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Thanks Figaro! I posted an article on another thread but I'll repost it here. And Ceecel.dee, I'll be doing the same!!
From the July 7, 2002 Asbury Park Press
Invest savings in nurses
Kudos to the nurse who wrote the letter "Nurse shortage
a money matter" because she has addressed the heart of the problem: Show her the money.
Nurses are the eyes, ears, nose and monitors for the doctor's sick patients, and have been under-appreciated by the health care system for years. It's ironic when hospitals need the nurses most, the administrators/CEOs and hospital trustees permit downsizing the most experienced nurses to save money, jeopardizing patient care.
It's time to pay the nurses a salary commensurate with their work. We see CEOs and hospital vice presidents making astronomical salaries, with perks (limos, bonuses, etc.) for work that doesn't warrant such remuneration. Let's see the hospital trustees cut those astronomical administrative salaries and invest that money in our nurses.
Nurses care, but nobody cares about the nurses. That's why we have our present nursing shortage.
Dr. John Wrable
TOMS RIVER
This might upset some people but the truth is that I never minded a normally easy going MD getting upset over one thing and making a fuss. Just as I don't mind my family being difficult once in a while. I have also witnessed other people being patient with me when I have been out of sorts. It is really the chronic abuser that is the one that has to be singled out and stopped.
It is always gratifying to see ANYone admit and own up to a mistake and make a sincere apology. I just hope others can see this and follow suit; it remains to be seen. I find it a bit sad that it takes a huge shortage of nurses to get ANYONE to care that verbal abuse is a problem and should never be tolerated in ANY workplace, no matter who perpetrates and who is on the receiving end. BRAVO, Dr. Norman.
Figaro's Mom
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You may want to read this because who knows when you'll see a (somewhat) repentant doctor again:
http://www.tcms.org/magazines/0202.html
"Could this type of behavior, when repeated by several doctors several times a week over the course of many months, have any effect on the nursing shortage we are experiencing?"
Well, DUH....