I'm taking a 3-month medical leave of absence due to stress from nursing. Anyone who is currently working with me will recognize who I am.
Basically, covid has killed nursing for me. It has made it into a macabre profession. I am now a full-blown claustrophobic thanks to the masking mandate, and all the other regulatory BS that has taking over everything. I hate what nursing has become.
I hope to continue to lead a healthy life, and then die before the medical industrial complex gets its hands on me. I've told my children that I want to die a natural death and I want only a graveside Christian burial when my time comes.
I’m done also. I’m trying to decide between going to school for medical coding or ask if my friend’s insurance agency is hiring and do customer service stuff. I’ve been working by myself for over 2 weeks due to a COVID outbreak in my office, on top of already being short 2 clinical staff members, and was training our new clinical supervisor when she was pulled to work in an infusion center doing monoclonal antibody infusions. I’m tired of people’s nasty attitudes and very tired of tiptoeing around doctor’s egos. I’m tired of getting yelled at for things I have no control over.
I had some breathing difficulty wearing the mask so I bought plastic inserts and taped them in my mask and folded up tissue and taped it at the top of the mask to seal to keep my glasses fogging. I have had nose surgery and have cartilage across the top of nose that keeps the mask from being pinched at nose. I found with the modifications I could breath and see better and was able to move around and not feel light headed due to not being able to breathe. A few people in management said my mask was not on properly but I let them know it was either wearing the mask I have modified or I would have to go home. I reminded them of the day I was light headed and had to set down while other people had to come and do my job. Nothing else was said.
I have learned over the years if you do not look after your own health. No one else will. I finally went ahead with my planned retirement in September 2020. Have not returned to work due to my family members have some health issues and have moved in with me at times so I could care for them.
All of you are Hero's working in these dangerous times to care people. Thank you and May God Bless and Protect you.
I was "done" a couple years ago. But alas, my bills say otherwise.
I wish I could do something else. Maybe sell insurance. I dunno. I am tired of it all.
Right there with you SmilingBluEyes. If I weren't wearing golden handcuffs and wouldn't take such a massive financial hit this late in my career, I would bail tomorrow. All I know is that delivering mail, stocking shelves, office cleaning, maintenance.... sound infinitely better to me than the stress, responsibility, and shifting directives inherent in Nursing.
T-Bird78
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I’m done also. I’m trying to decide between going to school for medical coding or ask if my friend’s insurance agency is hiring and do customer service stuff. I’ve been working by myself for over 2 weeks due to a COVID outbreak in my office, on top of already being short 2 clinical staff members, and was training our new clinical supervisor when she was pulled to work in an infusion center doing monoclonal antibody infusions. I’m tired of people’s nasty attitudes and very tired of tiptoeing around doctor’s egos. I’m tired of getting yelled at for things I have no control over.