Reply #1: I did. Half of us left the field because the working conditions

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can only be described as brutal. Those of us who tried to retire found out our pensions were a joke and many went back part time.

Now hospitals are infested with suits who think they're running department stores expect us to act accordingly, "customer satisfaction" being more important than keeping them alive. Somebody complains about getting an IV put in, that nurse is called on the carpet for not making him enjoy it.

Fuck it. I'd rather live under a bridge than go back to that.

The shortage will be back before you know it.