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Also, who wants to do floor nursing after the age of thirtyfive

What do you mean by that? Why not? just curious?

Hard wearing thankless line factory work.

The reason floor nursing is very hard to do is the stress and hard work involved.
Nursing is different than it was even 15 years ago. Patients are much sicker, they have multiple IV lines that need to be maintained, often patients can be belligerent . You deal with patients of all social strata, that you would never even want to talk to outside work. The same reason why police burnout- you deal with a lot of losers .
The patient load is incredible. Often you miss lunch and bathroom breaks.Your mind is always thinking, “if I walk 15 feet to there, what can I accomplish in that time period to save me time”. That thought process is on overdrive all day.
Everything is timed. You must give meds and treatments by a certain time, if you are late no matter the reason,an incident report must be written that your supervisors review.
Every hour of the day is a time block.
Patients are heavier, and often the hospital does not provide help to ambulate or lift these patients.
I had a 350# stroke patient that I had to lift myself, and my back hurt for days after.
If you make a mistake, you risk killing someone, losing your job and license.
A lot of times, you have to do mandatory overtime and work 16 hour shifts, go home to sleep 8 hours, then return.
This is why nurses burnout, and leave floor nursing.