Nurses and the Pandemic of the Unvaccinated

[Murphyb849]

The respect is gone. The appreciation is gone. The understanding and patience is gone.

The “thank you so much for working through this” has been replaced by “this is ridiculous”.

Understandably the frustration felt by patients and their relatives is at an all time high. The annoyed eye rolls and huffy sighs when you tell them “it shouldn’t be much longer,” “we are doing the best that we can” are really starting to chip away at our morale.

The free coffee and meals are a thing of the past. Not sure when I last heard a “Thank You.”

The hotel lights in the shape of hearts aren’t on anymore.

The neighbors that waved us off to work and told us to “stay safe” have gone back inside.

And the local news is back to pointing out our short comings even though the number of patients that we care for has doubled.

We are still here. We are still fighting. We are working harder than we ever have.

We are exhausted.

We are frustrated.

We are frightened because we may take this home to our Loved Ones.

We are so emotionally and physically drained.

We are skipping breaks and eating whatever is handy just to keep us going.

We are going in early and coming home late.

We are working too many double shifts.

We are missing time with our families.

We are doing THE. BEST. THAT. WE. CAN.

We aren’t “healthcare heroes” anymore. We have become slaves to this Pandemic of the Unvaccinated 🥺

[VarryOn]

1. No more compassion either.

Each for his/her/their own.

[stillcool]

2. so much fucked-upped-ded-ness

I don't know how they can keep it together with no end in sight.

[AmBlue]

3. I am still in awe of nurses

...and appreciate very much those that they are still there,, hanging in there on the front lines for all of us. There are no adequate words to say just how much of a debt we ALL owe for their service.

For my part,, I do constantly try to talk to those I know who are unvaccinated to persuade them to overcome their fearsand take the vaccine. For the good of all of us.

[orleans]

4. just wondering if you know any nurses that won't get the vaccine

throughout these last number of months i've seen stories/news reports about anti vax nurses and emts and it absolutely floors me.
(on edit--i'm specifically referring to the covid vaccine)

[Murphyb849]

5. Only one but a major Trumper gun nut. Will be SOL when all healthcare here in NJ makes vax mandatory

And that is on the way more places here daily are mandating vaccines. Once all places do idk what will happen to so called healthcare workers willing to infect others. And I don't care.