Why is there a shortage of nurses in the usa?
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1 :
I
am an RN, and decided to take some time off (3 yrs so far). I did this
for several reasons: 1. to spend more time with my family(my children
are in elementary school now) 2. being a nurse is very stressful,
physically and mentally 3. long hours (no more 8 hour shifts, it's 12
hour shifts now, 3-4 times a week) and most of the time I ended up
staying later to catch up on charting. 4. nurses don't get holidays
and weekends off 5. most nurses work nights some time in their career
(I was working the night shift for 4 years waiting for a day shift in
my dept to open up) My body doesn't function well with a major loss of
sleep, I didn't sleep well in the daytime, especially with small
children. 6. Most people don't like being around sick people, who
likes to clean up vomit and diarrhea all the time, or being exposed to
God knows what!
There are many courageous, loving, and giving nurses who can take on the
required tasks of being a nurse, most people can't or won't.
I am taking a RN refresher course right now to update my skills, so that
I can jump back into the crazy world of being a full-time RN, with all
the pros and cons. God Bless Me, and all nurses!
2 :
Tambara
said it well....BURN OUT!! Hospitals do NOT take care of their nurses
as well as they should. It isn't just the pay, it is standing behind
themduring tough times.....Often, it is "blame the nurses" if a patient
is unhappy, when in fact it is often understaffing that should be
blamed. Every patient deserves excellent care from hospital
staff....understaffing leaves the nurse especially vulnerable and puts
their license on the line. I love the nursing staff I work with and we
have lost so many to places that show their nurses they care.....A few
years back we had a CEO who said that nurses "were a dime a dozen".
Guess what happened??? YUP! Many of our best nurses went some where to
work for people who actually valued them...on several levels. We have
had a shortage of nurses since....by the way...that CEO died of a
massive M.I. The hospital wanted to put her portrait in the cafeteria,
but they had so many staffers who objected, there is no portrait hung
anywhere in the hospital that we know of.
3 :
Nurses have a
crappy job. See the answer about the horrible hours, backbreaking work
no holidays and gross conditions. Not to mention those male doctors,
what jerks. My mother always told me not to be a nurse and she hates me
now what does that tell you. Plus no American wants to be a nurse
nowadays because of the above conditions so the US is looking for poor
women in other countries and trust me they are all women. They bring
them here educate them, house them and hold their VISAs hostage until
they fulfill some kind of "contract" to work for a certain hospital for a
certain amount of time. Didn't y'all see that special on 60 minutes a
few years back? And believe me when I tell you that a lot of other
professions do the same: bring foreigners here educate them, house them
and hold their VISAs hostage until they fulfill some kind of "contract"
to work for a certain amount of time. Why? because Americans won't do
those crappy jobs for NO Pay
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