Reply #12: Our healthcare system is broken as one of those RNs, I'm heartsick about it [View All]

I'm blessed in that the area I work in has mandatory staffing ratios so I'm able to spend quality time with my patients but most units, including ICUs are running on skeleton crews and most of my fellow nurses are so burned out, it hurts to see them. And clearly, you got lousy care and I don't know the specifics of that unit, but it breaks my heart to hear.

Our system is so overloaded and no one is talking about it. It's broken, broken, broken.

One of the reasons I'm for UHC is that I think we need to rebuild from the ground up and get the twin bloodsuckers of big pharma and insurance out of it. I'm not sure the system can be fixed but I know it can't as long as those two have their teeth in it.

I'm so sorry to hear about your cancer. I hope the next stage is less harrowing.