Stay or go
Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go, there will be trouble. And if I stay it will be double. This indecision’s bugging me.
This song by The Clash immediately pops into my head when I see her sitting there.
This healthcare professional looks tired and pale. Her arms hang limply at her sides, like broken wings. The sight is startling. For the past two years in particular, she has fought for her clients as a community nurse, swimming against the tide. She has reached a point of helplessness; her core motivators and values are no longer being met. She simply cannot go on. Healthcare is built on making choices, decisions involving life and death. What considerations and values underpin these choices? It is far from simple.
She wants the best for her clients but struggles with unclear and contradictory rules. She sees care standards eroding. She sees the despair, the bureaucracy, the inequality, the risks, and the shortages. She sees a lack of appreciation and respect.
And no one seems to hear or want to listen. She has been fighting for her profession for years. Insults from the outside hurt her deeply; she has been labeled a “minute-pincher.” Yet, she is a person of integrity who pours her heart and soul into her work.
She wants so badly to continue, but she can’t. It is too much; she has reached her limit. She still loves the nursing profession. She faces a difficult choice: carry on or quit. This healthcare professional has chosen to stop working as a community nurse before she falls ill herself. Her heart is breaking; she had so hoped for a different outcome. She wants to spread her wings and fly again.
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