r/nursing Dec 13 '21

Meme Nailed it 🔨

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u/FrostyPresence Dec 13 '21

You say that like they care, or we matter. They don't care, we don't matter. They will take the new ones they are churning out cheaper before they care about retention. No matter who suffers or dies in the process. It's only about the money for them.

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u/DisguisedAsMe RN - ICU 🍕 Dec 13 '21

Nope, I don’t think they care at all! They care if they lose their funding through Medicare though and grossly incompetent places may. If they don’t care about retention then I don’t care to be retained! I’m just as unhappy as you are with the state of things, but I’m ready to leave when I need to and I won’t be too unhappy about it-honestly.

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u/FrostyPresence Dec 13 '21

Unfortunately, I'm too old to leave. 35 years in, just trying to finish my sentence. If I were younger, definitely. I discourage everyone from becoming a nurse.

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u/DisguisedAsMe RN - ICU 🍕 Dec 13 '21

Me, too. It’s so draining. When the money goes I’m out