[brian]

The shortage of both nurses and teachers is not only inconvenient, it is dangerous. According to the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, inadequate nurse staffing levels are a factor in nearly one-quarter of all unanticipated hospital deaths and injuries. Surveys of hospitals have shown that shortages of registered nurses (RNs) are causing emergency department overcrowding, ambulance diversions, increased wait times for surgery, discontinued patient care programs and delayed...

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[autonursis]

Nursing culture as presently conceived does not support people with brains, the whole culture is based on the premise that nurses are not paid to think!
Without a radical reformation of this ethos it is hard to imagine how nursing is going to retain staff or progress!