Find it a bit amazing that so many here act as if the past two years are the sole reason.
Few people have been as relentlessly toxic and unforgiving on social media as nurses.
As a child of a nurse, that job has sucked for at least the past 40 years.
The pay is average.
Workplace is a cesspool of gossip and toxic work culture.
Management is generally terrible.
Also, the pandemic has exposed how many in the profession really are just narcissists.
The amount of facebook posts from indignant nurses spreading the most horrible comments , just to receive likes and be perceived as heroes, these past two years have made my stomach turn.
Its about time we cleaned up in healthcare.
Not just aduquate pay, making sure we properly manage healthcare professionals and evolve healthcare management to grow where its needed.
I am 100% positive a flexible healthcare system that expands and shrinks after societal need is possible.
Not this crazy old fashioned fixed set of beds for x or y, that gets cut in some wave when they are needed less. Only to cause havoc in years when they are needed more.
Make sure the good nurses dont burn out and quit leaving the narcissist and ego maniacs behind.
There are amazing nurses out there, but we need to face that many of them are absolute shit at their jobs. And should seek other venues.
This exodus may be a good thing in the end.
Hrmmm. Pretty sure if 90% of nurses actually left the profession it would be a serious problem.
That being said, I would be surprised if this actually happened. If even 5% left the profession would probably become more lucrative, since pay would have to rise to retain those who remain. Meanwhile, although nursing is not super highly compensated, the alternatives for someone who has only a nursing education and skillset will likely be worse. That may lead to a gap in ideation about leaving vs actually leaving, because the fact of the matter is that we all still have to put food on the table.
Few people have been as relentlessly toxic and unforgiving on social media as nurses.
As a child of a nurse, that job has sucked for at least the past 40 years. The pay is average. Workplace is a cesspool of gossip and toxic work culture. Management is generally terrible. Also, the pandemic has exposed how many in the profession really are just narcissists.
The amount of facebook posts from indignant nurses spreading the most horrible comments , just to receive likes and be perceived as heroes, these past two years have made my stomach turn.
Its about time we cleaned up in healthcare. Not just aduquate pay, making sure we properly manage healthcare professionals and evolve healthcare management to grow where its needed.
I am 100% positive a flexible healthcare system that expands and shrinks after societal need is possible.
Not this crazy old fashioned fixed set of beds for x or y, that gets cut in some wave when they are needed less. Only to cause havoc in years when they are needed more.
Make sure the good nurses dont burn out and quit leaving the narcissist and ego maniacs behind.
There are amazing nurses out there, but we need to face that many of them are absolute shit at their jobs. And should seek other venues. This exodus may be a good thing in the end.