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      "theme": "education_path",
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        {
          "quote": "It has made me wonder if I’d like to continue for a masters degree in nursing—I think nursing education is so, so flawed.",
          "year": 2020,
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        {
          "quote": "I expected nursing school to prepare me in the same way and was extremely disappointed.",
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        {
          "quote": "I'm really quite nervous about the whole thing- I believe that I know exactly what I'm getting in to, how my life will change, how difficult nursing school is, etc., and would like to be the least blind-sighted as possible!",
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          "quote": "I did ADN right before Covid hit and it was the worst experience ever. It made me drop out and never go back until I found a wonderful ABSN near me that has much more advanced technology and way better clinical sites than what I was offered with ADN.",
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          "quote": "I expect that to be my worst enemy in regards to being a nurse, because there are times we have to do things the patients don't want us to for various reasons.",
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        {
          "quote": "it’s not uncommon to have patients that have all of the above, and they are admitted for appendicitis, but as a nurse you also have to manage all the other conditions as well",
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        },
        {
          "quote": "The HCA one cared only about two things: Symptom improvement and keeping patients until their insurance ran out.",
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        },
        {
          "quote": "it is rare for family or patients to be reasonable about the goals of care and quality of life conversation",
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          "quote": "But it’s disheartening to know that they get paid so much more to work from home, work half days, barely work at all, etc, while we fight for our lives on the floor.",
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        {
          "quote": "It just wasn't for me, and the pay increase wasn't worth it because floor nurses still made more than I did with a little overtime.",
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        },
        {
          "quote": "I love being a nurse and it was worth the sacrifice, but you'll never be able to pay those loans back.",
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        },
        {
          "quote": "Save your back till you are getting nursing pay and benefits.",
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      "theme": "respect_safety",
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        {
          "quote": "it is one of my pet peeves with nursing tbh because why on gods green earth do we need our hair down at a HOSPITAL. even just doing something as simple as flushing a line, my hair would fall over my shoulder and dangle onto the patient!!!",
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        {
          "quote": "The role of a nurse is no longer sustainable for myself and my family. Nursing in the current healthcare environment is too detrimental to my mental and physical well-being for me to continue in the role. I no longer have the fortitude to deal with chronic understaffing, no chance for breaks, […]",
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          "quote": "if you are still a CNA and have to do that, take shifts that have a bit of free time. Graveyards tend to have a little more time to relax. This helped with studying and also helped because of the shift differential.",
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          "quote": "Even switching specialties as an experienced nurse is embarrassing af, you know what to do but don’t know where supplies are or who to ask",
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        {
          "quote": "I just feel like travel nursing is so unfair sometimes.",
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          "quote": "There are MANY nurses who are still working but super burnt out and are only staying at bedside for the travel $$$",
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        {
          "quote": "It seems to be a universal thing that they make nursing school ultra stressful just to break the weak ones.",
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        {
          "quote": "the moral injury is a lot.",
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          "quote": "I never have to worry about having a job, being behind on any payments, going out to eat with friends, etc.",
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        {
          "quote": "I can actually support my dad right now at one of the scariest times in our lives because I am making the money to.",
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        {
          "quote": "Paid off student loans and travelled a lot.",
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          "quote": "I think one of the biggest draws for nursing for me personally is that I get to provide education to patients.",
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          "quote": "It's a demanding, busy, ethically fraught, and rewarding profession.",
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          "quote": "You will have a more 1:1 experience with your patients and will advocate for them each and every day to ensure their comfort and peace going in to a procedure.",
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          "quote": "I think nursing has so many different opportunities that helped me work much longer than I'd have been able to in another career path.",
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        {
          "quote": "Ugh its totally different. Yes it's in the same field, but the opportunities are limitless. Nursing is sooooooo flexible.",
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          "quote": "But there are so many paths, ICU, OR, PACU, outpatient, hospice, case management, education, informatics, research, etc., that a lot of people reinvent their careers instead of leaving nursing entirely.",
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