Arnold Schwartzneiger says "We need to create more nurses"

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What are we objects? When he announced last night that he would be running for Governor again he said he was running again because "we need to create more ER Rooms, more hospitals, more nurses". I am all for more hospitals but you dont CREATE nurses. We are people!!!! It would also help to have more Nursing School Programs dont you think? There's a reason why there is a Nurse shortage and I think that a big part of it has to do with the fact that half of the people that want to become nurses are on a waiting list somewhere.

Well Mercy, this sounds like you are trying to silence someone's opinion. And there are plenty of examples of Hollywoodians telling the rest of America what to think and say.

Please tell me you don't think Hollywoodians (I'm assuming actors and actresses?) are representative of the "everyday" people of the state of California. Please?

Wow, some of you guys hold some grudges against California.....geez. :chuckle

Anyway, having really expensive housing basically means that piece of real estate (the house is on...not to mention the utilities used to make a house a home) is in great demand or in a really "nice" area.

Back to the topic: Is there still alot of travel nurse trafficking in CA? My sister has been practicing there since January. First started in LA and hated, now in Oakland and hates it there too. From her stories it would be real nice right about now if we could just bake a batch of nurses and pop them out ready to work there. :p

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The way to get more young men and women into the profession has got to start with addressing working conditions, something Arnold is doing the opposite on. The long hours, backbreaking labor, lousy benefit packages, and rotten nurse to patient ratios are all just peachy to Mr. Bodybuilder. He honestly thinks he's going to throw a pittance toward nursing programs that are already short of qualified instructors and make a difference. Or he's going to go out of state and out of the country to find more warm bodies.

Pesonally, I'd like to see him follow any floor nurse around step for step for an average twelve hour shift. He'd be in a fetal position in a corner, sobbing hysterically, before lunch.

Maybe then it would dawn on him just what needs to be done to attract people to our profession.

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I agree... I think he meant it in a good way, and California especially with all the illegal immigrants bankrupting the hospital er rooms need more nurses! I give him credit for acknowledging that.

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What a good idea - I'd love to see that! I agree that something needs to be done about working conditions.

Christine

The way to get more young men and women into the profession has got to start with addressing working conditions, something Arnold is doing the opposite on. The long hours, backbreaking labor, lousy benefit packages, and rotten nurse to patient ratios are all just peachy to Mr. Bodybuilder. He honestly thinks he's going to throw a pittance toward nursing programs that are already short of qualified instructors and make a difference. Or he's going to go out of state and out of the country to find more warm bodies.

Pesonally, I'd like to see him follow any floor nurse around step for step for an average twelve hour shift. He'd be in a fetal position in a corner, sobbing hysterically, before lunch.

Maybe then it would dawn on him just what needs to be done to attract people to our profession.

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The way to get more young men and women into the profession has got to start with addressing working conditions, something Arnold is doing the opposite on. The long hours, backbreaking labor, lousy benefit packages, and rotten nurse to patient ratios are all just peachy to Mr. Bodybuilder. He honestly thinks he's going to throw a pittance toward nursing programs that are already short of qualified instructors and make a difference. Or he's going to go out of state and out of the country to find more warm bodies.

Pesonally, I'd like to see him follow any floor nurse around step for step for an average twelve hour shift. He'd be in a fetal position in a corner, sobbing hysterically, before lunch.

Maybe then it would dawn on him just what needs to be done to attract people to our profession.

Exactly. Only, there's no problem attracting people to nursing, is keeping them in nursing once they find out what it's REALLY like.

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arnold speaks pretty well for not having english as his native language. jump on him politically if you disagree with what he stands for or you are opposed to his actions, but not because he was gramatically incorrect. i have much respect for him. he is the american dream. look at where he started, and where he is now. pretty impressive, even if you don't like him.

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I first got my R.N. license. There was a shortage of nurses then.

In about 1983 there was still a shortage and hospitals were laying off R.N.s.

For 28 years I have witnessed a constant in the profession, a shortage.

Today, I work as a clinical instructor for a LVN program. The main reason

we don't have a greater number of student's is we do not have enough

instructors. So, as far as I have been able to see this shortage has lasted

through more Republican administrations than Democrat. And' yes I too am

sick of those Hollywood types telling me what I need, especially Ronald

Ragan and Dennis Miller.

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arnold speaks pretty well for not having english as his native language. jump on him politically if you disagree with what he stands for or you are opposed to his actions, but not because he was gramatically incorrect. i have much respect for him. he is the american dream. look at where he started, and where he is now. pretty impressive, even if you don't like him.

what a kind perspective - thanks.

steph

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it's spelled ronald "reagan". arnold probably would have written the same thing. i have respect for what you said, i am just pointing out how easy it is to make a grammatic error, just as arnold did. we all do, and english is probably most of our first language.

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If every immigrant to this country could be brought here by Joe Weeder

they would all live the American Dream. Given a job, place to live and

possibly all the pot he could smoke, let's not forget the steroids, and all

he had to do was lift weights and plug his sponsors product. He really worked hard to get ahead.

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We ought to send this thread to Arnie himself. It should be a good wake up call for him. See what is really on Nurses minds!!!! I would love to see his reaction and what he would do about it.

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