What HARD truth have you learned once you became a nurse and/or CNA?

[DesiDani]

Good or bad. About the field in general, humanity, or society? How does that truth effect you and how you do your job?

[nursekayde1978]

I learned very, very quickly that you can't save patients from themselves. That, to me, was no big deal. The hardest thing? When the patient DOES want to save themselves, but there are literally no resources available to make them successful at it.

This is another reason that I believe the system is failing so much.

[nursekayde1978]

I am surprised by how many patients tell me that they LOVE me, I am the best nurse, etc. but apparently they keep it to themselves because no one tells management and it does not turn up on those damn surveys.

Because people are conditioned to only report negative things. smh.

[FrankRN2017]

The truth is that nurses are the modern day slaves to hospital administration. The truth is that doctors are the asset while the nurse is the liability. The truth is that hospitals like to pretend the patient is the priority but when you look behind the curtain all they see is dollar signs. The truth is, hospitals profit by giving nurses the least amount of resources to complete the job!