 👊

[@ZDoggMD]

Absolutely brother! 🔥

[@19Photographer76]

Even if we 'could' make it happen, how long would it last, 1 generation?. At least I experienced Healthcare in the 1970s, it was truly rewarding.

[@danielledecarlo9971]

Nice to see you talking about something real. We are not leaving because we can not handle our jobs or stress. We are leaving because of Gov't mandates. Yes health and wellness is what should be promoted. We are also not quitting! We do not want to be part of this experiment. They do not have to release all ingredients in the shots for 55years. I am not an anti vaxxer. People resigned because they knew something was wrong with all of this. You did the same. You don't know you said I was uneducated. My job title does not make me stupid. I chose my position for my son, so I could be home for him. My stance on this v is because I have seen the adverse reactions first hand. This treatment does not even proclaim to do anything but make my symptoms less. It will not protect anyone but me. If I get covid and die, you can say whatever you want about me. I will not care because I will be dead. But there is a 99 % chance I will be ok. If I get the shot, no one knows what will happen. 2 or 3 years down the road i want evidence it will not negatively effect my life. No job is worth it. That is in fact why we are not staying. Some people quit to cash out benefits. Yes establishments have shit on us !! Bottom line is everyone of those people we take care of. No establishment will stop me from doing the utmost for our people, no matter thier policy, or missing bedtime.

[@MySparkle888]

Sounds like “leadership” are a bunch of cowards.

[@luddity]

@@ZDoggMD It sounds like you're well on your way to your own "great awakening". I look forward to seeing more of your progress towards it. I know you care.

[@RaceTeq17]

Preach it baby. MD here. We've chatted by email a couple times. Awful EHR launch + admin + apparatchiks = just couldn't do what I loved anymore and I left the ER after 16 years. I don't know what comes next but I sure feel better. Conflicted though. I feel VERY badly for patients.

[@drleeds1518]

Wow…. I just found you. I’m a physician and quit a few months before the pandemic for the very reasons you speak about. Never knew how to express what I was feeling but you nailed it. Thank you for breathing the truth and speaking about this. Still struggling to find my way.

[@barbarad.517]

You must be the camera in my head watching the system I loved and grew up with devolve into something unrecognizable! Every word you say is true! I graduated from nursing school in 1973, yes that means I’m old. Most of my career was ER. I retired several years ago and am currently on a 2 year medical mission for my church. I make no money but am doing work I love for people who appreciate it. Thank you for speaking the truth and maybe open a few eyes.

[@dern6497]

that sounds amazing!

[@vickiecook2215]

I have worked in the OR since 1983. I knew as a child I wanted to be a nurse. I love what I do. I am retirement age. I have enjoyed every moment.- ok maybe not every moment. LOL I am sad that I only have a few months left. I did my best . 😰♥️

[@deltasaves]

I'm a second career nurse, 33 yrs old. I work a speciality nursing facility for those with severe physical and developmental disabilities and it's been rough since the beginning. We keep getting gift cards and pizza, but all I want is respect. I want better staffing and resources. A $50 gift card doesn't make me feel better. My grandmother's both wanted me to be a nurse as a kid and it took long after both their passings for me to finally do it. I've never felt so fulfilled and frustrated at the same time. I've never lost more sleep over a job than I do now. I hope each day I come here and can make a difference and keep these folks safe, of whom they can't themselves. Walking on eggshells everyday is exhausting, but idk if I can risk leaving a problem I am aware of to enter one I am not aware of 😥

[@deltasaves]

And you did you your best. I look up to folks like you and hope to have your skill and knowledge one day 💗💗💗

[@vickiecook2215]

@@deltasaves it sounds like you are doing your best. God will bless you. Thank you for your kind words.

[@JanineMKartist]

A lot of teachers and school administrators are going through this too. many are either going on stress leave or retiring earlier than planned. Also, even with our public health care system here in Canada many nurses have also been quitting due to burn out.

[@b_tang]

The number of people that quit/retired from my institution is insane. And it's not stopping. We can't hire enough people to replace them so everyone is overworked and now even more people are quitting.

[@TheGibby13]

Same here, lots retired early and lots have left the bedside

[@stephenrankin8916]

As an "old" guy, I remember that most hospitals exisisted because people who really cared started them because of their religion and it's motivation to provide care to your fellow humans. Health care was without much actual medical care mostly hospice care. "modern" medicine came on the scene and became a part of the hospitals but the hospitals were still run by the people who cared. Then in my life time the hospitals were taken over by the medical community it's administrators and corporate american with a profit goal, even if the hospital was a "non porofit". Then pharmacuticals and doctors started advertiseing care, care that was developed for profit only had no value ther than profit. Most medical research was with a profit motive. Cures were no longer the goal of medical care or research. Doctors, nurses, healthcare became jobs with good pay and not a vocation in helping. Most of this was made possible because healthcare was suddenly profitable because everybody suddenly had "insurance" that was supplied as part of their working or membership to a company. job, or state or federal benefit. Even though the payments of the "insurance was less than what was charged, it was still way more than the product being given to the patient. Money money money .... greed, greed, greed ..... not by just health care but also by the patients and employees and even the government in its political agendas. The old days had much less knowledge of medicine, but the healthcare was a much higher quality, and the motives were genuine. And as far as "knowledge of medicne" I am appaulled by the medical community in it's greed motivation to maintain bad care, bad proticals, bad research, to keep it's profits. All the while healthcare claiming not being able to break even there would be a new hospitals being bulit is towns not big enough to support their existing hospital. These new hospitals were being built by "non profit" hospitals that had to build the new hospitals to maintain their "non profit" status and at the same time shut down the already existing competeing hospital so they could make even more profit. No, having government take over is not the answer, unless your goal is to end all real medical progreesand end all real care of people.

[@christineanderson3193]

I have never heard this made more clear. You are so spot on. I am a 70 yo retired nurse. I remember as a child, our pediatrician coming to our house to see us when we were ill. Now when I see my PCP as they are referred to these days she sits typing into a computer as I answer the prescribed set of questions. When I have accompanied my 94 yo mother to the hospital I have to fight constantly to have the robotic nurses see her as more than the delirious person her UTI has caused her to become. I have to add that the whole system of quality measurement in hospitals is flawed. When I retired as a dept director after 30 years, one thing I thought was I will never have to do another JCAHO review. A totally disconnected waste of time in my opinion. I never missed nursing for a minute when I left. Thank you.

[@fayemoore8654]

I think our government has done such underwhelming work. Wait, I can't say "work" because they've actually done nothing ... in compensating all of the frontline and public service workers during covid. Gov officials hid behind curtains like the Great and Powerful Oz and participated in zoom meetings while frontline folks risked their lives daily. Thanks to every one of you. I genuinely hope there is a light at the end of this tunnel for you all.

[@M0rbidCuriositea]

You know, I would have foregone compensation if we had just been supported.

[@brendalinstra3920]

Once healthcare became "Big Business" everything began to change. Team nursing was not a bad method of care. That manner of care had several different people who knew the team of patients they cared for the needs of each patient. Management thinks that adding a couple more patients to a nurse is not a big deal. Doing primary care takes time to be with your patient to evaluate them and care for them. Remember that nurses have been consistently considered to be the most trusted professionals around. There is a very good reason for this.

[@haniamritdas4725]

I walked away from this system years ago now, coming up on a decade. Not medicine, I mean the whole debacle really. It deeply involved the sense of identity that you mentioned, but we are never merely the identity created by our careers or even our culture. We are much more than that. Thank you for holding this truth so beautifully! I love you.

[@britbrit115]

I was a dental assistant for 13 years. I just couldn't do it anymore and quit in August. Just accepted a position in a completely different industry and I can't wait!

[@utdpkg38]

Well, in my wife’s case (ED PA-C) the staffing company that she worked for was awful with constantly changing hours, and they used the pandemic as an opportunity to maximize profits. Also there was a horrible disconnect between enough nurses being staffed (hospital employees) and providers (staffing company). Believe it or not the ED bottlenecks were usually a result of understaffing of nurses.

[@alventzek6389]

100% right!

[@shaunarising5934]

I believe it

[@Stephen981cs]

My wife was a ED PA-C and the staffing company totally started screwing them and changing their hours and adjusting expected metrics during the pandemic b

[@ergovisavis]

I'm not even in the medical field but this resonates deeply. Almost every thing you've described (minus the frontline health risks) I've experienced in the Corporate environment. Probably a good argument why Medicine shouldn't be privatized. Profits drive everything at the expense of everything else. Workers are considered liabilities instead of assets.

[@doctorisout]

There is evidence in posts above that nonprofits (with their mission statements) and GovCare can be just as inhuman.

[@suras8984]

@@doctorisout Yes in Canada we have staffing shortages like crazy in healthcare which has been amplified significantly by the vaccine mandate. In long term care homes Canada gives atrocious/negligent care to the residents due to poor gov funding resulting in unsafe low staffing.

[@JohnDoe-kv3cm]

@@doctorisout as long as these exist in the environment of a market, market logic still dictates their actions. My business teacher used to tell us "businessmen are the best that can happen to a nation - as long as you keep them in cages". He didnt mean that literally. But the point is that any type of market - free, restricted, whatever - ultimately finds the most efficient way to make money. If the markets interests align with yours, that creates absolutely great results. But the market is an amoral concept and as such the solutions it comes up with are not neccessarily the ones you want. And then you have to react. As such a solution needs to shift the way the market works in itself, not just replace the actors in it.

[@doctorisout]

You can create communitarian islands, but that does not mean that corporate types shouldn't get Nobels. Of course Nobel himself came from guns and explosives. Talk about moral injury....

[@cassondrakovach6814]

So true. I am a family doctor who also does obstetrics and have been at my organization for 10 years with the same schedule but suddenly I am not working enough because it’s all about “patient contact hours” in the clinic and not the hours upon hours I spend on all the other things that need to get done! It is so frustrating when administration doesn’t understand all we do and just dumps more and more on us!

[@wendyc8549]

Ten minute office visits. This is horrible.

[@merrywalsh2809]

I am old enough to remember when docs were their own bosses with their own practices, and their admin staff were their underlings, not their overlords. All docs should return to that model, because you know what? Economy of scale has disappeared into admin bloat everywhere.

[@cassondrakovach6814]

@@wendyc8549 No one can adequately care for patients in the amount of time they expect us to do it in. And, even if we can, the messages, refills, other paperwork, orders, etc. still need to get done somehow. In 2 days of work, I have put in 20 hours and still have more to do but that time doesn’t count! Only patient contact hours count! 😬

[@hillbillynurse7212]

@rachel spaulding The local hospital system here effectively shuttered the only hospital for multiple rural communities "because it wasn't profitable". In the middle of the pandemic. Instead, they planned on shunting all patients except mental health and OB nearly an hour away to the main hospital, except they didn't (don't) have the staff nor beds to accept that influx. And the staff at that main hospital has been absolutely MISERABLE for decades, to the point they're paying travellers outrageous money only to quit before the end of their contract due to the culture at the hospital being so oppressive and unsafe.

[@melissagreer2101]

Truth. I feel like Renee Zellwegger following Tom Cruise out of the firm with only 1 client. I left clinical practice 2 months ago and struggled with identity, peer pressure, and overall crisis of self. I felt alone and like I had let myself, my family, and my former colleagues down. Thank you for verbalizing that reality and still encouraging us to find what’s best for us, bc in the end, it’s what’s best for the system and patients.

[@shandard4861]

“We need to overthrow this system.” Yes, that is exactly what needs to happen. Back in the 80’s the hospital owners decided that putting business people in charge of hospitals would improve things (more return on money). That’s when, as a staff RN, I saw things slip and slide down hill. The kept adding to our patient load more and more (They called it Enhancement).

[@PolishDiane]

I saw the writing on the wall in the late 70s when DRG's took over health care. I say my first two children were "drive through" deliveries. Insurance companies dictated no admission and would not pay for anything over 24 hours.

[@danielledecarlo9971]

Twenty three years ago when I started it was all about the care. Now it is all about what looks good on paper.

[@katiemaki4084]

So how? How does it happen?

[@shandard4861]

@@katiemaki4084 They put the business people into administration positions and those who want to make money run the hospitals. Doctors and nurses are essentially just employees.

[@katiemaki4084]

@@shandard4861 I’m asking how do we change it? How do we as individuals change the system?

[@bensonthebear2045]

This message is applicable across most fields of employment!

[@Blessed1283]

Absolutely!

[@CHARLESSBRONSON]

Yes it is. I USED to work for a big beer company....

[@amyocrowley5907]

I'm a nurse who left healthcare to stay home with my kids 7 years ago. I only worked for 6 years after school. I've been out longer than I've been in and I just can't see any reason to go back with the current model. It's not worth the negative impact on my family. I'm still paying off my student loans too. It's more worth it for me to pay my loans and NOT work, mentally, emotionally, and physically it's just better for my health all around. I feel like that speaks louder than anything, when someone is willing to lose money every month and not go to work for the degree they're paying off, something is very, very wrong there. I was brought to tears because of this video. My identity was in nursing for a long time. When people ask me what I do, I used to feel the need to qualify it with, "I used to be a nurse (or, I am a RN), but I stay home with my kids now." I used to feel like there was something wrong with me, that I couldn't handle all the crap, I was too sensitive. Thank you for this video, for recognizing there's only so much one can take from a crappy system. It's like when you get out of a toxic relationship and realize you weren't the problem like you thought you were. I feel seen, truly.

[@jameskerr3257]

Not just a problem in healthcare. People are more and more overworked in all corporate jobs. People are stressed and anxiety and depression are more common it seems.

[@creative_thimble560]

I work in grocery. It’s even a problem here. We’re constantly short-staffed. Management will hire a skeleton staff, then tell us there’s not enough sales to justify hiring more, so we are all doing the work of 2 people. They don’t want to give raises either. The company has had some of the highest profits ever the last 2 years. I feel like store employees are just there to fund bigger bonuses for corporate management. There’s no excuse.

[@cristiewentz8586]

I've decided to leave my good paying retail job 1/1. I'll be taking on line classes and working 5 minutes from home (part time rather than full). Not driving 40 minutes. I have money, but no time for family time...or a hobby. Or a support group. Or friendship.

[@CupcakeCottage]

Funny how ceos are making millions, doctors over charge for everything and you guys who work your tails off get no part of the money. I’ve had it with the greed! Looks to me like they are setting us all up to welcome the new robotic nurses.

[@jrose353]

I’m at 4:33 and already devastated…this is my husband. Military, 5 yrs left… Wow, very powerful, very well said. Please keep it up Dr D!

[@AshleyStuart]

This video brought tears to my eyes even though I'm not in healthcare myself. I think this hit me deeply though because as a patient, I want my caregivers to be at their best because when they aren't at their best, how can they thrive in helping not only me but other patients? Since that initial video on moral injury from a couple of years ago, I still will actually voice frustration whenever I see burnout being used in this case. I think any healthcare program proves resiliency just to get through it and I don't like the term burnout because it really makes it out that the person suffering is not resilient enough or just not good enough for the job when it's the system that's broken. I read that Atlantic article and it made me tear up. I am pretty emotional but lately it seems that I'm even more emotional though. I think that the fact that people are saying enough is enough not just in healthcare but in many other industries should be a sign that the system(s) is/are broken and not the people in that system.

[@evanpnz]

To me (having been there) burnout just means having chosen to tolerate an impossible situation for longer than you were actually able to. No foul, just too much naivité and optimism going in.

[@panfour1974]

Burn out is easy to use and pretty much describes what is all about. Exhaustion syndrome is more official. Emotional collapse is not accurate. Anyway, psychiatrists recommend to find another job.

[@kathrynwaggoner907]

You are so right!!! I just quit my RN hospital float pool position after 9 years. My hospital’s leadership has it head up it’s butt so far they can’t see anything that is going on. I start my new job as dialysis RN. Hope it’s better.

[@Xenfold]

Amen to this. I walked away from a 6-figure bullshit corporate job, and I've never been happier. A place where you're an employee ID number, and KPI's that determine if leadership will treat you with respect and dignity, or not. I always thought money would inherently bring a new level of happiness, and surprise, it doesn't. Doing meaningful work, for people who appreciate and respect you, is invaluable. You can't put a price on that.

[@danielcontreras3956]

I never comment on your videos , but this is your most moving and powerful video in my opinion you have created so far. As a nurse who left nursing in May 2021 after working during the pandemic for over a year and in healthcare since 2014, I have seen so much holes in our system. We are expected to do far more work for the bare minimum. I am glad more people are putting themselves first over an unfulfilling or toxic work environment. Thank you 🙏

[@bshipman81]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!! I believe my calling in medicine doesn’t end at just being a physician- it extends to putting in the work to CHANGE the system. We want the best for our patients and taking healthcare back from the business leaders we have sold out to is the only way to make that happen. This means more physicians in the C suites (CEO, COO, etc.), more independent practices, more coming together as healthcare professionals to take back what we all spent years working for. It won’t happen overnight but the only way to save medicine is for us to do it ourselves.

[@Strengtheningselffirst2]

Thank you @Zdoggmd for speaking up. As a little person on the totem pole, seeing many aspects of this Awakening has me in awe. Once we overcome the anger, the sadness, the unbelievable bs, I am looking forward to better days that starts with looking within our own souls of Restructuring. 💜

[@kileya6527]

Thank you for this because everything you say is true. Been a nurse since 95. Constantly looking for a way out. I am ready to do something outside healthcare where I’m more appreciated and heard😥.

[@KTplease]

And we love YOU because we can feel your care for us right through these interwebs! Keep up the hard work! 💕

[@wendyc8549]

My PCP closed her practice a few years back. She left the profession. I remember her telling me once that she wanted to be a gardener.

[@OratorOfDivinity]

My Mom is a nurse and I've heard this issue about the disconnect between management and nurses and it's wild. I appreciate you speaking about this, the World is Craving TRUE Leadership. Keep speaking because this can be a path to real change. "They will socialize medicine to keep from changing" self introspection needs to be the norm not the exception

[@Golgibaby]

This validation can be life saving, Dr. Z. Spiritual CPR. Mahalo for your dedication.

[@PresentFocus]

As a side note, being a Marine in 1975 felt like you were being treated in the early days. They call us heroes now. I will "never" forget how I was treated. I am sorry you had to go through that. 45 years later, and it never feels better.

[@rexmikes6270]

just wow. i am halfway through my RN degree and this brought me to tears.

[@jdoedoenet]

I am a former RN who worked in the mental health system in Australia. I resigned before COVID really hit, and for all the reasons you stated in the first 5 minutes. This video is so spot on it's scary. It's scary because everything this fella says is just as true on the other side of the planet. I will never go back to being a nurse. I had to walk away from something I loved, but the system is so toxic and corrupt...most people have absolutely no idea. Thank you so much for making this video, mate. You articulated so many things I have felt and didn't quite know how to say. And I know I am not alone.

[@autodidactin]

I’m a muggle, but shed a few tears during this video. There are many of us who want to be good allies to the remarkable folks in healthcare.

[@tmsongvids7463]

In 2017 I retired from teaching at age 55. Same kind of management. It was the BEST decision I've ever made in my life. I'm now a volunteer cat photographer for the SPCA.

[@pennydaytreasures8173]

Thank you for speaking up for the medical community! A couple years ago I was sitting in a hospital getting ready for a surgery. My surgeon came in and asked me how my kids were doing in college. I told him my daughter was right on track knows what she wants and enjoying college. Then said my son is just getting by, hates school thinks it’s a waist of time and isn’t going to help him. He looked at me and said something like That’s not necessarily a bad thing to not be burdened by school and dept in your 20s. Sometimes I wish I hadn’t spent my 20s in a classroom being driven by my idea that was the only way I could be successful I went home and told my son let’s finish school but after that you do what makes you happy BTW we are paying for his school so he won’t have debt. We’d rather be in debt than our kids. We’ve been saving for this too. As someone with a chronic illness I’ve seen all my doctors age under the stress and burdens being placed on them. I’d be devastated if they stopped practicing medicine because I worked hard to find them. They are all fantastic doctors… but as a human they deserve happiness

[@mtnriffraff68]

I’m going through the same experience with my son. He’s smart, ambitious and hard- working but struggles to find purpose in staying in school (college junior).

[@pennydaytreasures8173]

@@mtnriffraff68 I think we are witnessing a huge shift in humanity. It’s hard to guide them because we are unsure what the future will bring. For a long time we have been conditioned that college is a necessity. But at the same time I think the education ( for some degrees) has been greatly devalued in our current system. My daughter has always wanted to be a teacher. Even as young as first grade she set her bedroom up as a classroom and taught her dolls. She has always wanted to do this. She is going to a school highly credited for teaching. She is getting a good education, looks forward to her future. My son who is a senior this year wants to be a fishing guide. He loves the outdoors. Enjoys being with like minded people and doesn’t want to be owned by a boss. We encouraged him to get a business degree thinking it would help him own his own business or give him a fallback if his passion didn’t pan out. We are now realizing his happiness is most important. He would be miserable sitting in an office. It’s taken us a while as parents to understand how we were trained to think of “working and career” isn’t the ONLY way to be successful. My husband has worked hard to support us all. For many years in a thankless job. Fortunately he found a job he now enjoys :) but it took years of unhappiness to get there. Yet, we still just saw that as “what you did”. you just do it, wake up, get dressed go to your sucky job, watch the ass kissers get promoted, go to bed, get up and do it again. Your “reward” was a 2 week vacation. It’s basically your contribution to society. Through my sons eyes we realized if he did what my husband did it would eat at his soul. Like your son, my son is very smart and very self driven. But he needs passion, the more passion he has the harder he works. We realized his passion likely will drive him to find success in what path he chooses. His success may not be monitory it may be happiness. It is his life, not ours. I think our kids get this. We should be happy we gave them the tools to understand life can be better than the life we showed them. We taught them the freedom to say “no” I don’t have to do it your way, maybe there is a different way. It’s hard to break the social norm that “school makes you successful”. I think we are on the cusp of many changes in society. Hopefully these changes are a betterment for society and future generations will be allowed to explore passion and not feel forced into student debt and years of unnecessary schooling that doesn’t prepare them for the real world. Parenting young adults is HARD! It’s much more challenging than when they were young! I think both of our boys will be ok! They will find what makes them happy and happiness counts for A LOT!

[@heideray7343]

I am so sorry! I am not in the medical field but I am a patient. I am beyond thankful and appreciative of each and every individual it takes to make a hospital, clinic, dr office.

[@chocolateflowers5712]

This is on of your best videos ever published. So many of the things you said resonated with me on many levels. One thing I constantly complain about us how the entire healthcare model needs to be revamp so that the main focus is about patient care, not computer care just to please the insurance company who will deny payment because a box wasn't checked.

[@alexandrar.barreno-feery3450]

It's so sad to see no appreciation for professionals who are tasked with care of others. Sadly, the educational system is going through the same. So many teachers are feeling burnt and unappreciated.

[@algermom1]

My internist (allopathic) father left this earth 26 years ago. He might not agree with everything you opine, but he would cheer this, I believe. His daughter appreciates your work, even with some disagreement as well. Thanks.

[@scotttiede]

Played this for my hospital pharmacist wife. Tears flowed. Thank you for saying it.

[@srelizabethmaryhermit6450]

Twelve years ago after forty years of mostly Critical Care nursing, Admin and understaffing broke me. Now the chickens have come home to roost. I'd rather work for free and ditch the inhumanity of all this. And yes, I am a Nun…..

[@azmisunshine]

That’s exactly it. The chickens have come home to roost and not one more cheezy “we’re in this together “ email is going to change it.

[@CantWaaait]

God bless you, Sister. Praying for you, thank you for your prayers. 🙏

[@valeriefoltz9801]

Thank you Sister keep us in your prayers

[@srelizabethmaryhermit6450]

@@valeriefoltz9801 I will pray for all of us who have the higher calling in healing the sick.

[@SDD-vb2rt]

@@azmisunshine I "love" those emails. We applaud you. We appreciate you. We celebrate you. Blech. So sick of the superficiality and fakeness.

[@TheMoosesmama]

Z, I’ve been following you for many years. This is your best work yet. Thank you.

[@DocumentedJourney]

Great video! I’m not in the medical field but I 100% understand the burnout feeling. I am an early retired teacher (I taught 9 years and will never go back), I felt trapped by administration. Not backed up by them when the kids needed help and instead I had to follow protocol.

[@DougBirkebak-q7b]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I've watched this video many times now, and am finally feeling like I'm understanding better, and processing healing from, the Moral Injury and pain I've felt after getting "burned out" and resigning last year after a 37 year career as a PA. Thank you for being real and honest. I pray for my kids and grandkids that there will come a Healthcare 3.0!

[@crystalrassifineart]

Well, they fired "heroes", so I doubt they see anything wrong with charging for parking.

[@trippingonfaith7094]

Just got out of the hospital was scary! Nurses were burned out and disgruntled, I feel for them, your patients love you but totally understand you need to stand up for yourself.

[@TheEvaluna1975]

Just 3 minutes into it and I can tell you're hitting the nail on the head... I'm going to finish the whole conversation but I can already feel this is going to be very deep and thought provoking! Have I told you how much I love what you do??

[@M0rbidCuriositea]

He's already got me tearing up at 2:15 because he is speaking my existence right now.

[@dorisdunn9845]

36 year nurse, 4 months before I can retire, I’m walking out next month without a look back. I hate it for my coworkers, but my principles and sanity is more important.

[@michaelblastos8561]

12:18- “We need to overthrow this entire system” Amen Dr Z. Let’s get back to the Doctor/Patient relationship where there is no 3rd party who can decide the “value” of the patient or the “worth” of the doctor. Until that happens we will continue to be slaves and at the mercy of others.

[@doctorisout]

Sounds like fee for service ....

[@MNP208]

"Platitudes and garbage talk". I love that! Competition among health care companies in my area is *fierce* . How can they all be building new hospitals and adding specialists without support staff?!? Who is going to work there??

[@kvbo2564]

Thank you for this video Dr. Z, & thanks for including Occupational Therapy in your list! I feel people forget about us, especially in mental health.

[@CantWaaait]

YES!

[@rvrotter1]

That was amazing! We do get forgotten a lot, but we are getting represented in tv shows and movies more frequently!

[@richardrosenthal9552]

Important words for all to hear. My father was a Doctor who practiced for close to 60 years. He once told that Doctors don’t know their patients anymore and that that factor was downfall of the profession. I think he meant that the personal connection between Doctor and patient was being lost. And when that is lost the profession loses all that made it great to him. Nurses never seem to lose the personal connection to their patients but are forced at times to ignore it and do the job as if patient care was an assembly line. I am glad that you are talking about this to make people aware of what is happening. Keep up the good work.

[@mariateresavillanueva1991]

My boss made us (health care staff) take a 'wellness workshop' and as I was hearing the speaker I just was thinking - does our boss really know what he got us into? We have all the Red flags, Risk factors for burn out, and our work place is the best example of the "Don'ts"

[@barbloft]

I am weeping as I listen to this because you are saying everything that I and my co-workers have been experiencing. Thank you for affirming my experience and the experiences of many

[@advocate1533]

I felt the same irritation when they began requiring vaccinations at gyms in NYC. In fact, my commitment to fitness is what helped me to recover from covid in January 2020. In less than 3 days my fever was gone, and I was back in the gym and at dance class, maskless for the next two months, and just as my cough began to disappear, they announced school closings. And, since I had the virus, am highly allergic, have had reactions to the flu vaccine, and have pre-existing neurological issues, including Raynaud's disease, I am not willing to risk getting vaccinated. Funny that while doctors are quitting, I already quit my business career to become a special educator almost ten years ago, and now I cannot do that either...despite the chronic lack of qualified professionals in the field. Crazy huh? Especially since work, dance, and fitness are what bring meaning to my life. I could care less about eating in restaurants or going to an expensive movie theatre or Broadway show. Maintaining my physical and mental health are the priority and the idiots setting the guidelines are putting me at risk either way...whether I choose to risk vaccination...or am prevented from exercising and supporting students with special needs. It is just plain ridiculous!

[@tinasuebravard]

Prayers sent on your behalf Much agape love sent to you and yours ❤

[@truthseeker3536]

It's illegal to demand people's medical info (which is what asking for their Vax status is). They tried to sneak that through and violate international human rights laws.

[@769890]

I resonate with what you said, After being a nurse for almost 15 years. I really resonate and feel seen. Thank you and all the best for you too

[@TheGibby13]

I left bedside nursing during the pandemic...best decision I ever made

[@ltucker4]

Can I ask why? Genuinely curious what makes nursing hard?

[@TheGibby13]

@@ltucker4 1) arrive to work early unpaid because change of shift takes time and in order to be properly prepared on your patients (depending on your area) you need the thorough history. Not only that but if I arrive RIGHT on time the nurse who is transferring care has to give me report on these patients and if I show up right on time that means they leave late 2) frequently expected to stay late to chart or document without overtime - "we won't pay for this you should have done it during working hours or asked someone for help!"..... I did!! 3) frequently working 16 hour day shifts because nights was always short so that "just 4 more hours which is nothing compared to the 12 hours you just worked" really adds up 4) having personal relationships with the staff you work with and knowing they will be screwed if you don't pick up that extra 4 hours, or that overtime, or that third or 4th weekend in a row

[@TheGibby13]

@@ltucker4 5) back amd forth between night shifts gets more amd more difficult 6) constantly short staffed even before the pandemic so increased workloads that were not safe amd have gotten even worse...putting your license on the line means your livelihood 7) in all the years I was a bedside nurse many changes occurred and the majority increased the workload and didn't make my life easier 8) little time to sit...standing all day and lifting patients 9) workplace violence from other staff and physicians and from patients which is well documented it is getting worse 10) lots of missed breaks, even if you took your break you felt guilty for taking the full time

[@TheGibby13]

@@ltucker4 11) moral distress...you knew what should be done and the minimum standard of care and that's all some patients would get because there are so many other demands amd some days patients wouldn't even get that. Rarely is there an opportunity to go above amd beyond 12) to point 11, doing treatments and therapies to patients that could only be classified as cruel and inhuman because of family members 13) where I am at least, no baby sitter exists for 12+ hours so trying to switch shifts and schedule your life with a young family is a nightmare in a staffing crisis 14) regulatory body license prices are a scam 15) unions harm you as much as they help you and feel like you're always stuck between a rock and a hard place

[@joygernautm6641]

@@TheGibby13 The fact that I have to pay over $500 a year just to renew my license, on top of over $100 a month for union dues, to work in an industry where I’m constantly told I’m so needed. Why are you charging me to do my job if I’m so needed?

[@NelsonPou]

Thank you for describing precisely the way that I actually feel and could not express myself. Thank you for opening my eyes and showing me that I was not wrong. Thank you for cracking the door of my freedom. Thank you for showing me that I am not guilty of what is going on and that doing the right thing is the right thing to do!! Thank you!!