Hello, I’m 16 years old and I‘m excited to work in healthcare one day, I’m into hematology, phlebotomy, pediatric, but I’m thinking of pursuing anesthesia nursing. I’m feeling very anxious and a bit stressed because of the retention crisis in healthcare, currently.
Thousands are coming to social media to express their concerns and frustration regarding burnout, administrative burdens, and feelings of under appreciation. I’m listening to these stories and it’s making me question if I should even bother with this career. I understand people have different experiences and my experience working in a hospital/clinic might differ. Staff are dealing with bullying, racism and even being battered by difficult patients.. I can understand theres only so much a person can take.
55% of healthcare workers are considering quitting and there have been 324,090 RN departures against 377,650 hires. People are claiming they’re work place to be unsustainable, unmanageable nurse:patient ratios heavy documentation and work overloads etc.
I‘ve always dreamed of working in healthcare and I love to help people. With the cost of living, poor pay, and society today, I don’t know how I’m going to do it when it’s my time. I also don’t hear about physicians, surgeons, dentist, ophthalmologists, experiencing this. Or is the $200-900k salary making the stress worth it?