Originally Posted by TheOldGuy
There is no nursing shortage - anyone who's bought into that idea has their head up .... well you know! There is a shortage of nurses who are willing to work for the pathetic level of compensation being parceled out by "health care" companies who are resistant to safe staffing levels because of costs.
If nurses would get their act together, we would recognize the enormous political power we potentially could wield. Nurses talk about being a profession - well folks, we're not. Not as long as we remain on the cost side of the income statement and we are willing to work for the wages many people are earning.
How is it that docs are able to earn $350-400k per year in the same locations where nurses make $40? They don't lobby their congressman asking to make it easy for anesthesiologists from the Philippines or Honduras practice in the US!
Sorry about the rant, but this issue really gets me irked!
I am SO with you on this! I have nothing against foreign nurses in the market place, but I think they should pass American-standards tests.
In conjunction with this, we NEED to exert pressure to improve staffing ratios, conditions and pay! I mean, Americans are dying for jobs now. Why doesn't anyone want to be a nurse? Everyone reading this knows why!
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