TheIRN

I think there are so many factors that have shifted to this chronic under staffing. I think the corporate-ness of hospitals is definitely the leading factoring. I think one reason is hospitals are run by hotel CEO's and finance professionals and not medical professionals. Hospital money is shifted to marketing, non-care related budgets like cosmetics, and growing the non-medical salaries. Non-medical salaries are the fastest growing salaries in many hospitals. To be honest though a socialized health system scares me though increased workloads, mediocre care, and depressed salaries. I don't know the answer though. What I do try to do though is to work for non-for-profit hospitals with integrity but that seems harder to do and some would argue they are corrupt too.

I would be more than happy. CRNA [email protected]

Pioneer_MD, It's OK and it's OK to not be OK. If you didn't pass it doesn't mean you are going to be any less of a nurse. There are many reasons people don't pass the NCLEX on the first time and not being a good nurse is rarely one of them. I have known many top students who went on to be great nurses who didn't pass their first time. Best luck

Sadsacrum, I think your worry about next quarter should actually be what you are hoping for. Those students will not make the grade if they are not putting in the effort. Then you will be able to find new groups and the cream will naturally rise to the top. Worse case they will realize they need to hammer down and become more focused in small groups. Best