Hooty while I am extremely sorry about the sub-standard care that your mother received, making sweeping generalisations is never a good idea. The nurses of today are as varied a group as those of yesterday - and they have to contend with more bureaucracy and paperwork on one shift than a nurse would have handled in a month 20 years ago - with the threat of disciplinary action (or even losing their career) if any box is left unticked or form unsigned.
As with so many other professions (e.g. teaching) the paperwork is destroying the purpose of the job that they trained so hard for.
Many nurses are also finding themselves caring for patients with dementia when they actually trained for another role - a consequence of an ageing population plus the closure of many geriatric wards. They are very aware that they need specialist training - but this is not seen as a priority...
Add to this the ever-present danger of being injured by a patient (usually not deliberate) or a relative (always deliberate) and you will see why nurses are leaving the profession in droves.
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