As our frontline nurses are increasingly exposed, how do you think potential shortages in nursing staff will be addressed? Do you find this solution viable and reasonable?
In Texas:
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Gov. Greg Abbott announced Saturday he would waive certain regulations to allow nursing students and retired nurses to easily join the workforce, as the need for medical professionals grows during the novel coronavirus crisis.
He said the state would allow graduate nurses and vocational nurses who haven’t yet taken the licensing exam to receive temporary permit extensions allowing them to practice. Students in their final year of nursing school can more easily meet clinical requirements. And nurses with inactive licenses and retired nurses can reactive their licenses.
The federal government is recalling retired nurses too. I'm thinking they're expecting a surge of Covid patients and maybe want to hire nurses and ICU/vent train them before the storm.
Which is insane because I'd like to return to critical care with years of experience and hiring isn't really being done. I hate to seek a temporary position and then not be welcome back at my current perdiem employer because I left them in the lurch.
Which is insane because I'd like to return to critical care with years of experience and hiring isn't really being done. I hate to seek a temporary position and then not be welcome back at my current perdiem employer because I left them in the lurch.
The federal government and VA are hiring nurses. I don't know where you live but look on USAjobs.gov
You would think that this would happen but it not only isn't happening but many hospital nurses are being layed off and they are bringing in travel nurses instead. Or even using volunteer nurses.
The federal government and VA are hiring. However, in AL they're asking nurses to come out of retirement and volunteer. Who the hell is going to volunteer to put themselves in harm's way without any monetary reward? The crazy part is, there are nurses being furloughed in smaller community hospitals who want to work. Offer them travel pay and allow them to keep working. The whole system is flawed. I don't get it.
It is nice to hear what you know. LIke I said I am a new nurse. However I have an MPH and have been on the business side for 30 years.
It would be great if there was a central portal where ALL hospitals, health departments, etc could list needs. Folks could then do searches there rather than haphazardly. At least that is what it feels like to me.
Rather than furlough, if nurses want, send them to where this is a need now. These places then do the return. They learn so when at "home" they have the knowledge to better tackle it with experience and lessons learned.
I think it strange to ask retired nurses to come back... given age, I would think they are part of the high-risk group...
It is nice to hear what you know. LIke I said I am a new nurse. However I have an MPH and have been on the business side for 30 years.
It would be great if there was a central portal where ALL hospitals, health departments, etc could list needs. Folks could then do searches there rather than haphazardly. At least that is what it feels like to me.
Rather than furlough, if nurses want, send them to where this is a need now. These places then do the return. They learn so when at "home" they have the knowledge to better tackle it with experience and lessons learned.
I think it strange to ask retired nurses to come back... given age, I would think they are part of the high-risk group...
Not all retired nurses are elderly. Some retired because they were able to and others due to medical reasons. Also, for the hospitals listing needs, wasn't that supposed to be established and worked out with all those crisis trainings cities, states, fed governments were doing? Isn't that what FEMA is supposed to be doing? There were systems in place but the people were fired and departments disbanded. And if you live in a GOP controlled state like I do, they parrot Trump and waited too late to do anything until they were basically told they were on their own, or people were getting sick and/or dying to the point where they couldn't pretend to not see it any longer. The problem also lies with suits looking at money instead of the medical aspect. They either don't know or don't care how serious this crisis is because they're not on the front lines.
I heard there was a pay cut at one of the major hospitals where I am. Pay cut was about $15 per hour. Schools are closing and graduations are being postponed. I think the shortage applies to very... rural areas.
I heard there was a pay cut at one of the major hospitals where I am. Pay cut was about $15 per hour. Schools are closing and graduations are being postponed. I think the shortage applies to very... rural areas.
All of this is due to (or heavily influenced by) Covid-19. Nursing schools, like all colleges and universities, closed their campuses and graduation ceremonies are postponed or canceled due to social distancing recommendations and rules against large gatherings. I’m not aware of a large number of nursing schools shutting down permanently. Anyone?
Hospitals are cutting pay, furloughing and laying off employees, and in some cases closing altogether due to losses in revenue from canceling elective surgeries and low census. Those things will come back, there may even be a temporary excess demand.
All of this is due to (or heavily influenced by) Covid-19. Nursing schools, like all colleges and universities, closed their campuses and graduation ceremonies are postponed or canceled due to social distancing recommendations and rules against large gatherings. I’m not aware of a large number of nursing schools shutting down permanently. Anyone?
Hospitals are cutting pay, furloughing and laying off employees, and in some cases closing altogether due to losses in revenue from canceling elective surgeries and low census. Those things will come back, there may even be a temporary excess demand.
I don't think there has ever been a nursing shortage in big cities with high pay. Your reply was very good btw. Love the input
I think the shortage applies to very... rural areas.
Some rural areas are saturated with RNs, NPs (of all specialties) and CRNAs, because everybody and their brother/sister went to nursing school, or furthered their nursing education. The local community colleges keep pumping out more nurses every semester with no local jobs to go to
Some rural areas are saturated with RNs, NPs (of all specialties) and CRNAs, because everybody and their brother/sister went to nursing school, or furthered their nursing education. The local community colleges keep pumping out more nurses every semester with no local jobs to go to
I do not know it was saturated their as well. Hmmmmm
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Which is insane because I'd like to return to critical care with years of experience and hiring isn't really being done. I hate to seek a temporary position and then not be welcome back at my current perdiem employer because I left them in the lurch.