Why Nurses Have Been Hit the Hardest During the Pandemic | The Daily Show

AND, Nurses are legally liable if they make those mistakes, no wonder they are walking out, their entire career and life could be ruined for a mistake made while they're exhausted, overwhelmed, and sleep deprived and stressed for a full year.

As a nurse who left bedside way before covid... Burnout is real and it is dangerous. I don't blame folks for leaving.

ICU RN here, and I want you, lovely viewer, to remember that nurses and doctors are only part of the hospital team that is suffering in this way. Respiratory therapists, nursing assistants, unit secretaries, technicians, custodians, kitchen workers, and every other position I’m not aware of in the hospital… we are all tired. And they’re all leaving. All my love to every position in the hospitals - every single one is important to patient care. Also, if you make us muffins, make them with fiber. That pizza won’t move itself 🤣

As a burnt out icu nurse, thank you Trevor for actually taking the time to listen and understand what we are going through

The way nurses were treated during this pandemic it is surprising that any of them are even willing to stay in profession at all.

As a nurse the most frustrating thing was being called heroes but not implementing safe staffing ratios. I've felt burned out before the pandemic and it's not getting better, so many new nurses 6 months in are ready to leave the profession....

I don't blame the nurses for quitting, as someone who has cared for dying patients. It takes a lot from you emotionally to watch someone grasp their last breath. I have seen staff fall when a patient dies, and the best part is to make a happy face before seeing the next patient. I don't think I can stand watching/caring for someone dying from a preventable death.

The nursing shortage is a NATIONWIDE EMERGENCY. We were short on nurses and aides way before the pandemic and now it's 10x worse. I graduate nursing school in December and I know I'm walking into a dumpster fire. This shortage will effect every one of us at some point. Pray you stay healthy, because there won't be anyone to care for you in the coming years.

First time in 33 years as a nurse, I'm actually considering leaving the profession. We've been there from day one...no hazard pay, no extra 600 bucks a week those who received unemployment and now my peers are threatening to walk if vaccines become mandatory...leaving those of us vaccinated staff to carry the heavier load. Absolutely overwhelming...

Every time I begin to lament at how this pandemic has upturned my life, I remember healthcare workers and how they have it so much worse.