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The payoff for ICU nurses is a new critical patient right now. They don’t get to see the lives they save reunited with family or recovering at all. They just ge
by Olreich 5y ago
The payoff for ICU nurses is a new critical patient right now. They don’t get to see the lives they save reunited with family or recovering at all. They just get a transfer to a lower level of care and a new patient in. They are also seeing a lot more deaths than usual. 10% mortality is in the ballpark normally. With COVID they are seeing 50% mortality. That’s a lot to deal with, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a major factor in burnout.
- mym1990 5y agoThey also have to step into the world outside of the hospital and see people doing the exact things that are making the situation worse.
- void_mint 5y ago> With COVID they are seeing 50% mortality. Source?
- distances 5y agoNot your source, but there was an interesting thread in Reddit with nurses discussing how basically all intubated patients are now checking out via morgue. https://www.reddit.com/r/nursing/comments/pbvcdu/uhh_are_any_of_these_unvaccinated_patients_in https://www.reddit.com/r/nursing/comments/pbvcdu/uhh_are_any...