Why Nurses Don´t Quit: Toxic Manipulation From Management
The Truth
I read this quote the other day, and it hit home.
There’s not a shortage of nurses; there’s a shortage of nurses who aren’t willing to put up with the bullshit any longer.
As of 2023, a survey conducted that 43% of nurses are qualified for retirement, most plan to retire in the next four-ish years, and only 13 % of these nurses plan to retire on time.
However, that is not what concerns me; what I want to know is why nurses like me who are not at retirement age quit. First, I want to talk about the elephant in the room.
Manipulative hospital administration and management.
Most nurses will work burned out, tired, overworked, underpaid, and with horrible staffing ratios because we care about the patient.
However, we nurses are the only ones who care about the patient; the only thing upper management cares about is the bottom line, the money, how much they make, and how much each sick person brings in.
We are in the business of sickness, not healing; if the hospitals cared about anyone, they would change their healthcare model. Instead…
