Fed Up With People Saying There Is a Shortage

First, I was very cautioned about the way I worded that last phrase. I didn't get into nursing because I wanted a job. That's a stupid reason. I appreciate all the responses especially from the older nurses who has so many insights. Someone said, "It sounds to me like this is a problem with a disconnect between nursing programs and reality. The nursing profession is changing. It is not necessarily about signing up for the new grad training program at your local hospital anymore. I think nursing schools probably need to evolve into preparing students for that." I agree with that person. I asked a classmate the other day, why isn't our school not addressing the fact that when we graduate we won't be able to find jobs and she said, the school is afraid that if they address that issue, people won't bother applying to their program anymore. I definitely agree with that.


Also, a couple days ago at the hospital where I do my clinical, I saw a couple of patients getting neglected and I don't blame it on the nurse. My classmate and I got the patients in the same room. I had bed 2 and she had bed 1. I got on the floor by 0800 and I saw that they pt was having her breakfast, so I asked the nurse if she checked her blood sugar and she said yes. She does not need insulin. Well, it turns out that pt did need insulin, which I gave at 1045. I was upset because I had to go into the computer system and explain why the insulin was over 3hrs late. I told this to my mother and she said, they need more nurses on that floor, but they won't hire more because they are trying to save money by cutting back. So who suffers?