Ironjohn

We are having the same problem. Our hospital is allocated three vials per month. That simply is not enough. The way we are handling it is we give it to high risk exposure patients, ie., patient that have a serious wound and haven't had a tetorifice booster "since I don't know when", etc. All others we advise to see thier personal physician.

I have read the article with great discern, and I think her viewpoint is absolutely absurd. In my area of the United States, we too are having a problem with the nursing shortage, and I don't think the union has anything to do with it. It's been my experience that a big problem around here is the lack of nursing schools / instructors. I work in the ER, and also for a local MICT ambulance company, and have gotten to know many EMT's, Paramedics's, CNA's, MA's, and other health care providers that would make wonderful nurses. The problem is the waiting lists are up to two years or more long. Another problem is that the nursing schools don't offer night classes. Many of these people work during the day to support their families and can't do "day" school. Perhaps we should look at methods of training instead the methods of retention. The author also stated that the unions have decreased the number of foreign nurses entering the United States. The truth of the matter is that those countries also have their own problems with a shortage of nurses. I think the author should get off her *** and do some proper non-biased investigationg before she goes and prints something like that again.