My sister is a RN training to be a NP. Caring for others has always been in her blood. But I can tell she's not happy over the last few years (even prior to covid).
This survey has such a low number of responses to make any meaningful conclusion from. 200 people surveyed. Non surprising stats like 71% of respondents having 15+ years of experience wanting to quit.
What really should be the lesson here is that capitalism does what capitalism does best:
It cuts costs.
- More patients to nurse ratio (Simply unsafe given most medical professionals already lack sleep)
- Little to no compensation relief on the way. (Huge boom of travel nursing during pandemic)
- Excess job responsibilities (More paperwork/aid duties, less actual nursing)
- New talent / old talent challenges (Larger incentive to switch jobs, hard to properly train)
We better figure out something soon. The medical field feels like it's holding on by a thread. Insurance companies run rampant with no end in sight. Health care continues to increase in costs and fail patients to the point of walking out or even dying to get care.
While I think generally speaking, nurses like my sister just want to feel appreciated like other jobs people are burning out in. You can do that in many different ways:
- Don't overwork them.
- Don't underpay them.
- Don't give them unwanted responsibilities.
- Most importantly, listen to them.
I think you may find that people actually do love the profession as it's one of the most noble professions out there, just that they are being forced out of doing something they love because of greed. Greed is not good.
This survey has such a low number of responses to make any meaningful conclusion from. 200 people surveyed. Non surprising stats like 71% of respondents having 15+ years of experience wanting to quit.
What really should be the lesson here is that capitalism does what capitalism does best:
It cuts costs.
- More patients to nurse ratio (Simply unsafe given most medical professionals already lack sleep)
- Little to no compensation relief on the way. (Huge boom of travel nursing during pandemic)
- Excess job responsibilities (More paperwork/aid duties, less actual nursing)
- New talent / old talent challenges (Larger incentive to switch jobs, hard to properly train)
We better figure out something soon. The medical field feels like it's holding on by a thread. Insurance companies run rampant with no end in sight. Health care continues to increase in costs and fail patients to the point of walking out or even dying to get care.
While I think generally speaking, nurses like my sister just want to feel appreciated like other jobs people are burning out in. You can do that in many different ways:
- Don't overwork them.
- Don't underpay them.
- Don't give them unwanted responsibilities.
- Most importantly, listen to them.
I think you may find that people actually do love the profession as it's one of the most noble professions out there, just that they are being forced out of doing something they love because of greed. Greed is not good.