There's been a lot of talk about people wanting to leave bedside and/or leaving nursing altogether.
I've considered it myself. I'm nearly a decade in, but I have nearly had enough. Many have said "it is tough work, it always has been - the pandemic has made it tougher." I have always worked hard, but holy crap, it's gotten really tough. And I am having a tough time wanting to stay in it. And why should I? If the seasoned nurses do not care, why should I care?
My hang ups are around the seasoned nurses who have or are already super focused on retirement and no longer have interest in investing in the next generation. This is beyond "nurses eating their young." I've been burned by seasoned nurses for just asking too many questions. I've been tricked and thrown under the bus mostly by seasoned nurses just so they do not have to deal with me. Same has been going on with other nurses coming in, experienced or brand new, who are doing their best to practice safely and learn.
I cannot get passed the level of apathy from the seasoned nurses. That really that cannot go ignored because at the end of the day, it is those seasoned nurses focused entirely on retirement + all of the other aging humans in our country that will suffer in the end. I don't understand how our seasoned nurses do not see this coming.
You sold your house? That is incomprehensible! To work part time???? Where are you going to live now? and in your senior years?
Well, that's beside the point of this thread, but yes - I sold in a high market, eliminated the mortgage for a lease that is several hundred dollars cheaper per month (and more or less locked in), and so now I no longer have to worry about taking care of everything, replacing another roof, fixing the electrical, replacing another HVAC, worrying about when the water heater in the attic might Spring a leak, etc. Something breaks, I call the leasing office and they come fix it. They also take care of the lawn. That frees me up a LOT. In selling the house and downsizing into a townhouse I eliminated all debt, paid off my funeral pre-planning, and bought the opportunity to take the time I needed to BREATHE and to heal. Now I don't have to work full time if I don't want to, so I'm in school planning my "re-tread" (since I will never "re-tire"), and I'm enjoying this phase of life in the process. And I get to work in a lower-stress environment, which adds much not only to quality of life, but also to general health and well-being. Money isn't everything.
Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
As a "Seasoned Nurse" with 20 years under my belt I have to say I have seen more of the attitude among younger nurses who are extremely entitled. I'm a nice person. I help my peers a lot but at the end of the shift my boss wants to see that I have my work done while minimizing over time. I do plan to retire in the next 5 years But that was always the plan! I will give my emploer and peers 100% each day until I do.
Joyful68
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Well, that's beside the point of this thread, but yes - I sold in a high market, eliminated the mortgage for a lease that is several hundred dollars cheaper per month (and more or less locked in), and so now I no longer have to worry about taking care of everything, replacing another roof, fixing the electrical, replacing another HVAC, worrying about when the water heater in the attic might Spring a leak, etc. Something breaks, I call the leasing office and they come fix it. They also take care of the lawn. That frees me up a LOT. In selling the house and downsizing into a townhouse I eliminated all debt, paid off my funeral pre-planning, and bought the opportunity to take the time I needed to BREATHE and to heal. Now I don't have to work full time if I don't want to, so I'm in school planning my "re-tread" (since I will never "re-tire"), and I'm enjoying this phase of life in the process. And I get to work in a lower-stress environment, which adds much not only to quality of life, but also to general health and well-being. Money isn't everything.