These caregivers who have decided to leave the hospital

A young nurse agreed to testify anonymously in front of TF1 cameras. After only 3 years of hospital practice and deteriorating working conditions, she asked to leave her establishment. “We hike non-stop. We don’t stop. We don’t take a break. We don’t eat. We make our transmissions. We keep on finishing our work and then we leave. really all types of care and we are all alone for 48 patients “, she confides. “We exhaust ourselves, we exhaust ourselves, we exhaust ourselves … and then we crack,” she continues.

Resignations, requests for availability of hospital staff are increasing, especially for a year. But leaving the hospital is not that easy. “We cannot let the staff who are in place leave because we will no longer be able to provide care if we let them leave. So, they make their requests to their establishments to leave. And their establishment is obliged to answer them: ok, we will let you go, but in 6 months, in 9 months, in a year “, explains Céline Laville, president of the CNI (national coordination of nurses).

In fact, sick leave or work accident are on the increase. A year after the start of this crisis, a recent survey shows that nearly 70% of caregivers say they are exhausted by stress and working conditions. But Élodie, for her part, decided to leave the hospital last November to become a private nurse. “I blame them because I have the impression that we were not taken into consideration at all. It was fine to applaud us every night, but for us, the overload of work is always more. important. But I love my job, “she said.

Fortunately for the next generation, the nursing profession is still popular. This is less the case for nursing assistants. Do students still have to choose to work in hospitals?