Nurses and teachers are quitting at alarming rates. So sad. Toxic work inviorments are intolerable! My sister just quit and moved to another state, she's happy where she is, she says everyone there works well together. He bf who was a nurse , is now a manager at Target and is so much happier!
@@Michael20 yes it is !! Been an RN for ten years. Hopefully not much longer 🙏🏼. I have known nurses that have committed suicide because of the unrelenting stress, anxiety and abuse !!
I have a charge like that and I just make sure I don’t schedule myself on her shift it just makes my days and attitude better. Luckily we self schedule
Omg I’ve experienced this too!!! It’s legitimately so insane how I used to go to work and hear someone say “so-and-so won’t be here she called in today” my whole body mind and soul felt lighter immediately, like someone just gave me a new lease on life. It’s ridiculous how soul sucking some people really are!!!
I worked as a cna while in nursing school. Thankfully that really gave me a glimpse into the the toxic work environment. Peacefully working in Tech now
@@GG_-li9rpbe a tech slave at your own risk. Not all technology is good, some of it is downright evil. Use discernment. Participating in evil will come back on you. Don't just look on appearances alone
Graduation as an RN was 40 years ago and the profession turned toxic when it became corporate and it’s all about money. Hurts patients, their families and medical staff. First 20 years of career we were treated very well, now work harder, more responsibity, don’t care about our input and companies don’t care
Somebody super important in America better be listening to these stories because there is a major crisis coming very soon because healthcare employees are being ran out In unthinkable rates due to toxic environments, unethical management and bullies who are being awarded for a job well done. There soon will be no backbone in healthcare. People better stand up against this, learn how to take care of yourself in every situation or communities will be facing major consequences. It’s no joke. It is absolutely horrible and traumatizing to work in healthcare! As an RN for 18 years now, I wouldn’t recommend it to my worst enemy.
@PinkYellowGreen2023 as a nurse you don't need to leave the profession. I left my hospital job and went to an outpatient center. Waaaaaay less stressful, better work life balance. Decent pay and benefits.
This is my 6mos as a new grad nurse and I've been looking for a way out. I even applied for the army. I cannot with this nurse anxiety! This is not normal! I dont know how people put up with it. I don't understand why nurses take antidepressants and antianxiety meds to go to work. We have normalized pre/post shift anxiety for nurses but it doesn't exist for other jobs. I shouldn't be feeling this way over a job! I don't know what other career to pursue :(
2 months in feel the same already and it’s the environment, it’s not normal to feel this way before work and it’s not the normal “new grad” nervousness, it’s way beyond ……
@@smh2tvb Hi! I hope you're doing well. I've talked to so many nurses and they told me that every nurse goes through this. I am just so shocked that ppl are willing to go through this. Anyhow, I just want to say that even though some ppl say anxiety never goes away. It definitely gets better :) I hope that you look forward to that. Personally, my anxiety is just starting to calm down. You will get used to the environment. Just hang on as long as u can and if it's taking a toll on your mental health, please think of a different career. Life is just too short to go to a job that makes ur life miserable. All the best!
Omg I also considered joining the military to be able to leave my nursing job! I found an outpatient job but it’s just sad the stress they put on us nurses!
I agree. I used to work as an admin assistant for a care provider/recruitment agency and I witnessed so much dodgy practice IDK where to begin. Managers pocketing money from their own staff (by overcharging for DBS/training), managers expecting you to do extra work above your pay grade all whilst having the audacity to constantly call/text out of your working hours, inexperienced/untrained/unvetted staff being sent to care homes, management paying office staff/HCAs and senior HCAs min wage whilst paying permanent staff (most of which couldn't speak English) more than £10 p/hr - some of which got the same as TEAM LEADERS or more, management forging documents - the list goes on. My colleagues and I got on well but management was toxic and were too focused on profits, going as far as cutting resources to save £££. They never invested in staff at all - even when my colleagues and I asked for new working equipment as most of what we had was years old, management wouldn't budge. The care industry in my home country is abhorrent, especially as managers have a habit of keeping toxic people working in the homes.
I had to choose between my toxic job or my relationship with myself and my husband. Because of the hospital job i had so many arguments with him, lashed out at people i loved cause of stress. My mom said she didn't even recognize me anymore. My relationship with my husband had strained a bit. I had to give myself a good long reflection in the mirror. Change my environment or stay and watch my relationship and my mental health crumble just for expierence. I quit the job and chose my happiness. I have another job lined up but i have a whole month off to unwind and reflect and repair
I am a social worker and I took a role in an healthcare setting for the first time. I quit after three weeks which is something that I never did before. What I saw reinforced my initial thoughts about working in healthcare. I met wonderful nurses and other staff but management, from what I saw, it was HORRIBLE. I just can't understand how some of the nurse managers and other admin could be so evil in how they speak to others etc. Once again, I will reiterate that I saw wonderful nurses but seriously, what I saw didn't align with my values and morals as a human being. I started having anxiety my second day there, I waited two weeks to gather one full paycheck and a half one (haha) as an immigrant, I just think that work culture in the US especially since Covid is plain toxic. All the best to everyone out there, do your best and decide on what's best for your own mental health.
I hate being a nurse. My license was reported by a vindictive staff nurse (I’m agency). She lied and said I left after taking keys. I left before even taking the assignment because I wanted to protect myself!!! Just leave nursing all together..ALL of it is toxic..even work from home nursing sucks
I can attest as well as a hospital worker. Bedside care is brutal, along with the patient to staff numbers, constant backstabbing and snitching, low pay, it's a cluster f^ck. Im getting out while im still fairly youngish. Hospital work is not worth the pain it does to your soul. Stay strong sister
Baby! Those seasoned nurses will try you and bully you. After being in the profession almost 30 years, you’ll learn to stand your ground. That charge nurse was micro managing! Girl bye!
And omg yes the mood swings! They’re so condescending and nasty but then two seconds later they act like your best friend it threw me for a loop then they want to say “don’t be afraid to ask questions.” But they roll their eyes at you and get angry when you do
I was a CNA. I had a new manager to the floor stalk me for 2 months looking for anything i was doing wrong so she could fire me. When that failed she turned around and started spouting how she loves how i am so good at my job and how she loves how i always do what i am told. Tried to act buddy buddy with me after 2 months of boderline harrassment. Yeah no. 😒
I left last year after 30 years, when I was threaten with termination for refusing to get the Jab. I retired instead, and did not renew my license this year. Healthcare has changed since I first started. it has gone from patient focused to money focused. I was getting depressed, had high blood pressure, and having anxiety attacks before going to work. My body was rebelling. I have a little part time job, not in healthcare, and am actually enjoying it. I only make about 20% of what i use to, but i am so much more happier, both physically and mentally.
I’m a UK RN and I’ve left too. I dearest the toxic culture. Unless you are an RN you’ll never know. I’ve kept my Registration but I’m in a non clinical , non hospital role. I feel so much happier, calmer, and I can actually look after me. No more toxic bullying negative managers and colleagues.
I’m a nurse too, I felt burnt out my first few years of nursing. I traveled and landed in a place where the culture is positive, there are great resources and management is approachable and works with you. I think it will depend A LOT on where you work. I don’t believe every place/specialty is horrible. I hated labor and delivery and when I switched to NICU I felt/feel much happier. It’s been 11 years for me.
I switched to home health for a sweet family that I had taken care of the child many times at the hospital. The pay is terrible for nursing, there are ZERO benefits, BUT, it is peaceful so that is worth it to me. All the same things you speak of happened where I worked too. I once got in trouble for telling a patient’s mother that is wasn’t appropriate to leave her baby (2 months old and very sick) to go and get a tattoo. She had come back from her little tattoo adventure and proceeded to yell at me because her baby had a wet diaper after I had just fed her and changed her and was in the next room feeding that baby whose mother was in a car wreak and could not be there to feed her. We were not allowed to call out for ANY reason or we would get an “occurrence”. If you got more than 3 in a 6 month period you would be suspended for 3 days. It was insanity! I went to work one day with a 102.5 fever and strep throat. They actually tried to keep me there to work AND give me oncology patients. I hit the fan and told them I was going home because I wasn’t going to make people sick. I had only come in to show them I was actually sick. That is disgusting. Oh and one more whopper, my friend got a “occurrence” because she had to leave mid shift due to being in active labor to have her baby 🙄
I was reprimanded for reminding a teen mom that it was important to plan ahead for when baby gets sick: having an emergency fund for medical bills, having a back up baby sitter, and having transportation , in case baby has to go to the ER or clinic.
I felt like this when I was 19. I waa like I never want to be a nurse because they are the worst. 28 now and just got my RN and happily working as a nurse, have had like 5 jobs and only 2 of them were non-toxic.
I don’t even want to be a nurse anymore. Being a Gna is already toxic. So many nurses are quitting the field this is a sign for me not too enter. I’m done!!!. It’s slavery literally and I hate nursing honestly I’m switching my major they don’t care about these residents. It’s sad.
Working for decades in Manufacturing then, changing occupations to an RN I have found the stark reality of this, Nursing is based on a early 18th century sweat shop based on steam power and child labor bordering on concentration camp rules !! The surprise was that quality is a distant fourth place to PROFIT and Throughput over everything and everyone! The lack of any quality mindset is mindless 🤯. It is all about PROFIT and the staff, patients be dammed !!!!
This is why I like hospice care. I have autonomy. No one's blowing up my phone. I'm building relationships. No loss of sleep or panic attacks before work.
I was hospice and loved it because it was my calling. However, my phone did blow up even when I was on vacation. I got panic attacks and wanted to start a family so I left.
When I was doing clinical rounds in nursing school, almost ALL of the hospital nursing & cna staff TOOK THEIR VACATIONS/CALLED IN SICK so instead of letting us watch & learn, etc (BY CONTRACT TERMS), WE WERE FORCED TO NOT JUST WORK 4 FREE BUT TO PAY PAY PAY TO DO ALL ALL ALL OF THEIR THEIR THEIR WORK!!!!!!
Shit I was a I'm a dialysis tech and had that experience with a clinic I was at with the nurse. My teacher was a black lady so she was like girl bye and told us not to do any work unless it's experience with dialysis shit. I'm telling you!!!
It’s gotten so bad for me that I almost vomited on the way to work and then got attitude when I called out about it a few nights ago. It’s just horrific. Thank you for sharing your story.
I’m in the hospital now and have been here for almost two months! I keep getting a nurse that was very toxic and down right abusive! I kept getting her and every time I did I would cry ,I told management but they could care less ! She refused to give me pain meds on time ,in fact she would always be hours late,and i would be bawling,but know one cared ! I’m waiting to see if I get her again today ,and I’m so anxious I threw up ! I have to have major surgery,and I’m so stressed that I may have to come back to this floor ,please God no ! How can a human being be so cruel to someone going through the hardest time of their life,l just don’t understand 😢!
I was a Unit Secretary on a Med Surg floor and sat in a toxic environment. I last 3 months. I was constantly defending myself and putting different staff people in their place. The rudeness and nastiness from the staff/nurses were unnecessary. This behavior was the norm for this unit but not me. I said Deus and never look back.
HEALTH CARE in MURIKA is business. Whenever I travel to EGYPT, which is a poor and a third world country, I often get a very cheap and satisfying service. You are not just a product or a number.
That’s true except if you get moslim staff. I have heard of quite a few people being neglected. Talked abusively to or treated poorly by moslim staff when the patient isn’t a moslim.
I was fired for not being professional/lying to people. Funny a month or so ago a medical network put out a commercial telling people to tell others their truth not the blanket statement "I am Good" to "How are you today?" Hear is to being ahead of the times!
I wanna free but I can't now. I have so many stress, depression.I will quit that toxic professional work and I must change my carrier life after the best time for me soon .
i dont even work as a nurse. im in equipment distribution for the hospital while going to school for HIT. and even my managers are micromanaging passive aggressive and disrespectful. its honestly disheartening to know that the nurses go through the same thing. like where is it better?
I feel your pain. From my experience from work in general is not the work tasks, but the people higher up. I'm 44 years old and I'm just done listening to anybody tell me what to do. I quit work for good and decided to live off my investments.
It's toxic abusive women that are allowed to run the place and stop actual progression. They need to go. They want to tell the manager everything but what they do and when something happens they believe that person over the victim. They need to let these people go. They allow it. And this is the reason good nurses quit. Its like this everywhere women work at
As an RN staff nurse with an assignment of 4 to 5 patients it bothers me when a clinical instructor assigns a student to me……and then the instructor hides in the conference room or break room. I realize I was a student at one time however our instructors were always available to instruct their students With my patient assignment I don’t have time to do my assignment let alone do the instructors job too.
The Jekyll and Hyde and micromanagement, or the inquisitions into routine actions, questioning the smallest of things, the assumption that those being supervised have poor motives or are being dishonest…it’s so stressful
Not only is that like an abusive dating relationship, but it is also the head games they played with POW soldiers, especially in Vietnan and Korea. The guard would go into the prison cell and talk with the prisoner like they were best friends. The next day he would go in and beat the prisoner. Then the next day he would go in and just talk with him like best friends again. It was part of their control mechanism. I've been hearing from more and more people who work in hospitals who have been sharing similar stories. This is all set up by the federal government to bring us under socialism/communism, hence the inconsistencies and lack of consideration. Those are major warning signs. I urge people to please read the book The great Controversy. Even if you don't share Christian philosophy, at least read it for the historical content. It might not seem significant at first, but believe me, the more you read through the chapters it will start making a lot of sense. It is the best history book you will ever read, and shows how history does, indeed, repeat itself.
I recently started working as a home health nurse. The nurse that i shadow went behind my back and complained to the high level manager so now i am on unpaid administrative leave. If they fired me so well okay if not i will resign anyway. Very toxic and backstabbing a lot
Girl I don’t even work nursing but my manager is the exact same way I’m literally doing my job and he has to tell me what to do while I’m doing it. He demands me around raising his voice and telling me to get over here right now! Snatching things out my hand and taking over whatever I’m working on then yelling at me that he isn’t going to do the job for me. I almost walked out last week I don’t get paid enough it’s minimum wage. They’re on a power trip…
They are actually just numbers according to the legal system they set up. Remember "A license is given to permission to perform something that is illegal" that goes for any license
And this isn't just a nursing issue, it's an issue for everyone because we all will be patients one day. Think of being cared for by people who are more concerned with their petty dramas than focused on the care they're giving you. It's really frightening. As a nurse myself, I've been fortunate to only deal with mistreatment while still in my BSN program with another student once, and once with an instructor who was not just a bully, but a liar also. Looking back, I really wish I hadn't trained and entered a female-dominated field. I should've become an engineer or something. 😢 I was going toward my interest in caring for people. It was something I did a lot of while growing up helping with my aging grandparents. Also, both of my grandmothers were RNs. They still had some of their friends from their nursing school programs, and were all lovely, kind women. Wow have times changed. 🙄 In my experiences with women, I'd say 75% are caddy, backstabbing, and lack integrity. And that's overall. In the workplace, these types are unprofessional and downright dangerous for the public. Sadly, people in the healthcare field aren't screened for mental issues...and I think we should be.
This is hilarious. One time my dept manager was on about out unit laundry bill and they tried to limit the number of washcloths we used for patient baths.
Every HCA hospital I worked at was toxic. Everyone is underpaid and overworked and take it out on each other, especially when dealing with administration.
@@ThumbdownMan No, it's not the same. Before corps like HCA and Cleveland clinic started buying out nonprofit hospitals, the work environment was a lot better. You didn't hear about extreme employee shortages.
Is the toxicity of nursing limited to the US or is this global? I'm only hearing Americans and Brits complain. I'm just trying to better understand what's happening.
It's toxic abusive women that are allowed to run the place and stop actual progression. They need to go. They want to tell the manager everything but what they do and when something happens they believe that person over the victim. They need to let these people go. They allow it. And this is the reason good nurses quit. Its like this everywhere women work at
Nurses and teachers are quitting at alarming rates. So sad. Toxic work inviorments are intolerable! My sister just quit and moved to another state, she's happy where she is, she says everyone there works well together. He bf who was a nurse , is now a manager at Target and is so much happier!
working at target is better than nursing? wow is it that bad
@@Michael20 Yes it's that bad
@@Michael20yes it is, I'm an RN and thinking I should just work at the grocery store.
It's less stressful that's where I am planning to work just don't work at a gas station
@@Michael20 yes it is !! Been an RN for ten years. Hopefully not much longer 🙏🏼.
I have known nurses that have committed suicide because of the unrelenting stress, anxiety and abuse !!
When you said “when this specific person didn’t work” the day was so much better WHEW I felt that
Same
IT IS SO TRUE THOUGH!!!!!!!
That’s how you definitely KNOW it’s the toxic individual/individuals that make the environment TOXIC!
I have a charge like that and I just make sure I don’t schedule myself on her shift it just makes my days and attitude better. Luckily we self schedule
Ikr!
Omg I’ve experienced this too!!! It’s legitimately so insane how I used to go to work and hear someone say “so-and-so won’t be here she called in today” my whole body mind and soul felt lighter immediately, like someone just gave me a new lease on life. It’s ridiculous how soul sucking some people really are!!!
I cannot tolerate micro- management..or not being respected or trusted. I work solo and love it. Very supportive management.
I worked as a cna while in nursing school. Thankfully that really gave me a glimpse into the the toxic work environment. Peacefully working in Tech now
I may need to look into tech 🤔 lol
If you dont mind me asking, what are you doing in tech?
@@GG_-li9rpbe a tech slave at your own risk. Not all technology is good, some of it is downright evil. Use discernment. Participating in evil will come back on you. Don't just look on appearances alone
Graduation as an RN was 40 years ago and the profession turned toxic when it became corporate and it’s all about money. Hurts patients, their families and medical staff. First 20 years of career we were treated very well, now work harder, more responsibity, don’t care about our input and companies don’t care
Agreed
Ditto
Yes! It’s destroying the entire healthcare system
Agreed, 30 years here
Somebody super important in America better be listening to these stories because there is a major crisis coming very soon because healthcare employees are being ran out In unthinkable rates due to toxic environments, unethical management and bullies who are being awarded for a job well done. There soon will be no backbone in healthcare. People better stand up against this, learn how to take care of yourself in every situation or communities will be facing major consequences. It’s no joke. It is absolutely horrible and traumatizing to work in healthcare! As an RN for 18 years now, I wouldn’t recommend it to my worst enemy.
Ditto!!!!!!!
They'll just import cheap nurses from third world countries.
I think I’ll rethink my application to nursing school lol
Yep the bullies are rewarded and everyone loves them. They should not be allowed to speak to other women this way
I left my nursing profession because it is super toxic everywhere
It's getting bad but it's the only source of income I have and know!
Not everywhere
@PinkYellowGreen2023 as a nurse you don't need to leave the profession. I left my hospital job and went to an outpatient center. Waaaaaay less stressful, better work life balance. Decent pay and benefits.
@@L-ff5kw
Mostly everywhere.
This is my 6mos as a new grad nurse and I've been looking for a way out. I even applied for the army. I cannot with this nurse anxiety! This is not normal! I dont know how people put up with it. I don't understand why nurses take antidepressants and antianxiety meds to go to work. We have normalized pre/post shift anxiety for nurses but it doesn't exist for other jobs. I shouldn't be feeling this way over a job! I don't know what other career to pursue :(
same
2 months in feel the same already and it’s the environment, it’s not normal to feel this way before work and it’s not the normal “new grad” nervousness, it’s way beyond ……
@@smh2tvb Hi! I hope you're doing well. I've talked to so many nurses and they told me that every nurse goes through this. I am just so shocked that ppl are willing to go through this. Anyhow, I just want to say that even though some ppl say anxiety never goes away. It definitely gets better :) I hope that you look forward to that. Personally, my anxiety is just starting to calm down. You will get used to the environment. Just hang on as long as u can and if it's taking a toll on your mental health, please think of a different career. Life is just too short to go to a job that makes ur life miserable. All the best!
Omg I also considered joining the military to be able to leave my nursing job! I found an outpatient job but it’s just sad the stress they put on us nurses!
@@daniellej40 Hi Danielle! Where are u based? I heard outpatient is considerably less stressful than bedside. Try it and let me know hehehe.
Girl I’m a truck driver now 😅 soo glad I left nursing, I would rather live in a cardboard box than work nursing again 🎉
Not a cardboard box 😩
Irene ! Hi ! Where were you nursing ?! RN BSN? LPN?
Haha. I did the same thing. I love trucking.
Nursing was the biggest waste in my life.
Patient should always come first and unfortunately, Healthcare has changed. It's about money. Very sad
Very true!
I agree. I used to work as an admin assistant for a care provider/recruitment agency and I witnessed so much dodgy practice IDK where to begin. Managers pocketing money from their own staff (by overcharging for DBS/training), managers expecting you to do extra work above your pay grade all whilst having the audacity to constantly call/text out of your working hours, inexperienced/untrained/unvetted staff being sent to care homes, management paying office staff/HCAs and senior HCAs min wage whilst paying permanent staff (most of which couldn't speak English) more than £10 p/hr - some of which got the same as TEAM LEADERS or more, management forging documents - the list goes on.
My colleagues and I got on well but management was toxic and were too focused on profits, going as far as cutting resources to save £££. They never invested in staff at all - even when my colleagues and I asked for new working equipment as most of what we had was years old, management wouldn't budge.
The care industry in my home country is abhorrent, especially as managers have a habit of keeping toxic people working in the homes.
I had to choose between my toxic job or my relationship with myself and my husband. Because of the hospital job i had so many arguments with him, lashed out at people i loved cause of stress. My mom said she didn't even recognize me anymore. My relationship with my husband had strained a bit. I had to give myself a good long reflection in the mirror. Change my environment or stay and watch my relationship and my mental health crumble just for expierence. I quit the job and chose my happiness. I have another job lined up but i have a whole month off to unwind and reflect and repair
I am a social worker and I took a role in an healthcare setting for the first time. I quit after three weeks which is something that I never did before. What I saw reinforced my initial thoughts about working in healthcare. I met wonderful nurses and other staff but management, from what I saw, it was HORRIBLE. I just can't understand how some of the nurse managers and other admin could be so evil in how they speak to others etc. Once again, I will reiterate that I saw wonderful nurses but seriously, what I saw didn't align with my values and morals as a human being. I started having anxiety my second day there, I waited two weeks to gather one full paycheck and a half one (haha) as an immigrant, I just think that work culture in the US especially since Covid is plain toxic. All the best to everyone out there, do your best and decide on what's best for your own mental health.
I hate being a nurse. My license was reported by a vindictive staff nurse (I’m agency). She lied and said I left after taking keys. I left before even taking the assignment because I wanted to protect myself!!! Just leave nursing all together..ALL of it is toxic..even work from home nursing sucks
Sue for slander
I work from home and this is true 😔 I been thinking getting into tech lately
You sound like a good nurse. It’s a loss for the patients to lose you.
I almost never hear anything good about working as nurse.
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It's really not as good as some people say, this young lady is telling the absolute truth, some nurses in a leadership role take it waaaay to far😮
@@victoriabrown9358It changed! Back in the 50s it was good career and only career besides teaching for women.
I can attest as well as a hospital worker. Bedside care is brutal, along with the patient to staff numbers, constant backstabbing and snitching, low pay, it's a cluster f^ck. Im getting out while im still fairly youngish. Hospital work is not worth the pain it does to your soul. Stay strong sister
Baby! Those seasoned nurses will try you and bully you. After being in the profession almost 30 years, you’ll learn to stand your ground. That charge nurse was micro managing! Girl bye!
this!!💯
Exactly 💯💯
And omg yes the mood swings! They’re so condescending and nasty but then two seconds later they act like your best friend it threw me for a loop then they want to say “don’t be afraid to ask questions.” But they roll their eyes at you and get angry when you do
I was a CNA. I had a new manager to the floor stalk me for 2 months looking for anything i was doing wrong so she could fire me. When that failed she turned around and started spouting how she loves how i am so good at my job and how she loves how i always do what i am told. Tried to act buddy buddy with me after 2 months of boderline harrassment. Yeah no. 😒
I left last year after 30 years, when I was threaten with termination for refusing to get the Jab. I retired instead, and did not renew my license this year.
Healthcare has changed since I first started. it has gone from patient focused to money focused.
I was getting depressed, had high blood pressure, and having anxiety attacks before going to work. My body was rebelling.
I have a little part time job, not in healthcare, and am actually enjoying it. I only make about 20% of what i use to, but i am so much more happier, both physically and mentally.
poke poke poke the woke!
It’s such a shame u had to leave and take less money to be fulfilled and not full of anxiety,
I’m a UK RN and I’ve left too. I dearest the toxic culture. Unless you are an RN you’ll never know. I’ve kept my Registration but I’m in a non clinical , non hospital role. I feel so much happier, calmer, and I can actually look after me. No more toxic bullying negative managers and colleagues.
I’m glad you found something that makes you happier 😊
What are you doing now?
I also wish I had something to switch to at this point I loss my fulfilments in this profession because of the toxicity
That part😢
I’m a nurse too, I felt burnt out my first few years of nursing. I traveled and landed in a place where the culture is positive, there are great resources and management is approachable and works with you. I think it will depend A LOT on where you work. I don’t believe every place/specialty is horrible. I hated labor and delivery and when I switched to NICU I felt/feel much happier. It’s been 11 years for me.
I switched to home health for a sweet family that I had taken care of the child many times at the hospital. The pay is terrible for nursing, there are ZERO benefits, BUT, it is peaceful so that is worth it to me. All the same things you speak of happened where I worked too. I once got in trouble for telling a patient’s mother that is wasn’t appropriate to leave her baby (2 months old and very sick) to go and get a tattoo. She had come back from her little tattoo adventure and proceeded to yell at me because her baby had a wet diaper after I had just fed her and changed her and was in the next room feeding that baby whose mother was in a car wreak and could not be there to feed her. We were not allowed to call out for ANY reason or we would get an “occurrence”. If you got more than 3 in a 6 month period you would be suspended for 3 days. It was insanity! I went to work one day with a 102.5 fever and strep throat. They actually tried to keep me there to work AND give me oncology patients. I hit the fan and told them I was going home because I wasn’t going to make people sick. I had only come in to show them I was actually sick. That is disgusting. Oh and one more whopper, my friend got a “occurrence” because she had to leave mid shift due to being in active labor to have her baby 🙄
None of this surprises me.
I was reprimanded for reminding a teen mom that it was important to plan ahead for when baby gets sick: having an emergency fund for medical bills, having a back up baby sitter, and having transportation , in case baby has to go to the ER or clinic.
This is insanity. Wow!!
I was contemplating being a nurse until I started looking up nursing testimonial videos on RUclips. I'll just stay a SAHW!
We have to choose our hard. At least you will have something for yourself if anything happens.
I’m a new cna I’m completely turned off about trying to go to nursing school so toxic and not worth it
I can understand how you feel. If you find the right environment/specialty it can be worth it. I hope it works out for you! ❤️
I felt like this when I was 19. I waa like I never want to be a nurse because they are the worst. 28 now and just got my RN and happily working as a nurse, have had like 5 jobs and only 2 of them were non-toxic.
Don’t do it
Sounds like the post office! You really can’t do your job due to a lot of bull crap.
I don’t even want to be a nurse anymore. Being a Gna is already toxic. So many nurses are quitting the field this is a sign for me not too enter. I’m done!!!. It’s slavery literally and I hate nursing honestly I’m switching my major they don’t care about these residents. It’s sad.
Working for decades in Manufacturing then, changing occupations to an RN I have found the stark reality of this, Nursing is based on a early 18th century sweat shop based on steam power and child labor bordering on concentration camp rules !! The surprise was that quality is a distant fourth place to PROFIT and Throughput over everything and everyone! The lack of any quality mindset is mindless 🤯. It is all about PROFIT and the staff, patients be dammed !!!!
This is why I like hospice care. I have autonomy. No one's blowing up my phone. I'm building relationships. No loss of sleep or panic attacks before work.
working ther? hospice? yea i bet u like it NECRO...
I was hospice and loved it because it was my calling. However, my phone did blow up even when I was on vacation. I got panic attacks and wanted to start a family so I left.
@@sarahe7515 Hospice is just as bad
When I was doing clinical rounds in nursing school, almost ALL of the hospital nursing & cna staff TOOK THEIR VACATIONS/CALLED IN SICK so instead of letting us watch & learn, etc (BY CONTRACT TERMS), WE WERE FORCED TO NOT JUST WORK 4 FREE BUT TO PAY PAY PAY TO DO ALL ALL ALL OF THEIR THEIR THEIR WORK!!!!!!
Wooooooooooooooooow!!!!!! That’s crazy because aren’t they supposed to be teaching you???
Shit I was a I'm a dialysis tech and had that experience with a clinic I was at with the nurse. My teacher was a black lady so she was like girl bye and told us not to do any work unless it's experience with dialysis shit. I'm telling you!!!
It’s gotten so bad for me that I almost vomited on the way to work and then got attitude when I called out about it a few nights ago. It’s just horrific. Thank you for sharing your story.
I’m so sorry to hear, and I really hope that you find a better situation ❤️
I’m in the hospital now and have been here for almost two months! I keep getting a nurse that was very toxic and down right abusive! I kept getting her and every time I did I would cry ,I told management but they could care less ! She refused to give me pain meds on time ,in fact she would always be hours late,and i would be bawling,but know one cared ! I’m waiting to see if I get her again today ,and I’m so anxious I threw up ! I have to have major surgery,and I’m so stressed that I may have to come back to this floor ,please God no ! How can a human being be so cruel to someone going through the hardest time of their life,l just don’t understand 😢!
You can report her if you know her full name. Go to nursing website. Failure to appropriately administer pain reliever at correct time
I was so done I thought about working at Safeway 😂😂
Nurse here, you articulated this soooo well. Just like a toxic relationship😅
That is exactly how I felt 🤦🏾♀️…glad, well sad you can relate lol
Wow, you are obviously a very caring person. God bless your heart. You never complained about nursing. Micromanagement is truly the worst!
I can totally relate. Ive had many nursing jobs and there's always some element of what you talk about to every one of them.
I was a Unit Secretary on a Med Surg floor and sat in a toxic environment. I last 3 months. I was constantly defending myself and putting different staff people in their place. The rudeness and nastiness from the staff/nurses
were unnecessary. This behavior was the norm for this unit but not me. I said Deus and never look back.
HEALTH CARE in MURIKA is business. Whenever I travel to EGYPT, which is a poor and a third world country, I often get a very cheap and satisfying service. You are not just a product or a number.
That’s true except if you get moslim staff. I have heard of quite a few people being neglected. Talked abusively to or treated poorly by moslim staff when the patient isn’t a moslim.
Glad you are talking about this mostly silent phenomenon 🎉😅
I was fired for not being professional/lying to people. Funny a month or so ago a medical network put out a commercial telling people to tell others their truth not the blanket statement "I am Good" to "How are you today?" Hear is to being ahead of the times!
Psych nursing is a great alternative
I am into Psych now and loving it
I'm exhausted mentally as well...looking for the next move.
mountains, cabin on tha water, throw cell phone away... thank me later
I wanna free but I can't now. I have so many stress, depression.I will quit that toxic professional work and I must change my carrier life after the best time for me soon .
i dont even work as a nurse. im in equipment distribution for the hospital while going to school for HIT. and even my managers are micromanaging passive aggressive and disrespectful. its honestly disheartening to know that the nurses go through the same thing. like where is it better?
I feel your pain. From my experience from work in general is not the work tasks, but the people higher up. I'm 44 years old and I'm just done listening to anybody tell me what to do. I quit work for good and decided to live off my investments.
It's toxic abusive women that are allowed to run the place and stop actual progression. They need to go. They want to tell the manager everything but what they do and when something happens they believe that person over the victim. They need to let these people go. They allow it. And this is the reason good nurses quit. Its like this everywhere women work at
Hey coco So informative that you. I just wanted to say I relate 100percent
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As an RN staff nurse with an assignment of 4 to 5 patients it bothers me when a clinical instructor assigns a student to me……and then the instructor hides in the conference room or break room. I realize I was a student at one time however our instructors were always available to instruct their students With my patient assignment I don’t have time to do my assignment let alone do the instructors job too.
The Jekyll and Hyde and micromanagement, or the inquisitions into routine actions, questioning the smallest of things, the assumption that those being supervised have poor motives or are being dishonest…it’s so stressful
Literally dealing with this right now . Just different nursing setting, home care peds nursing . I left my patient of 7 years yesterday.
Sorry to hear that. I hope you find something that is fulfilling and healthy for you 💕
Not only is that like an abusive dating relationship, but it is also the head games they played with POW soldiers, especially in Vietnan and Korea. The guard would go into the prison cell and talk with the prisoner like they were best friends. The next day he would go in and beat the prisoner. Then the next day he would go in and just talk with him like best friends again. It was part of their control mechanism. I've been hearing from more and more people who work in hospitals who have been sharing similar stories. This is all set up by the federal government to bring us under socialism/communism, hence the inconsistencies and lack of consideration. Those are major warning signs. I urge people to please read the book The great Controversy. Even if you don't share Christian philosophy, at least read it for the historical content. It might not seem significant at first, but believe me, the more you read through the chapters it will start making a lot of sense. It is the best history book you will ever read, and shows how history does, indeed, repeat itself.
the world is a fkd up place
great video, very relatable for me! (one note: the shot feels kind of weird, like you're too far away)
I recently started working as a home health nurse. The nurse that i shadow went behind my back and complained to the high level manager so now i am on unpaid administrative leave. If they fired me so well okay if not i will resign anyway. Very toxic and backstabbing a lot
Watching this because im in a similar situation about to speak to HR about leaving
so thank you for sharing
My friend she was going to school for that but she decided not to go forward. because they wanted her to lie to families when people died
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Amen sista, I’ve been discouraged from giving pain medication on a surgery floor!
Girl I don’t even work nursing but my manager is the exact same way I’m literally doing my job and he has to tell me what to do while I’m doing it. He demands me around raising his voice and telling me to get over here right now! Snatching things out my hand and taking over whatever I’m working on then yelling at me that he isn’t going to do the job for me. I almost walked out last week I don’t get paid enough it’s minimum wage. They’re on a power trip…
They are actually just numbers according to the legal system they set up.
Remember "A license is given to permission to perform something that is illegal" that goes for any license
Pastor I'm so proud of you and your family,
And this isn't just a nursing issue, it's an issue for everyone because we all will be patients one day. Think of being cared for by people who are more concerned with their petty dramas than focused on the care they're giving you. It's really frightening.
As a nurse myself, I've been fortunate to only deal with mistreatment while still in my BSN program with another student once, and once with an instructor who was not just a bully, but a liar also. Looking back, I really wish I hadn't trained and entered a female-dominated field. I should've become an engineer or something. 😢 I was going toward my interest in caring for people. It was something I did a lot of while growing up helping with my aging grandparents. Also, both of my grandmothers were RNs. They still had some of their friends from their nursing school programs, and were all lovely, kind women. Wow have times changed. 🙄 In my experiences with women, I'd say 75% are caddy, backstabbing, and lack integrity. And that's overall. In the workplace, these types are unprofessional and downright dangerous for the public.
Sadly, people in the healthcare field aren't screened for mental issues...and I think we should be.
My most toxic work environment was working for a US based company. Perhaps there's something there to look into
I quit my job as a nurse and never want to look back!
What are you doing now if you don't mind me asking?
This is hilarious. One time my dept manager was on about out unit laundry bill and they tried to limit the number of washcloths we used for patient baths.
You're a good person, it seems. Agree 100%.
Smh cant even provide basic comfort measures
I wonder if the toxic work environment happens to all ppl or is the toxicity reserved for certain ppl if you know what im talking about.
It's toxic towards everyone (regardless of race) from everyone (regardless of race).
Nursing is toxic for almost everyone (except for the bullies) but worse for certain ppl. Same with doctors.
Every HCA hospital I worked at was toxic. Everyone is underpaid and overworked and take it out on each other, especially when dealing with administration.
The same system has been going on for decades. You'd think they'd learn to change by now.
@@ThumbdownMan No, it's not the same. Before corps like HCA and Cleveland clinic started buying out nonprofit hospitals, the work environment was a lot better. You didn't hear about extreme employee shortages.
Yup
Unfortunately, hospitals are a business. Admin reaps the rewards, the rest toe the line.
Is the toxicity of nursing limited to the US or is this global? I'm only hearing Americans and Brits complain. I'm just trying to better understand what's happening.
Even in South Africa Nursing has become ultra toxic
Have you found a new job in the nursing field and is it any better or have you quit nursing altogether?
Sounds just like trucking and working for a bad company.
Nursing and education☹️
It’s so crazy these days with the electronic records. Crazy & differnt from what it once was.
I work in medical records and it's ridiculous over there too.
They was gaslighting you.
May I ask were you the only African American nurse?
No, it was actually a diverse group
being the only black nurse is HELL
do you realize how much you say like?
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LOL you're kind is so lazy... always quitting in life...
lol
@@kokoa881 just kidding. Nursing is extremely toxic in most hospitals.
@@sheldoncooper0 naw not with saying you're kind. You weren't just kidding. You couldn't be a nurse if you tried.
@@nostalgictarot5744of course not. Youre right. I skegufivly meant monkey.
Monkeys give up easily. Ape.
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It's toxic abusive women that are allowed to run the place and stop actual progression. They need to go. They want to tell the manager everything but what they do and when something happens they believe that person over the victim. They need to let these people go. They allow it. And this is the reason good nurses quit. Its like this everywhere women work at