06/05/2025
My personal sirens have been ringing loud for the last 10 years.
Indeed the bedside is bleeding.
The beating heart of humanity is falling from the bed.
Today….it’s them
Tomorrow…. it’s us.
It has to change. ❤️
All it takes….A few GOOD people.
In the right roles.
The Bedside is Bleeding: And No One is Noticing”
Across wards and units, something sacred is quietly dying — and no one seems to notice.
The bedside, once a place of comfort, healing, and connection, is bleeding.
Not with the blood of patients — but with the slow, painful departure of nurses.
One by one, they are walking away.
Not in protest.
Not in rebellion.
But in exhaustion.
They are walking away from 16-hour shifts with no breaks.
From standing at bedsides alone, managing what should take five, but is left to one.
From watching patients suffer because the system no longer allows them time to care, only time to complete tasks.
From constantly giving — their bodies, their minds, their hearts — without ever being refilled.
Hospitals are becoming buildings of machines.
Flashing monitors. Buzzing IVs. Charts and protocols.
But the soul? The warmth? The heartbeat of healthcare?
It’s fading. Because nurses are fading.
And it’s not just seasoned nurses.
Even students — bright, hopeful, ready to serve — are already planning their exit.
Not because they lack passion, but because they fear becoming empty versions of themselves.
How did we get here?
How did a profession so noble become one where survival is a daily battle?
Nurses are not asking for luxury.
They are asking for safe staffing.
For rest.
For mental health support.
For fair pay that honors the weight they carry.
The bedside is not just a location — it’s a lifeline.
It’s where final breaths are held, where hope is whispered, where humanity lives.
But now, that lifeline is hemorrhaging.
And if we don’t stop the bleeding —
If we don’t fight for those who fight for us —
We will wake up in a world where there is no one left to hold the hand of the dying, or cradle the hope of the living.
The bedside is bleeding.
And the time to notice…
Is now.
