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> 90% seems way too high to be people who are actively wanting to leave We are talking about the people who clean up the nastiest human waste that our bodies a
by cupofpython 4y ago
> 90% seems way too high to be people who are actively wanting to leave
We are talking about the people who clean up the nastiest human waste that our bodies are capable of producing. I was already surprised that this number was ever less than 100% tbh
- vlunkr 4y agoWell they knew that going in, so I'm not convinced that's a factor.
- ejb999 4y agoright, and while nurses do have to do some things I would consider gross, more often than not, it is the lower paid medical assistants and CNA's that get the real awful jobs that does not require a nursing degree - i.e. changing diapers in nursing home, bathing people etc - won't find too many nurses doing that in the nursing homes around me.
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- ejb999 4y agoYes, but that is what they signed up for - i.e. they knew it going in, and that has not all of a sudden changed. I couldn't do it, and god bless them, but that is unlikely a cause of people leaving the profession - that would be like a computer programmer saying they were leaving the profession because they suddenly found out they have to stare at a screen most of the day. I also find that '90%' number suspect as someone that works very closely with the healthcare community - there is a lot of turnover, and its hard to hire nurses right now - but almost always when someone leaves their job it is because they went down the street and got a 25% raise, i.e. they didn't leave their profession, just their job.
- lbebber 4y agoA friend of mine was (is?) completely unfazed by this sort of thing--right from the start, it was not some resistance built up over time. She left the profession due to the long hours, low pay, and poor treatment.