A recent survey showed that nearly one in five healthcare workers quit their jobs during the pandemic. NBC News Now sat down with healthcare workers from NYC, who are overwhelmed as the omicron variant continues to rage across the country.
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respect the health workers…
… by getting vaccinated.
Hmm maybe firing all those who didnt want the jab wasnt the best idea
your heroic deed will b engraved in the hearth of many new yorkers, kudos to u all
operations dumb and dead are working perfectly!!!, So my fellow smart people get your shots and wear your mask and we will weed out the human garbage!!!
Nurses never should have been working 12 hour shifts. 8 is enough for anyone, and even then it’s too much. #antiwork
There is not a lot of nurses(hospital nurses) that want to work 8 hours a day. That’s means you have to go in 5 days a week. This job is to stressful for that. I would rather deal with the stress for 3 days vs 5.
@Blossom30 X Ahh okay I didn’t realize that! Well somehow, we need to figure out a way for higher pay and less hours for everyone. If the elites can come up with a vaccine in months, they can use that same brain power to solve work-economics too.
I was recently asked to work for 24 hrs. They acted like it was no big deal and said I could sleep in the call room on breaks. I was already working a 12hr shift that day. I declined and don’t work there anymore.
Come work a 48 with me. I’m a paramedic. We get some sleep here or there, but it’s sorta a crapshoot
@Damaddog Pelletier I’ve also been thinking about paramedics lately. You men/women are the salt of the earth, saving lives like actual superhero’s and having to deal with death in real time.
I’m glad that police and military get recognition for what they do, but we never hear about paramedics. You guys deserve to get respect and recognition everywhere you go. I would love to see presidents honoring and acknowledging paramedics on a regular basis, as well as public service announcements so that the public can see what you guys do too.
Waaah. Do the work you’re already overpaid to do and stop the bellyaching.
nurses and nursing assistants definitely are not overpaid, especially during this pandemic.
@Morgan dont feed the trolls dear.
And because of your attitude 20% of healthcare workers have quit in less than 2 years and we have shortages. Nice going
You are correct all healthcare workers are overpaid prostitutes
Aww ☺️
Recpect the health workers
Breaks my heart ♥️
1/5 quit. That’s pretty good and I’m surprised it’s not more. Healthcare is crumbling and I don’t blame anyone looking for an out. I know I am.
I feel the same way about teaching.
I was fired from a job because I wanted to transfer out of the ICU that I was working in at the epicenter in Connecticut which is Stamford CT and the national guard was out and I told my manager that I could not continue to work in this environment especially because after covid it revealed how nasty some of the nurses that I worked with in there really felt about me as a CNA but also my position even though I worked with pumps messed with vent machines and worked well out of my scope of practice the disrespect is disgusting it’s beyond burnout
I wouldn’t want to be around that anyway.
@Low Tier Tactical wish I had a way 2 put this hospital’s abuse on blast because I KNOW ITS NOT JUST ME
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It’s not easy for people with everyday 9 to 5s either. As people quit regular jobs, it’s harder to fill positions and retrain new people. More work gets thrown onto the shoulders of fewer people. High stress and anxiety on top of price hikes and food shortages.
@Hank Lawton exactly the same here. So tired.
I try not to pry. But I love it when my former coworkers give me tell of how difficult it is without me 😈
@Low Tier Tactical that’s kinda sad. But explains a lot. I think many people don’t know how to handle stress anymore, and need to feel some sort of control. And you can always quit. That’s in your control.
@Moon I handle the stress. That I am paid to handle.
@Moon what I have been saying. Is I control my narrative now. I control who comes near me.
Sign that this sector needs much need support and funding. Innovating new practices and pretty much overhaul of best practices.
I can’t blame them. Thank you for your service.
The Danish study (Hansen et al) shows Pfizer and Moderna at NEGATIVE efficacy. The Lewnard et al report out of Berkeley, using data from Kaiser Permanente, indicates only 26.6% of the Omicron cases in California comes from vaccine-free people.
If these healthcare workers are burned out, BLAME THE VACCINES. We are now suffering a Pandemic of the Fully-Vaccinated.
Thanks to antivaxxers everywhere. They will break the system, then they will howl “No fair!” when they or someone they love needs critical care.
Yep, and we will all love taxpayer dollars funding long term care; and the antivaxxers will whine how society treats them as disposable on 60 Minutes.
We are working out here to, for alot less money
Heroes every one of them. They deserve to be treated better. Get vaccinated people!!
I bet every single one of them supported their coworkers being fired. Now you’ve made it worse on yourselves, I don’t feel sorry for them at all.
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Have respect for a family particularly a little girl whose father was brutally murdered. She doesn’t deserve your comment.
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I get burned out at my job also.
CHOICE to be a nurse or doctor, so why complain? Do tar roofers get equal air time for their HOT, hard filthy job? Do coal miners get to complain on MSM? W T F? How about field workers picking your food? Don’t like the work change it. “A calling” was it a collect call?
You sound ignorant. There’s no comparison here.
That seems to be the approach of many leaders and CEOs. “Don’t let the door hit you on the back on the way out.” And you know what? 1/5 healthcare workers quit over a 2 year span because of that. That strategy will not work, even in our free enterprise society
@bebe rivera You ARE ignorant. You’re YT Subscription University is no substitute for a real education. TED talks are not an accredited course.
I wasn’t dumb enough to go into the field having previous knowledge of how the system works.
You can train a monkey you hold a hemostat. Besides only doctors get paid in death houses, all the pee-ons, get peed on.
Grow up Z.
Wel find another job.
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Make it a federal crime for anyone who refuses to wear a mask in a public indoor. The reason we end up in this very difficult situation is because we have too many God-Damned politicians (like de Blasio) who are soft on the criminals who refuse to wear masks but tough on the healthcare workers, teachers and all the other professionals who are helping us to save lives and our economy.
“NYC Healthcare Workers On The ‘Overwhelming Sense Of Burnout'” so let’s #ConvinceItForward
Quit firing nurses and doctors for not taking a shot they don’t need because they have natural immunity and not working
Its so awful to recommend these folks to stay home until their oxygen levels go down. By the time they get care things are precarious. Badly handled by the cdc. Kudos to our healthcare heroes.
I had it early in the pandemic. I did the same thing. Go in of I have trouble breathing. They kicked me a inhaler. What else could they do anyway.
@Low Tier Tactical they have several different official therapeutics authorized. Florida stopped their massive deaths with one of them. Dig into it. As a state they have tons of infecti0ns now but very little deaths. This thing is very deadly if at-risk patiens are neglected at early stages per CD C misguided recommendations
Smh Lord have mercy give strength and Peace!!!
God bless y’all, i’m grateful for your hard work, jewel’s in your crown. this has created so much ptsd for nurses. aides. drs, techs and all of our workers.
When my ex used to work overnight at the PULP MILL the company brought in lunches, AND they gave the entire overtime shift meal tickets, too.
Those were the men who made our paper towels and tampons.
I guess we can’t care for our healthworkers that well.
All the caregivers will you pls stand up! Let’s help out these ppl who else is with me?
So is everyone else !
0:50 hey doc, you have 6 eye bags… tired would be an understatement for you.
Being an RN who worked throughout the pandemic, if they asked me why I stayed, I’d say that there aren’t any callings for me. I’m working to provide for my family. And this feels like a war, a war on humanity. We are the soldiers, and soldiers are not allowed to back down. We will fight, till our last breath.
I really appreciate you saying this. I’ve been feeling the same way. It made me feel better to hear someone else say that it’s ok to just go in and do your job to provide for your loved ones, and keep going even after your calling stopped being audible through all this.
Be happy you have a job and stop your whining.
Getting that overtime
As the fear level for covid-19 in the public decreases and the reality of the deception sinks in for the normies, let me take this moment to remind us all to strive for the highest utmost character and courtesy. Many of us will have friends or family begrudgingly coming back to us as they realize we were right all along. After our many persecutions at the height of big government, big tech, and maybe even our own loved ones, let us now express the moral high ground and extend the hand of love and forgiveness. Not only is it the right thing to do, but by doing so our numbers increase. Resist the urge to rub their faces in it. Be the bigger person and accept them with open arms, and together we can focus our collective attention on the true enemy.
The hero’s are the ones that refuse to enable irresponsible behavior. I quit my job. I’m vaccinated and I stay away from crowds. I also wear a mask.
That’s what bothers me; health care workers who probably love what they did are quitting; but most of what they are seeing is those who chose to circle the drain. Meanwhile there are thousands of “regular” folks who did the right things, got vaxxed, hunkered down, hoping to go back to regular checkups, and will be grateful and happy for their care.
My heart goes out to all these people. Try to protect your mental health, I’m so sorry that y’all are so overwhelmed 😢
Government paid actors.
This is what happens, when government tries to mandate vaccine, another crisis created by our leaders,
How heartbreaking
Lies
Are we back to calling them hero’s again? Because last month they were getting fired and called heretics!
Healthcare workers are prostitutes
LOL PPL DIE THATS LIFE!
These people are crisis actors.
So sorry this situation exists.😞
A vote for a republican, is a vote for MORE domestic terrorism.
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Want to photo me going to work during the whole pandemic? I have never caught it yet. Quit BSing.
Not vaccinated. Haven’t caught COVID once or given it to anybody because I am smarter than the virus. Most vaccinated people didn’t even know when they had it and were spreading it. I’ve just done everything I can to avoid it and people who aren’t taking precautions. Beginning with locking down in February, nearly 2 months before the government advised it.
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