So, we called her up.Īmory: Oh and you have a - is that a cat?īen: Danielle lives in Washington state. "I think I could wipe a butt."ĭanielle: It's practical, you know? Yeah.Īmory: A few months ago, Danielle sent us a voice memo for an episode we were doing about the antiwork community.Īmory: She told us she had a story to tell related to antiwork, but a story unto itself. I think I could wipe a butt.Īmory Sivertson: I've never thought about it like that. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text.ĭanielle: I saw a Craigslist ad, I think, for a caregiver job, and I just thought, you know, I don't mind getting my hands dirty. The transcript has been edited from our original script for clarity. This content was originally created for audio. Everyone who makes a monthly donation will get access to exclusive bonus content.
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In this episode of Endless Thread, we explore the subreddit r/nursing and hear from nurses across the country calling - online and off - for a new health care system and better working conditions. Roughly 18% of health care employees have left the industry altogether, leaving hospitals with record vacancies. She did.Īccording to one poll, nearly one-third of medical workers have considered quitting since February 2020 due to pandemic-related safety concerns. So, she turned to an online community on Reddit, where dozens of former nurses offered advice to people like her: Leave your job. Nurse-to-patient ratios, she said, were putting lives at risk, and Danielle believed hospital administrators were not doing enough to fix the problem. Then, her fellow nurses began dropping out of the workforce, finding higher-paying jobs, and leaving behind a skeleton crew. But when COVID-19 struck her home state of Washington, her career changed irrevocably.Ĭaseloads quadrupled.
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