NURSES GO ON STRIKE
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- What does a travel nurse from New York think about California nurses going on strike?
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California is the only state in the country with mandatory limits on the number of patients a nurse can be assigned at one time
Lots of our regs are not helpful, but this one is very important for the health and well-being of patients!
Only mandatory, but not the only place that does it voluntarily.
What do they do when they exceed that number then? Not take any more patients? Transfer patients? Seriously, do they have enough nurses?
It hasn't all ways been that way.
I don't think California is the only state with ratios. Plus I've been out of ratio for the past month in California. And yes we are union.
I was an ER nurse for 29 years. At the end of it (just a few years ago), the job I loved above everything had devolved into a "well I didn't kill anyone today so I'm good." When I started it was in a Trauma 1, 3-4 patient ratio. When I retired it was 12 to infinity. My last day 4 nurses called out. 30 bed T2 and there were two nurses 1 midlevel and one Doc for the 30 bed back, Triage and the "quick care" front. I watched my manager and her bevy of 8 "management" nurses sit on their butts in their office. At lunch she came out and said, hey we are going to get you pizza to show our appreciation (like I would have any time to eat). I remember looking up from my chart and saying, why don't you guys get out here and help instead, you are a NURSE right?
I work private practice in my own business now and while I really miss ED work, I don't miss what has happened with greedy hospital corporations. Now patients are stuck with ER and ICU nurses who graduated 2 months before. Good luck with that.
DLDR: Nurses should have striked way more often. The only rights you keep, seem to be the ones you fight for.
Omg. It's like this in France. ER wait times are starting to go up to 48 hours here in the worst hospitals and in spite of those times you still see those dozen of nurses cackling in their break room for 12 hours never coming out of that room just chatting, laughing, sipping on something, and clearly having no care in the world, like WTF are you doing exactly? How's that "too busy"??
Are they the fucking management nurses just leaving the job to a couple overworked nurses and letting dozens of patients suffer and die in the ER wait room for an entire day? Not even doing basic tests, first aid, or even checking what these patients are coming in for and how bad it is.
So sure, healthcare is accessible here, but it's shit. Garbage.
And the doctors and nurses and generalists want to go on strike, and at the forefront of their demand it's... more money? Not better patient care, not better staffing or education or more doctors being trained no, just the fucking money. Fine, get them a raise and make healthcare even more expensive. How much they want? DOUBLE? What is going on? This would never pass in any other country, or any other field. Not when the healthcare if several times worse than it was years ago.
You're getting paid more than 90% of the people struggling with the ever increasing prices of both life and healthcare, and you want twice that or you're leaving people to die? I am utterly confused by what's going on. What i do know though, is that people with uncommon conditions are gonna die, even more so with the covid fiasco making hospitals overprioritize those patients. I have enough rare conditions, physical and mental, to die young within the next few months and the odds of me getting anything to manage those within that time frame are close to 0.
Oh but the government and the idiots clogging up emergency services and more are just as much at fault as the doctors and nurses who stop caring about their job. More in some aspects, even, i'm well aware of that. But don't try to tell me that there isn't a shit load of doctors and nurses who are full of shit, because in the few decades i've lived and got to see many, many medical field workers, i've seen a lot of assholes and idiots there aswell.
I'm glad to see that even some nurses are confused about a certain group of nurses in the ER seemingly doing nothing of importance.
You are telling the truth! I'm to the point I've told more than one DON (director of nursing) if you can't help, get the fuck out of the way. Those so called nurses in offices don't know what to do. The patients are safer when they don't come out. I had to rescue a patient from a DON who was thrown on a med cart. She overdosed a patient's insulin. And who alerted me? A CNA. We don't give those underpaid guys and gals enough credit.
Yes! Nurses need to be supported!! They’re way too important to patient care!
Nurses need to work and do their fking jobs.
@@danielsiegel8619 nurses can’t do their jobs if there aren’t enough nurses on shift per patient.
Mad respect for all nurses in the world, really appreciated it.
Fuck them Nurses are still going along with the vaccine scam
@@katwitanruna Bro the hospital system is broken af wordwide- Take UK for example we pay mental amounts in tax and you have to beg to get seen by a doc, I been waitng 3 weeks for my lab tests and no one gives a fuck. The helplessness and furstration keeps building and when I see ''thank you NHS'' I wanna spit in their faces. Why you may ask? Beacuse I pay taxes for ''free'' healthcare that is difficult to access, that I can't access outside my work hours (loosing out on pay), I have to then pay for meds only to hear that if I don't like it I can go private healthcare-- so yh I'm with Dan here.
I had surgery on Wednesday. They wheeled me into surgery, and a sweet guy introduced himself to me as one of the surgery nurses. My first thought: It’s Austin!!!! Same tone of voice, glasses, etc.
Aww, I love that
Aww 🥺
Every Nurse I meet now is gonna be Austin, Rich or Ben
Yes! An Portland, Oregon Providence Hospital has been on strike multiple times. If you look at the strength of the unions it is incredible what these nurses have achieved!
I’m a Providence CNA (non-union 👎🏼) and am so proud of my nurses standing up to the greedy corporation that is Providence.
@@abbsterbean6 i work at a providence in california and they are very greedy!
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not relvent to the topic of nurse strikes I also live in OR and my family has used providence many times thank you for all your work!
Nothing pisses me off more than nurses down here in the Southeastern US that go out west to make big money. I tell them straight up that they are crossing a picket line, and that they are "scabs" that are too cowardly to fight their own bosses and they need to stay out of union business. That nurses are not striking for selfish reasons. Always regarding safe acuities and patient ratio. We are not protected by Wage and Hour so greedy bosses with no license to lose pile more and more work on us. I would go hungry before I would cross a picket line. Greedy bosses should use the big bucks they pay "scabs" to hire adequate staff.
Overworked nurses almost lead to my grandma’s death about 20 - 25 years ago. The nurses were hurrying around trying to get all the patients their meds, and were in such a rush they forgot to mark off my grandma had hers. So when another came to double check nobody was missed they were about to give her a second dose. Thankfully my mom had been visiting to keep an eye on her while she slept to make sure she didn’t stop breathing and had asked the nurses each time they came in what they were giving my grandma. So my mom told them she already had it. But an extra dose almost certainly would have been the death of her while she was in such bad shape. The local hospitals have improved a little since then thankfully. But it just demonstrates why it’s so important that nurses aren’t rushed.
My dad recently went to the ER at a nearby hospital, because he was really ill, fortunately they determined it wasn’t Covid, but his blood pressure was low so they moved him to the hospital to monitor overnight while they had done more testing and giving him IV. He is fine now. He was told the Hospital was not at full capacity because the Hospital did not have enough staff to safely care for the patients if they filled all the rooms. Even then he said the Nurses were running around like chickens without heads they were so busy. I am glad the hospital he went to didn’t forgo patient safety in the name of profits. I don’t think health care workers should have to strike to get better pay. They should get paid what they deserve from the beginning.
It’s not necessarily about the pay it’s about patient care and numbers. One nurse being able to safely and effectively care for more than 5 or 6 patients is unreasonable. And in critical care no more than 2 patients is safer than tripling.
Covid isn’t even bad
It’s not about the pay, really, but patient safety, staffing & nurse-to-patient ratios. Heck, even CNA/PCT-to-patient ratios. Hospital corporations have the money at the forefront, staffing at the back. They do the minimum required so they get paid by Medicare & other insurances.
But seriously, CA nurses don't know how lucky they have it. If I tell a nurse that I have 5 tele patients plus one ICU patient who doesn't have a bed yet, and I'm charge nurse, they almost have a stroke.
It's usually not about pay, it's about the amount of patients they force us to take
Steveioe, I am a 68 yr old polio survivor.Since the age of 2yrs old, just want to say I was raised by my mom to worship nurses love and use kindness.Being a nurse is a calling not just a jobI was in an iron lung for 2yrs..My mom would have to bring me back into hospital, because I would cry for my other "mommies"..I love you all and pray that obe day you will be able to be treated with gratitude.Without you and your courage, love and expertise we would all die.Also my mom told me, when she had to leave, ask a nurse for help, she takes care of you and knows your needs even more than a dr..She was right.Please hang tough and know you are loved !!💜🐾❤️😎 respect!!!!
blessings
Wow, such kind words! What an honor and responsibility to be that trusted.
Beautifully stated. My mother is around your age and also a polio survivor, as well as one of the "guinea pig kids." (Rural kids and those who couldn't afford treatment were used for experimentations on potential surgeries and treatments as part of recovery. The lucky ones like my mom regained partial use of a limb.) It left her with more than just scars on her skin from the inhumane tortures they put her through. She hated actually going to the doctor, but when she did, she deeply respected nurses. She knew that those nurses made her stay in that hospital bearable. (She hated the doctors who made her suffer, though.)
As a New York nurse, I’ve never seen something more accurate lol! Keep up the good work California RN’s!
The idea that it isn't standard that there will be a limit on the number of patients a nurse would have to be responsible for is kind of unsettling
As a travel step down RN, I can attest that conditions in hospitals are terrible for nurses right now. I’ve had to take a break from bedside nursing for now, possibly for good, because of the PTSD I have from patients and managers treating me like garbage. Many of my patients treated me like their servant or sexually harassed/assaulted me. Please be kind to your nurses and CNA’s! You don’t want to be the reason more of us leave. It breaks my heart that I can’t do what I love but the stress of it was hurting my unborn child 😥
Congrats on the baby! Hopefully find a online consult job while being a mom?
@@harfangdesneiges6680 wtf..
ive worked in NY, TX, VA, WV and these were my nightmares, now here in the Bay Area where we just had 1 week of strike before the Hospital gave in, this is the only hospital where you will be yelled if you won't take ur break ahahaha and i super luveett
My husband works in a Bay Area hospital, and his union (Local 39) is STILL in negotiations with the hospital. The big K one. This was after having gone on strike late last year. JM hospital already ousted the union, and you can definitely see the quality of work, moral, and pay has gone down. He has friends who work there, and they have slowly begun losing employees as they jump ship for unionized hospitals. Unions make it better for EVERYONE!
Yes California nurses and their one hour break Policy they are so chill the only state where ur voice is mostly heard .
Omg!! 😂😂😂😂😂 I was a travel nurse from NY and more than half those claims are TRUE. I love you. We really do envy you California nurses! I love all your videos. Thanks for reminding us that there’s humor in all that we do. ❤️❤️❤️
The “NY Nurse” sounds like a grandparent describing how they had to walk miles to school in three feet of snow, uphill both ways!
On Long Island no less
Hey if your grandparent lived near Buffalo, Niagara or in North Dakota, they probably did.
What grand parents that was my dad
@@thomassabia5750 😂
@@thomassabia5750 he was just repeating what his parents said to him.
I loved the message in this. Going on strike is always the right choice when it comes to people's lives and overall well-being 💯
Hospitals always cave. They know nurses are unhappy and may strike but they haven’t planned for it and as a result the cost of hiring a staffing firm that specializes in strikes and hiring travel nurses for a 1 day stoke every 10 days is going to cost significantly more than just giving the nurses what they want
Good! Strike early and strike hard!
Didn't cave in Finland, government was planning a law during the strike that would force nurses to work
@@Zangozz yeah...that wouldn't fly in the US...
@@Gwyllgi There are plenty of right to work states that would just fire the employees protesting and hire new staff. They don't need to say any reason so even if it's because of the protest it would be difficult to fight the termination.
@@ZObliteration Right. But it's not a law FORCING nurses to work.
As a person who volunteers as a PCT assistant, nurses in California don’t take shit from their employers. They know they are vital to the whole circus and while they love to care for patients, they never forget their working conditions are just as important to their patients as well as themselves.
No one has addressed PCTS, CNAS ect. The medical field as a whole acts like these ppl don't exist & dint have a role in the Medi-Cal field. No respect has ever been given to this particular group if ppl in the medical field. But w/ out PCTS & CNAS the entire Medi-Cal field would come to a complete stop. I don't know of one RN, LPN or doctor who would even being to entertain doing any type of hands on care for any patient. But they don't mind walking into a patients room to see what they need, then walk out hunt down a PCT or CNA to have them stop cleaning a total care patient to give them a cup of ice. I get that the nurses & doctors work hard & provide vital services but so do the ppl who do the direct hands on patient care they are the ones who get the most abuse from all sides & no reprieve. I saw a lot of mistreatment if PCTS & CNAS while in the hospital as a patient. I t was alarming & very scary. I did report what I saw to the DDH & the Federal ppl. Weather anything got done is unknown.
Never worked in union environment in the 39 yrs of torture. That means I plunged toilets, emptied urinals while doing med rounds. Problems solved in 2 languages in the hallway while trying to deal with a different emergency, documented the hell out of every minute, felt like I was inadequate every shift that Pamper head admin came through and said work smarter not harder.Really wanted just once to barf all over the admin but never got to eat before seeing them.
goddamn, sounds like you coulda used a union. no but that legit sounds like it sucks, I'm sorry.
What state?
@@sheilavillamil2193 Worst were TX and IL
@@cherylcarlson3315 Absolutely agree on Texas but Oklahoma and Georgia are Right behind Texas for bullsh*t nursing staff has to deal with. And I'm including ALL nursing staff, from CNA's to RN's.
I’m showing this to all of my fellow nurses I work with and am friends with . I live on the east coast and it’s so true. We all need to stick together and demand change. Love this video!
Good luck, I worked most of my hospital RN career working on the east coast. The ridiculously awful treatment by management, to hospital staff and bedside nurses - - just does NOT get better! In the early 1970s when LPNs/LVNs we’re no longer allowed to be in charge (no RNs), I had only about one year experience but was hired as charge nurse on a med-surg unit and then on the OB-GYN unit. That was rough, yet by the time that I retired - - things just kept getting worse: no meal breaks; no bathroom breaks; talked down to by most management people, patients and especially their family members very vocally abusive (with management siding with the abusers); mandatory overtime; etc.
I'm a PSW student in Ontario, Canada (roughly equivalent to a CNA in the States. ) I'm in placement at a nursing home, and two nurses called in sick, so one nurse was taking care of the whole second floor. Approximately 75 people. Psws were fully staffed, but she was doing meds, vitals, and handling anything that came up by herself. Fucking ridiculous.
Hello Karena, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
My husband was in one of the best nursing homes in Ohio. At night, they often had one nurse for 20-24 patients, and 1 aide for about 10-12. 😥 They expected the night aide to clean the patient rooms, the bath area, and the common area, besides doing patient care.
@@supenskylesko Okay.
So tell me dear, hope you’re having a nice and a wonderful day today??
@@supenskylesko that's terrible. Your husband must've been run off of his feet. Also, I think there should always be at least two CNA/PSW s working. What if there was an emergency? I hate minimal staffing
Stand behind your nurses!
Rich was really pulling an Austin in the beginning with the straw💀(from that one video)
CA ER nurse here! Contract expires at the end of August. We’re probably going to strike 🪧 in September. We want safe staffing levels and no pushback when we need PPE. Wish us luck! 🍀🤞 I’ll be playing this song 🎵 🎧 in my head as we march up and down the sidewalk. 💪💪
I am alive because of nurses. I was comforted and reassured by nurses.
In some of the darkest moments in my life it was a nurse who cared for me. Even when I wasn’t the one sick. We must take care of them. Make sure they are treated right. A world with out them is unthinkable.
I’m a nurse in Florida and all I can say is… I JUST WATCHED THIS MOVIE TODAY AFTER WORK!!! I had never seen it and I loved it!!! Stay strong fellow nurses!!
one of my favorites and now that i have the song in my head I'm getting off UA-cam to watch les mis which is going to lead to wanting to hear more Hugh Jackman singing and watch The Greatest Showman which will have Zendaya and then I'll probably jump to Spiderman movies. It's a chain reaction.
Over here in Western Australia we're nearly striking over patient ratios. The government doesn't think we'll actually do it so they're not listening. One night shift had 22 patients, 3 of which were supposed to be 1:1 and only 2 nurses and they said that's acceptable. Nurses need support. If we don't have safe ratios then patients are the ones who lose.
As a New York nurse I’m dying with laughter…lol why is this soooo accurate!!!! Lol
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fuck yeah, always support striking workers, especially nurses!
My best Nursing job was at the Hospital where the Nurses organized and went Union. I believe no matter what the field, management is only going to treat Labor as well as we put up with. I also find it disgraceful that the US is the last modern nation without single-payer health care for all. When the President, my Congressmen, Senators get hurt or sick they go to Walter Reed and the government pays for their care. Why is it great for them but not for you and me? Health Insurance system and for-profit hospitals, I believe are not right. We DO HAVE a moral obligation to treat people even if they can't pay, and no one should be MAKING BANK on sick people and hurt people.
After hearing some of usa work culture, I think more places should go on strike
Yh, like, y'all don't have mandatory leaves? The fuck you on? Even Japan is better than that. It's sad to see US politicians and employers push out all these propaganda on why workers should not even consider leave even in emergencies and it's sadder to see the people there actually buying it. Like, fox news, why is it even a thing?
Sadly, some states have laws that prevent unions or strong enough ones that can effect widespread change. They know they exploit the workers. They make sure that businesses can do it legally. I live in one of those states. Very “pro-business”. 🙄
America is basically one big plantation. Dont let that happen wherever you live, sir or ma’am.
You are so freaking right!!! Most jobs will work you to death!
This was epic!! 😂 A New Character from New York! Lovin’ it! Just brilliant 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I also listen to Can You Hear The People Sing when we are in bargaining. Solidarity!
Doctors get all the headlines but nurses do the work.
Nurses will always have MY support.
Signed- a fellow union activist who owes his life to professional nurses. Thank you so much for all your efforts!✊✊✊
Yes! Les Misèrables reference!
My state does not have nursing unions. Calling safe harbor amounts to nothing and nurses are fired for speaking out. Watching videos like this is so surreal
Excellent work! (&thanks for keeping this SFW-ish - helps me share!) I appreciate you bringing awareness and humor!
He's so good! That I forget it's all one guy! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was working in Minnesota as a CNA. My particular union had a no strike clause. They also bent over backwards to give the hospital every concession. The RNs at my hospital weren’t unionized and they got treated like crap.
Other hospitals had a nurse union but it wasn’t mandatory to join. The ones that didn’t join got all the same perks and benefits as the union nurses just to keep them happy so they wouldn’t join.
SEUI didn't always have a no strike clause. I almost went on strike as a LPN, although this was well over 2 decades ago. It was right as I was going from LPN to RN. I don't think SEUI was very good when it came to bargaining. I think they didn't do right by their members. Also, MNA & SEUI are not actually on the same side. MNA pushed for RNs over LPNs. MNA is most likely behind pushing LPNs out of inpatient nursing. It also depends on where you work in MN. Regions is the one hospital I know that is still non-union in the Twin Cities. They would have the same pay and ratios, but I heard they mandatory overtime , or back to backs, like working 2 16 hour shifts in a row, which wouldn't happen in most union hospitals. Yes, it didn't matter if you were a union member or not, you still benefitted working at a union hospital. I don't know why someone wouldn't be a member( if they worked at a union hospital) because if you got into any issues personally with management or such, you didn't actually have union to help you out. I only knew 2 nurses that weren't union members. Both flying squad. One ended up getting fired. I always wondered if she would have kept her job if she was union.
Thank goodness I’m an Lpn with 2 legs still.
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When the beating of your heart, echos the beating of the drums, there is a life about to start when tomorrow comes.
Good for ya'll. When nurses strike patients are safer too.
It's not just for the nurses, but for the safety of the patients
Lol! Keep up the good work, MuFkrs!
Love the Braveheart reference 😄
And the New York accent
I have been in these ERS and hospitals. Some 40x. Took 7 years of being called a liar and an addict (the go-to in ANY NYC hospital) and then MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY before they found out it was all my gallbladder. It's NOT SAFE. I NEARLY DIED REPEATEDLY FROM NEGLECT AND ABUSE.
Crossing Braveheart with Les Mis…only in California!
As a fellow nurse in NY I loved the NY accent hilarious 😂. And yes it feels like that sometimes.
Backus nurses in Connecticut went on strike! Hospital didn't give in and still are giving a hard time.....
California used to have high ratio. I worked in Pomona hospitals and at times, I took care of 16 patients and that was a Med -Frag oncology. They called it Mega teams with RN, LVN, and CNA. My patients who could walk and had 2 meds, didn't see my face all day. I have no idea how I did it. When ratios were made mandatory, it took the hospitals many years to come down to 4-5. Initially, they would pair up RN with an LVN and each carried 8 patients, but for RN, it was a total of 16 patients. LVN couldn't do the main assessments and chemo or IVs.
This is giving *when I was ur age and went to school…* vibes💀
I'm a travel RN from GA that works corrections nursing. I just left a prison in Georgia and started traveling because for 3 months I was the only nurse in the facility on my rotation. I worked nights in a facility with 800 inmates, a 12 bed infirmary (which was always near capacity), and 5 mental health crisis beds (also always nearly at capacity). Be grateful that you have unions! GA doesn't, and the conditions for nurses are insane.
Get the New York nurses, I once had 45 patients in general surgery on a Carnival Monday evening, with only a Patient Care Assistant, while also being the recieving ward that day. Left 55 patients, all needs met, meds given, post op care done and ward vompletely in order for night shift.
CNAs, Tech, PCTs take on 18- 25 patients a shift and do their thing! Shout outs to the lil people!
A great CNA, etc is worth their weight in gold
The dude from NY isn’t lying tho poor nurses there take like 100 patients at a time it’s the saddest thing ever
"Does it?!" 😭😂😭😂😭
*Cracks up laughing at the song*
Thank you, I needed that :)
I agree! I got my CNA between 10th and 11th grade, and only did home health for my family after the year internship. My brother-in-law was graduating top of his class, and working for a children's hospital in Texas when he realized it was all about money, not helping people. He proceeded to spend the next 6 months trying to off himself. One dayhe was successful, and here we are 10 years later still. My sister had a 3 year old when he died. Thankfully all 3 of my sisters banded together to help. Hope Samantha, the child, will be ok. We still have her in therapy. Bless anyone who is going through it, can't say it gets better, but you can make it.
Love it! ❤️ keep up the great content!
yeah, went with my grandma to the ER at like 1 am today because she had some BAD hematuria, probably a kidney infection. Was in the waiting room for 4 hours easy, my grandma was complaining about her abdominal pain until we say a phys and he said he's been the only one out there. She just got admitted before my mom dragged me home bc i hadnt slept at all
Damn even New York nurses hit different and they show respect to whiney California nurses for using their voices
My boyfriend has been in a hospital in CT for the past 8 days with a parasitic infection from a tick and Lyme disease and almost died because they moved him and "forgot" to give him his antibiotics & other medication and the parasite infection almost doubled in his bloodstream. It should be mandatory in every state that nurses have a limit on the number of patients they have. I completely understand how it can get overwhelming but they were telling him they didn't have ice packs on that floor to lower his 104.1° temp. And his father is a CRNA and his sister a RN so we absolutely support nurses and realize they are totally overwhelmed and overworked (for the most part)
Striking is a California thing, but while your striking the hospital hires travel nurses 😂😂😂
Yes. And they are paid very well. So well that there is legislation being discussed to limit how much they can make.
Apparently only certain people are supposed to make enough money to do more than survive. And most of us are not those people.
How expensive will that be for the hospital execs/corporate if they keep that up??
Eventually they have to see when it’s affecting the bottom line, if that’s what they’re going to care about
30 yr nurse from TX. No nursing unions here. Most of my career in Med/Surg & LTAC. 6 patient assignment is standard c management trying to increase to 7. I have learned to ask the offgoing nurse how many patients they are giving me report on before taking report- because if the answer is 7 you can go give report on one of those to the charge nurse or I'm outta here. No, I don't want your 50$ stipend to take a 7th patient. A whole 2$ an hour extra for a 12 hr shift to risk my license? I've invested too much in myself and my education to risk losing it and I don't want the consequence of harming a patient. Safe Harbor is a joke. Have you tried filing a Safe Harbor complaint? It's 8-12 pages that you have to locate, print out, and initiate prior to the beginning of the assignment. Supervisor signatures at the end of the shift from people who are long gone or running a code. Stick to your guns, California. I've always admired you for mandated pt ratios!
Sorry. Typo. 4$ an hr extra
I live in New Jersey, so it wasn't too bad here, but if New York shut down, we had to go with it bc we're nearby or smth like that. I feel bad for every nurse out there 🙏
Pls start a show with these characters
.. it's amazing ...
PCT here, this hits on a personal level
New York is the truth. I remember as an EMT walking into to Harlem Hospital ER having 4 rows of at least 15 patients on top of the patients in rooms and the ambo line. It was bananas.
Hell yeah, push back, hold the line! No one’s life is made better by caving to “well it could be worse”. Yeah, anything could be WORSE, but how do we make the world BETTER? Be obnoxious! Cause problems till it’s more worth it to The Money to do what’s right than deal with your shit
This amazes me! Back in my day, I routinely had twelve patients! To have only five patients would have been a miracle! This was in Florida, med/surg and only one CNA for the entire floor! Almost makes me want to go back to nursing!
Im sure charting, assessments and other responsibilities we have now take up a lot more time than you think. I have 6 patients on dayshift and have to stay an hour over routinely to finish charting, most of the time don't get lunch or breaks.
I’m from Ny and this is true, except the crap they do. They don’t do sh*t they’re so overwhelmed we don’t get care we need. They nearly killed me literally 3 times.
I am a nurse in NY, it is hard core here. Nursing homes are especially bad now.
I love your work
Nice thing about nurses going on strike is that the hospital has every obligation to cave especially in California. They have a legal obligation to not assign too many patients. They have a moral obligation to make sure the nurses keep working. And they have a financial obligation because they’ll run out of money and get in a lot of trouble real quick with no nurses
Have you started my nursing career in Boston and moving back home to California oh hell yes I light day used to be 10 patients on an overnight shift maybe with a CNA with Staffing here in California five I laughed when I first got here because I could actually do my job
The issues facing nursing/health care have been around long before covid but I know a lot of companies are conveniently blaming covid for shortages, etc 🙄
We have been frustrated for years, long before I became a nurse 11 years ago. I honestly don't even want to be a nurse anymore (but this has been growing over the past 6 years at least, honestly probably 9 😂). I think a lot of us are increasingly fed up and setting boundaries and not willing to work in certain settings or want to work less. So essentially striking.
Sorry if this impacts health care, it is adding to the already present tensions/strains on our system, but I do think the pressure is good. It's making (some) companies really desperate to retain nurses since the constant revolving door of nurses is slowing down, much less nurses want to come into the company that are leaving. They generally don't care, even literally tell us we're replaceable, and now they're seeing "oh wait, maybe they aren't replaceable..."
But I have been seeing more flexible positions like Baylor (weekend only), benefitted part time positions, 4 10hr shifts in outpatient roles vs 5 8hr, etc. So hopefully things are changing in those aspects. I work in hospice, not the hospital anymore, so might be different out here than the hospital
Go nurses!
Side note to add as an example. I'm at a hospice house now (it's like a hospice hospital, our patients would qualify for hospital level of care). They want to fill the beds even if we don't have enough staff. I had 9 patients last night, I'm alone on the floor except for a CNA on overnights. Another RN and CNA are on another floor but obviously they can't really leave their floor. Day shift gets less patients, more staff, etc which makes sense but you can't neglect us at night this much....
The patients can be so sick and symptomatic, often can get restless/agitated/uncomfortable and jump out of bed, huge fall risks. And yes they're dying but they still need to be safe and hospice doesn't hasten death (like a brain bleed would!)
I told my boss how unsafe it is, how can 2 people get to 4 people jumping out of bed/bed alarms going off at same time, etc. I don't even need more nurses/less patients, even though keeping up with meds, especially if they're really uncomfortable, can be challenging. I just need another aide, even if the two floors shared a 3rd aide it would help so much. I also suggested creative ways to help, like a 3rd CNA coming in early at 5a because it usually gets crazier then with people waking up and thinking they can walk, etc because I know CNAs are hard to hire/keep now also.
But I'm sure nothing will be done and I guess I will eventually leave to then be likely dissatisfied at another company that prioritizes profit over safety 🤷♀️
It is wild how busy they are.
I thought the traveling nurse’s mask was gonna fall and reveal the hosp CEO.
I left being a PCT behind me DAY 1. Call me weak, idc. Wasn’t for me. Left the place and cried in my car. I waited until my shift was over and wrote my Resignation and thanks for the opportunity.
The Les Miserables music fits this too well haha
That Austin was ready to strike was adorable, especially with the mixed movie references. The blue painted face was from "Braveheart" and the music was from "Les Miserables". I was waiting for them to build a barricade while shouting, "FREEDOM!!!"😂😂😂
I just recently retired after 46 years as an LPN, I've had the privilege to work in several fields, seen and gone through so many changes that was supposed to make our jobs easier, but instead take nurses away from the patients bedside. Early on the conversation of unions came up, but really didn't go anywhere. As the years have come and gone, nurses and in fact, everyone in Healthcare are exhausted, burned out, stretched beyond decently, patients are sicker, on numerous medications they have little idea of what the meds are for, increased patient loads with less staff, etc....We are so beyond tired Boss..Forgive my rant....
Got that song stuck in my head now. Love it. 🤣💕
And they wonder why the costs of medical services are so high.
The number of nurses needs to change due to the needs of the ward as the staffing fro the Intensive Care Unit and the Surgical Recovery Ward are very different to the needs of the General Ward. I've seen General Wards with a dozen people in them where two nurses for the ward spend half their time sitting down doing nothing, while in the ICU you really need a nurse per two or three patients.
I’ve met union reps that acted like that “no, no reason to be prepared. They’ll cave”.
Ok, but what happens when they realize you’re unprepared and refuse to cave? It only takes once to pierce your armor of illusion and we are all screwed.
Here in Indiana, if you breath the union word, your fired. They dont have to have a reason legally either.
That's why we have union bullies. Trust me when they get involved shit gets done. Another factor is people for some reason are scared of unions.
@@brandyabbott1434 I’m a firm union girl. My dad lived every other year at Christmas in fear of a strike in auto industry. Union’s helped our family a lot.
Native NewYorker. Respect to my fellow healthcare workers! All essential!
Former Boston NP, i was running a 60 bed psych ward, by myself, for 18 months. 140 hours a week. i worked 10 hours, rested 2, worked 10 more, rested for 2 more.
Seizures, hallucinations, a couple times i almost killed patients because i messed up dosages, thankfully catching it before i gave them anything.
I was threatened with termination, and loss of my medical licensing if i took time off.
So i quit. Last i heard, they had moved one of the Neuro-staff over to run the psych unit, and were fighting an uphill battle with the nurses union (that i wasnt allowed to join, because the union felt male nurses would cause problems...because you know, sexism...
So bad. Glad you got out of there! Inhumane for everyone.
Lol, it's true, there's no way in hell I want more than my 6 patient load in psych. They're CRAZY... Nah, my psych patients are usually very chill... Unless they're really responding to internal stimuli... I got CLOCKED by one of my female patients, broke my glasses. But she's still one of my favorite patients.
Where are you with only 6 psych pts? I’m in ca with up to 52 a unit, 5-6 units a program and only 1 RN for the shift at times for the whole program..
@@ketoincontext2306 San Diego.
I have the entire unit, but only chart on 6.
We have 3-4 RN's, 2-4 LVN, and 2-4 "floor" staff (CNA's) per floor, 2 units per floor, 2 floors,(4 units total, average 30 patients per unit) then we have the admitting nurse/manager.
That New York guy just gives vibes linked to probably my dad as a teenager 😂
*strikes dramatic pose*
People have no idea how many calculated "Shortcuts" ER nurses have to take. One patient can ruin your night and have major trickle down consequences. My hospital routinely have 10 hour wait times with people who I know need admitted to the hospital. Patients should demand more but as long as medicine is a for profit model, it won't change.
Calling us essential workers rightfully but also refusing monitory compensation $. Is a kick in the teeth the pt/nurse ratio is criminal
Without nurses there would be no care for the patients!!
I'd like to know why some Drs and Nurses are so rude! I have had Drs tell me I'm stupid and a Nurse tell me I look like a clown. This was before Covid19. And has become worse.
You ever complained higher up about it? If bad enough they could be fired and that hopefully fixes their bad attitude or hey, they could become a janitor instead. Those usually don’t need to speak at all! XD
I worked for a hospital system in AZ that is famous on TikTok now for their horrible pt to nurse ratios. I became an NP because I couldn't di it anymore, it was killing me. I loved bedside and I miss it every day
The hospital by my house lost too many nurses from the covid restrictions/forced vaccinations that the hospital/ER department is suffering horribly. A man came with a heart attack while I was checking into L&D for bleeding and my Fiance came up to the room the next morning after going home to care for our dog and told me he died in the waiting room after waiting for almost 24 hours.
Hello Zandra, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
Nurse Techs too! I am the ONLY tech for my ENTIRE FLOOR today. That's THIRTY FOUR PATIENTS and it isn't rare. This happens all the time now. Night Shift usually only has TWO techs! Having 17-34 fecking patients is bullshit. Even having 12 patients is overwhelming and that's our norm for shit pay
Austin is just adorable.
I am from Brasil 🇧🇷 leaving I Massachusetts for 32 yrs love ❤️ you Stevie
You really went and mixed Braveheart and Les Mis? 😬😂