I retired 2 months earlier than planned because I warned a patient about breastfeeding post Covid shot. The patient lodged a complaint and I chose to not back down and spout the approved narrative. I am glad to be out of healthcare, and I wanted nothing more than to be a R.N. since 5th grade. So sad what health care has become. Trust no one and ask questions, do your own research.
The hospitals use the “Shared Governance” mantra to brainwash nurses into thinking they really have a say. Then the administration just proceeds with what they had planned to do anyhow, and the brain washed sheep fall in line. I stopped participating in any of it when it was obvious it was just a mind game. The same went for “Pay for Performance”. The evaluations were always a scam. When it came time for yearly raises, you got paid on a bell shape curve, no matter what you did. Nursing was a female profession, until males entered into nursing, viewing it as a stable job and a different perspective than females: care, concern, empathy for those in need. Many males went into areas of nursing that limited engagement with patients, were fast paced and challenging: ER, ICU, OR. Male counterparts often were promoted to leadership roles too, before their female counterparts.
I retired 2 months earlier than planned because I warned a patient about breastfeeding post Covid shot. The patient lodged a complaint and I chose to not back down and spout the approved narrative. I am glad to be out of healthcare, and I wanted nothing more than to be a R.N. since 5th grade. So sad what health care has become. Trust no one and ask questions, do your own research.
Being an RN makes good money, but it's a hard job spiritually. That's why they always have job openings.
The hospitals use the “Shared Governance” mantra to brainwash nurses into thinking they really have a say. Then the administration just proceeds with what they had planned to do anyhow, and the brain washed sheep fall in line. I stopped participating in any of it when it was obvious it was just a mind game. The same went for “Pay for Performance”. The evaluations were always a scam. When it came time for yearly raises, you got paid on a bell shape curve, no matter what you did. Nursing was a female profession, until males entered into nursing, viewing it as a stable job and a different perspective than females: care, concern, empathy for those in need. Many males went into areas of nursing that limited engagement with patients, were fast paced and challenging: ER, ICU, OR. Male counterparts often were promoted to leadership roles too, before their female counterparts.
I remember back in the day, all the males nurses were gay, lol.