We must fix the nursing shortage
The greater challenge is that demand for nurses is soaring because America is getting older as millions of Baby Boomers enter their golden years.
Health reforms have also given more people access to quality health insurance, which has led to more patients at hospitals.
Currently, the average age of RNs in this country is 50 — and long hours working heavy workloads is simply burning nurses out and causing more errors in medical treatment.
For someone whose loved one needs exceptional medical care RIGHT NOW, this is a very unsettling issue.
It’s one of so many shortages of late: Empty shelves in grocery stores, cars that are way too expensive because our supply chain is a mess and airplane flights that are canceled or delayed.
This situation is not the America I've known most of my life.
I’ve encountered many very smart and accomplished people in the business world who solve gigantic problems and get things done to the benefit of us all.
So where are the smart people who are working on the nursing shortage?
A complex challenge requires a complex solution.
Will our federal government ever figure out how to do real immigration reform and let more nurses and physical therapists and doctors into our country?
...continued
Copyright 2022 Tom Purcell, All Rights Reserved. Credit: Cagle.com
