[hollyvk]

The Northwest Health Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have allocated $10M to study the nursing shortage.
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver...2000%5E1348314

Do you think this will have any real impact for improving nurses' wages and benefits, or working conditions?

RN, BSN, JD
Denver CO

[Tweety]

If and only if the industry heeds the advice and recommendations of the findings. Too often people read these studies and say "something has to be done" and then go out to lunch.

[gonzo1]

This issue has been studied ad nauseaum and nothing is ever done about the problem. This is just one more dumb attempt to look like something is being done while being a convenient out to not have taken action yet.

[asoldierswife05]

According to the article, "The causes of the nursing shortage include rapid population growth in several states, decline in nurses' earnings, an aging nursing work force, low job satisfaction, poor working conditions, and an increasingly diverse patient population requiring intensive health services."

So....Looks like they got it figured out already. Why don't they take the $10M and start addressing those issues?

[Ann RN]

Take that $10 million and give us a raise. Forget about "studies". I have never seen a hospital follow the recommendations. We are responsible for patients' lives. Pay us what we deserve.

[meownsmile]

I have to agree with Ann and Gonzo. Also in my opinion these "studies" are just another way of someone to create a job for someone. Unless the facility has hired them directly to do a study for their hospital/home their study will mean nothing to anyone but who hired them to do it.

Ask any nurse, they know why there is a "shortage", that would save them the 10M they say they will spend. By the way,, my guess is most of that will go to someone's wages in the form of "administrative" costs.

[RebeccaJeanRN]

I agree with ALL of the above: its one more study that isn't needed because all the info is already in front of them- better to use the $10M to address the problems!! (like instructor shortages in CCs????) Maybe they hope that if they keep doing studies, they'll be able to 'prove' again that nursing is really a vocation and that better pay isn't important for all of us who should go into nursing for the "right reasons" and not care about fair pay or earning enough to support our families- just like that last Bozo in England tried to claim with his 'study'? (and which they would NEVER try to shove down the throats of Doctors...)

[HyperRNRachel]

Originally Posted by asoldierswife05

According to the article, "The causes of the nursing shortage include rapid population growth in several states, decline in nurses' earnings, an aging nursing work force, low job satisfaction, poor working conditions, and an increasingly diverse patient population requiring intensive health services."

So....Looks like they got it figured out already. Why don't they take the $10M and start addressing those issues?

[HyperRNRachel]

They can give me the 10 million and I will tell them what is up and how to fix it!

I will even go as far as to buy everyone lunch while I put on my presentation!



Rachel

[txspadequeen921]

I have not read the article but we already know there is a shortage .Why not use that 10 M and hire more teachers to get more nurses graduated and ready to work.