I work in a hospital.
I was bringing a guy out to the exit and he gave me this sinceare, heartfelt ‘thank you for your service! I know it’s tough cause of all this covid crap, but I appreciate you, you guys don’t get enough credit, thank you so much, thank you for your service.’
I didn’t have the heart to tell him covid isn’t a big deal.
Like, guy, I just wear a mask all day and that’s it. My life hasn’t changed at all.
BRING OUT YER DEAD! DING DING BRING OUT YER DEAD!!!!!!
I'm not dead yet!
bop
JUST A FLESH WOUND
My God man, it's such a scam. No, hospital are not overwhelmed. Bed's being at or around 100% capacity (at least for the hospital I work for) is completely standard. It's how the hospital makes money.
Heck, like a year ago we had a doctor in the ER who would admit patients for literally any reason, JUST cause the hospital get's more money for patients who have to stay over night.
And the breaking point? Nurses are at the breaking point cause there's so many scumbags who are looking for excuses to call out. "OH! MY throat is kinda scratchy! COVID! COVID! Gimme a few days off until I get a negative test. We don't want me spreading the virus, right?"
Plus the hospital refuses to hire more staff, despite the availability. Hospitals don't care about burnout, they care about caring for the most patients possible with the least staff needed. You know, like a business.
It's all a scam.
Thank you for the inside scoop, true patriot.
No problem. All these stupid news people talk about 'overwhelmed nurses', but the problem is a direct result of the company we work for. There is no shortage of nurses at all, only that the individual floors aren't given the budget to hire more staff.
They do have the budget to pay nurses overtime though, cause that's a lot cheaper. Hence all the burnout people talk about.
How many people like you are in your field? Seems like the medical field is a lost cause
I BELIEVE IN SCIENCE!
TRUST THE EXPERTS!
WEAR A MASK! LIVE IN FEAR! OBEY, SLAVE!
DA NUMBAZ! WE GOT CASES OVA HEA!
And its not even based on science.
"Science!"
I am literally shaking right now, I will explore my unconscious biases immediately.