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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a nurse working in an acute care setting/hospital for major system in the area. It’s a hot mess. Covid exacerbated certain issues but it’s always been tenuous. Issues included but are not limited to the following:
-Health insurances fighting providers/patients to make $$.
-Lack of experienced nurses at the bedside-nurses are burning out. Many retired during COVID. Newer nurses won’t put up with certain conditions and/or want to go to NP school right away. A lot of inpatient units are staffed by green nurses. It’s not safe.
-Hospitals continue to fight against safe nurse-patient ratios. It’s not rocket science that too many patients to a nurse increase the chances of errors.  Some hospital systems or areas in the country are better than others.  The ratios in the South and in long term/nursing facilities are beyond unsafe. 
-Physicians are also burned out. The workload is unsustainable for many and I can see that many are dipping out earlier than they used to ..
-Not arguing against PP who said hospital admins are under immense pressure. BUT…many admins are utterly out of touch. Also too many VPs and assistant directors of blah blah and not enough hands on staff. Again-very hospital dependent.  I’ve worked in systems where they try and are engaged. And I’ve worked or heard of others where making $$ whilst everything around them is collapsing is the name of the game. 
-Medication/supply shortages. Made worse by Covid but also natural disasters, etc that impact supply chain.
I could keep going but yeah, it sucks. If you go to Reddit-the nursing and teacher subreddits are eye opening…like canaries in the mine of what’s to come in this country. [/quote]

What are "green nurses" ?[/quote]

Are you not from US? Green means new/inexperienced. [/quote]

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