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I am not a big proponent of unions. In fact I think their time has essentially come and gone, but after reading these articles on nurses wages, I may have to alter my thinking. Take a look at the absurdity for yourself.
Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123655615815766055.html
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/nyregion/10settle.html?_r=4&scp=1&sq=nurse%20wage%20settlement&st=cse
Healthcare Finance News
http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/new-york-nurses-win-125m-wage-settlement
The Business Review
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/03/09/daily2.html
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS146547+09-Mar-2009+PRN20090309
Nurses have had increased demands placed on them over the past decade. Our patients are sicker. We are required to complete more paperwork and have less time to care for our patients. Now we have other staff that we must manage and if they screw up it is our license at stake. It is a wonder more nurses don’t leave the bedside like me. As Cathy Glasson of the Nurse Alliance put it…
“For too long,” she said, “hospitals cut corners when it came to valuing the hard work of nurses.”
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This is an interesting story. I think it contributes to the there’s not a nursing shortage but rather a shortage of nurses willing to work at the bedside. For some nurses, a latex allergy (like you) or a back injury (like one of my partners) took them out of the clinical setting. For me, it was simply that I did not feel valued and felt like I was being placed in a situation nightly where my license was in jeopardy. Hopefully, this will be a wake up call to providers. I think it won’t but hope springs eternal.
This is an interesting story. I think it contributes to the there's not a nursing shortage but rather a shortage of nurses willing to work at the bedside. For some nurses, a latex allergy (like you) or a back injury (like one of my partners) took them out of the clinical setting. For me, it was simply that I did not feel valued and felt like I was being placed in a situation nightly where my license was in jeopardy. Hopefully, this will be a wake up call to providers. I think it won't but hope springs eternal.
Don,
I didn’t just leave due to the latex allergy. I understand your reasons for leaving the bedside and have heard similar complaints throughout the years. Until the pay is equal to the risks taken and the support for nurses becomes more evident, we will continue to have a “shortage” of nurses.