You just spelled out why I was VERY eager and thankful when our daughter asked if I would be their babysitter for my granddaughter. After twelve long years in our transfer center at the institution where I worked for 39 and a half years, I was OVER it. My husband had begged me to quit for 2 years because he was concerned for my mental health. The final straw for me was when administrators decided that my department was NOT getting things done the way they wanted, created a more toxic environment and shifted demands on our workflow. At least 7 nurses (myself included) out of a staff of 15 for 24/7 coverage resigned within 8 months of the hiring of a non nurse manager who had NO clue about the process. (At least 3 more left after I did). No idea how many staff they have now and don't want to know.
Meanwhile staff nurses voted to unionize. I'm not sure that is the answer either, but as an old guard nurse who never thought labor unions had any place in healthcare (we deal with PEOPLE, not airplane or car parts!) I was told I was part of the problem.
So I happily chase my granddaughter and pray I can be a force for good at least in her life, because healthcare as it currently exists is a poor excuse for what people deserve, and as long as the folks in suits are running it and making money, I don't foresee immediate change.
Administrator seen in the ED at nights, weekends, or holidays? Some people believe unicorns exist.
I was fired from my longest ED position, 15 years, because I told an attending that his patient, in the waiting room, couldn’t be seen with her non-urgent problem, right away, because every bed was filled, the hallways were filled with stretchers, and we didn’t have room. Oh, and there were five ambulances outside waiting to offload their patients. The president of the hospital fired me the next day. I guess in Russia, the charge would have been revealing state secrets.
You just spelled out why I was VERY eager and thankful when our daughter asked if I would be their babysitter for my granddaughter. After twelve long years in our transfer center at the institution where I worked for 39 and a half years, I was OVER it. My husband had begged me to quit for 2 years because he was concerned for my mental health. The final straw for me was when administrators decided that my department was NOT getting things done the way they wanted, created a more toxic environment and shifted demands on our workflow. At least 7 nurses (myself included) out of a staff of 15 for 24/7 coverage resigned within 8 months of the hiring of a non nurse manager who had NO clue about the process. (At least 3 more left after I did). No idea how many staff they have now and don't want to know.
Meanwhile staff nurses voted to unionize. I'm not sure that is the answer either, but as an old guard nurse who never thought labor unions had any place in healthcare (we deal with PEOPLE, not airplane or car parts!) I was told I was part of the problem.
So I happily chase my granddaughter and pray I can be a force for good at least in her life, because healthcare as it currently exists is a poor excuse for what people deserve, and as long as the folks in suits are running it and making money, I don't foresee immediate change.
Administrator seen in the ED at nights, weekends, or holidays? Some people believe unicorns exist.
I was fired from my longest ED position, 15 years, because I told an attending that his patient, in the waiting room, couldn’t be seen with her non-urgent problem, right away, because every bed was filled, the hallways were filled with stretchers, and we didn’t have room. Oh, and there were five ambulances outside waiting to offload their patients. The president of the hospital fired me the next day. I guess in Russia, the charge would have been revealing state secrets.