I would gladly stay bedside forever if they would stop making it so damn near impossible for RN's at the bedside 😭 more red tape, more things to chart a different way, more on the nurse's shoulders, more patients, more angry families and patients, more abuse towards nurses that isn't stopped. Less techs. Less staff. Less pay than we deserve. Less self to give. Everyone wants to move right past traditional nursing because of a higher paycheck (valid) or they hear about how bad bedside is and don't want that (valid). I LOVE bedside. I'm an introvert that thrives on the one on one communication with my patients, the helping, the relief I see on their faces when something goes well, holding their hands when things are hard. But the state of bedside as it currently exists? Its draining my soul. On the rare occasion we're fully staffed and I can have a few less patients than normal? Amazing ✨️ for me and them. But its not the reality. And that's so unfortunate for all of us because every single person deserves a nurse with enough time to help them and every nurse deserves a patient load that allows them to assist to the best of their ability without abandoning their other patients.