It's not just bedside jobs anymore. I've worked home health & hospice, utilization review, and now case management. The story is the same across the board....short staff for maximum profits.
Having just retired after 43 yrs as an RN, I would NEVER go back to floor nursing in a hospital. The hospital culture does not allow you a work /life balance because hospitals are so focused on making money, not safe staffing or safe patient care. This esp became apparent during the pandemic. Older RN's are pushed out for younger RN's. Younger RN's work 3-5 years then leave because of the toxic work environment & constant short staffing, which is on purpose. If hospitals would hire adequate staff, pay well, & treat RN's with respect, they could retain their RN's, but they don't. RN's are expected to take on more patients then ever before, do just as much, chart every move they make, make no mistakes, & while at work, make time to do the required education for their jobs. The stress affects your health & well being. Frankly, the US has plenty of RN's, they just refuse to work & be treated like machines so they quit. ON top of that, pushing the jab was the last straw for many critical thinking RN's who saw through the fog. And that's another issue, Critical thinking is no longer encouraged. Just get in line & do what you are told. NO wonder American Healthcare is a mess.
At my hospital system which represents more than a dozen hospitals 95% of all nurses took the vaccine without any coercion. The few that left over the mandate that I know of refused covid patients in the first place so good riddance their presence won't be missed because it was never felt.
There are even more nursing schools around me. One of which alone graduates over 200 new young and better educated nurses alone that can replace any nurse that leaves. The issue isn't the mandates. It is pay and treatment and hospitals prioritizing profits and the bottom line.
Actually, foreign nurses applying for US visas are already mandated multiple jabs even before COVID hit. They're already required to get Tetanus, Hepatitis and Flu vaccinations as part of the standard US Visa health screening process. An additional Covid jab isn't going to be a deal breaker for a lot of these nurses who want to go to the US for better pay and job opportunities.
BS!!! As a nurse of 10 years, there's no US nursing shortage.
There's a "hospitals that pay and treat their staff well" shortage.
Who is willing and able to be treated less than a Roman Galley Slave !
are you crazy? we are always shortstaffed that's why I left bedside nursing. I got 12 a patients a day 6 are confused.
Yup I'm nurse with 2 years of experience. I won't go back to bedside ever. We are not being paid our worth!
It's not just bedside jobs anymore. I've worked home health & hospice, utilization review, and now case management. The story is the same across the board....short staff for maximum profits.
There is no shortage of nurses.
Nurses are just not allowing themselves to be used by nursing homes and hospitals.
Having just retired after 43 yrs as an RN, I would NEVER go back to floor nursing in a hospital. The hospital culture does not allow you a work /life balance because hospitals are so focused on making money, not safe staffing or safe patient care. This esp became apparent during the pandemic. Older RN's are pushed out for younger RN's. Younger RN's work 3-5 years then leave because of the toxic work environment & constant short staffing, which is on purpose. If hospitals would hire adequate staff, pay well, & treat RN's with respect, they could retain their RN's, but they don't. RN's are expected to take on more patients then ever before, do just as much, chart every move they make, make no mistakes, & while at work, make time to do the required education for their jobs. The stress affects your health & well being. Frankly, the US has plenty of RN's, they just refuse to work & be treated like machines so they quit. ON top of that, pushing the jab was the last straw for many critical thinking RN's who saw through the fog. And that's another issue, Critical thinking is no longer encouraged. Just get in line & do what you are told. NO wonder American Healthcare is a mess.
How can I become a nurse as an American citizen? I can't afford tuition but I am capable, college educated and would like to be a nurse.
Go to the Philippines, become a nurse, and then come back.
holy, that is REALLY true. same deal with the UK@@withonestonechannel
You will not lead a happy life as a nurse in the us. Why do you think so many nurses are leaving the job in us?
@@nelliehua7992 I will never be happy. It isn't something I need in life. I would just like to be busy and help other people.
You forgot to mention the coerced jab as a reason, or will you censor this too?
At my hospital system which represents more than a dozen hospitals 95% of all nurses took the vaccine without any coercion. The few that left over the mandate that I know of refused covid patients in the first place so good riddance their presence won't be missed because it was never felt.
There are even more nursing schools around me. One of which alone graduates over 200 new young and better educated nurses alone that can replace any nurse that leaves.
The issue isn't the mandates.
It is pay and treatment and hospitals prioritizing profits and the bottom line.
Actually, foreign nurses applying for US visas are already mandated multiple jabs even before COVID hit. They're already required to get Tetanus, Hepatitis and Flu vaccinations as part of the standard US Visa health screening process. An additional Covid jab isn't going to be a deal breaker for a lot of these nurses who want to go to the US for better pay and job opportunities.