These are facts. I was with my first employer for 11 years. When I finally left, they didn't say BOO to me. Not a "good luck", not even a meeting to inquire on why I was leaving. My last day came, I worked my shift and walked out of those doors for the last time after 11 years. I was kind of devastated, but I learned a valuable lesson. They don't care, you are a body. Nothing more.
So TRUE! I'm in the same generation (and age group). Employees today are just cogs in the machine. Management think they can replace you tomorrow. And maybe they can but the nursing shortage may make this difficult.
Will I have an interesting topic you may want to comment on. We may not truly have a shortage of nurses, rather we have a shortage of nurses willing to work at the bedside/direct patient care. The other nurses are doing other facets of nursing. The general public only views nurses as being at the bedside. However in 2023 we are doing so many other important jobs that are not seen or recognized by the public. When I tell my junior colleagues that I've been a nurse for 30 years, and still are at the bedside, they think I'm crazy. I explained that I have done management and educator roles, but always also stayed clinical. Sorry for the rant, just my 2 cents. Brian
Brian, I agree and I don't think we've ever had a shortage. Just a shortage of those willing to work the way a hospital nurse has to work...nights, weekends, holidays, etc. But now its trickling down to the home care nurses...they used to flock toward home care for the flexibility yet two agencies have closed near me in the past few months.
@@DrWilliamMartinPhDSo home care doesn’t pay much and haven’t adjusted their pay with inflation so when you add fuel cost to home visits…it’s not worth it, really… Another thing too, as a friend who has been a home care nurse shared with me…inner city residents who live in unsafe neighborhoods and need the most care, have very often almost no nurse who wants to visit pts in these neighborhoods for fear of their safety…it’s very sad…
These are facts. I was with my first employer for 11 years. When I finally left, they didn't say BOO to me. Not a "good luck", not even a meeting to inquire on why I was leaving. My last day came, I worked my shift and walked out of those doors for the last time after 11 years. I was kind of devastated, but I learned a valuable lesson. They don't care, you are a body. Nothing more.
Thanks Adam. We definitely have to learn some things the hard way.
So TRUE! I'm in the same generation (and age group). Employees today are just cogs in the machine. Management think they can replace you tomorrow. And maybe they can but the nursing shortage may make this difficult.
I'm totally agree 👍🏿
This is true in every workplace. We are all expendable slabs of meat. Typically kids find this out after a few years of real world work.
Will I have an interesting topic you may want to comment on. We may not truly have a shortage of nurses, rather we have a shortage of nurses willing to work at the bedside/direct patient care. The other nurses are doing other facets of nursing. The general public only views nurses as being at the bedside. However in 2023 we are doing so many other important jobs that are not seen or recognized by the public.
When I tell my junior colleagues that I've been a nurse for 30 years, and still are at the bedside, they think I'm crazy. I explained that I have done management and educator roles, but always also stayed clinical.
Sorry for the rant, just my 2 cents.
Brian
Brian, I agree and I don't think we've ever had a shortage. Just a shortage of those willing to work the way a hospital nurse has to work...nights, weekends, holidays, etc. But now its trickling down to the home care nurses...they used to flock toward home care for the flexibility yet two agencies have closed near me in the past few months.
@@DrWilliamMartinPhDSo home care doesn’t pay much and haven’t adjusted their pay with inflation so when you add fuel cost to home visits…it’s not worth it, really…
Another thing too, as a friend who has been a home care nurse shared with me…inner city residents who live in unsafe neighborhoods and need the most care, have very often almost no nurse who wants to visit pts in these neighborhoods for fear of their safety…it’s very sad…