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- Comment on should I go back to my old job now that several people, some of them more knowledgeable than me have told me they don't understand my decision to quit it? 3 days ago:
i’m not a medical professional but i spent months in multiple hospital rooms providing care for a parent. they had dementia and needed more care than the staff could provide. I was often there round the clock. I saw a small sliver of what nurses go through.
i can tell you that good nurses are extremely valuable. i won’t say rare but … yeah, they’re rare. the good they do for patients and the families that really need them can’t be measured in money. but it should be. they’re worth way more than the salary they get.
from the perspective of other caregivers/medical professionals, yeah it’s a shame they and those families you would’ve helped have lost you. but that’s not your fault and it’s not your responsibility. you owe yourself health above anyone else.
so yeah. they’re right that it’s “a shame”. but the shame isn’t yours, it’s the systems for undervaluing your worth by so much that they don’t pay you enough or give you enough time to recuperate and heal from the tremendously traumatic job that I know nursing can be.
as a caregiver who was asked by multiple nurses if I had medical training after watching me with my family member, good for you. I’m also sorry for those families that missed out on you but I’m so happy you’ve found a way to support yourself and be well.
bless you for everything you’ve done and fly high in whatever you choose to do next. take care of yourself.
- Comment on What's going on with Quentin Tarantino? 4 days ago:
HACK THE PLANET!
- Comment on Why are some many people role playing as animals? 1 month ago:
it seems like a huuuuge stretch to call either of those “furry art”.
- Comment on Elon musk is a pedophile 2 months ago:
man, that was the “mask off” moment for me. i’m surprised it took so long for everybody else
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I thought this might be real a second until I zoomed in on that AI slop controller.
The d-pad isn’t straight and the buttons are all different sizes.
- Comment on About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklash 3 months ago:
Did it become any less miserable?
- Comment on About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklash 3 months ago:
I hated Discovery. Didn’t make it through season 1. Thanks for so clearly explaining why. AND convincing me not to bother with Picard.
- Comment on YSK about Changing your Profile Picture to Clippy 4 months ago:
Can I teach you a lesson?
I’m gonna wear your skin!
- Comment on What is the progressives current platform? What is the oldest example of the progressive platform thst you know of? 8 months ago:
“Biden’s proxy wars” thanks for the warning that you’re absolutely full of shit