Nurses in The Bahamas

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Hello to my fellow nurses am a student male nurse in THe Bahamas. Am writing today to get yall feedback about a concern I have at heart. In The Bahamas there has always been an outcry for the shortish of nurses and just recently stats were given that said that there is a shortish of 300 nurses. In my opinion the reason for the shortish of nurses is because nurses in The Bahamas are usually looked upon as a non-profession and therefore are paid minimum wages. So when big health agencies from overseas offer our nurses an attractive deal which includes housing, citizenship, insurance, great pay and education they are usually quick to accept this deal.

My reason for writing is basically to see if you guys agree with that. Whether or not these agencies are taking advantage or are they being fair to the Bahamian Government by taking away their nurses? Or do you guys see it in a different way?

Hello people its nice to see that you guys responded to my post and thank you very so much for your support. On the island where i lve which is New Providence there two popular hospitals, Princess Margaret which is the government sector and Doctors Hospital the private sector. And because of the shortage of nurses, these two sectors usually have to trade nurse frequently, meaning that nurse have to work everyday all day. An dby the looks of it I dont think that i will be doing that because am young and i have a life i dont plan to be working no graveyard shifts.

The starting salary for nurses is $1600 a month which is rediculous and am not to sure about the benefits, more than likely there are not very attractive. Nevertheless I do not want you guys to quote me wrong because i love the idea of helping people in every aspect especially children. As nurses we care for people according to their needs so therefore I think we should be aware of our own needs such as security and assurance, do you guys feel me. am saying that it times that we use what we were for our own good, probably write up a care plan for ourself and give it to the government to meet our needs. LOL.

Anyway guys we gah link up again or I will catch you guys on the next track. Hit me up at [email protected].

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