I am very passionate about my chosen profession. I am very proud of what I do and what I have done over my nursing career. I perform work that has real meaning to people's lives. I am very proud of that fact and would not consider doing anything else.
It is an OUTRAGE that the laws and regulations in our country allow corporations, and the federal government itself, to FORCE nurses to accept things that are not good for the healthcare system, the patients receiving and in need of care, and the nurses themselves, or FORCE nurses to leave the profession.
It is an OUTRAGE that our professional nursing association that claims to represent the 2.7 million nurses has allowed conditions to become what they are today.
It is an OUTRAGE that we as nurses who make up the 2.7 million nurses in America have also allowed this to happen to us.
It is an OUTRAGE that I am unaware of NO initiative currently underway that has the potential to turn things around for nursing in this country in the short term.
Why are we not all angry and up-in-arms about what is happening to nurses and healthcare all over the place? Why have we not rallied and gotten something going? Why is the ANA's mailbox and email box not full of messages from nurses demanding action? Why is the ANA's telephone not ringing off the hook with angry nurses calling to demand meaningful action?
