#Nursing shortage

[demon-princess13]

not me saying yes to back to back shifts

how much do i really hate myself

[nationallawreview]

Health Care Immigration: Alleviating the U.S. Nursing Shortage

The nursing shortage has been a persistent problem in the United States for decades, with experts predicting it will only worsen in the coming years. Many factors contribute to the nursing shortage, including an aging population, the retirement of experienced nurses, and an increasing demand for healthcare services. One potential solution to the shortage is immigration law, which can help bring…

[dolivia]

The Nursing Shortage and Its Potential Effects on Patient Care

Professional nursing staff shortages have the potential to harm patient care as well as increase financial costs significantly in clinical settings.

Shortages of nurses directly have a negative impact of nursing shortage on patient mortality rates; adding one full-time nurse for every 1,000 days of inpatient basic nursing care results in a decrease of 4.3% mortality; however, hospitals with fewer nurses experienced a 2-7% increase.

[artisticdivasworld]

Nurse Retention: Is It Important?

This blog post is about the role of retention of nurses as it affects nurses, patients, and hospital organizations. With a critical nursing shortage currently occurring, keeping the nurses you have seems to me to be a wise step so why aren’t the facilities doing anything to do so? I have read numerous articles about ways to improve nurse retention and the ideas are well thought out, easy to…

[halorvic]

The danger is clear and present: COVID isn’t merely a respiratory illness; it’s a multi-dimensional threat impacting brain function, attacking almost all of the body’s organs, producing elevated risks of all kinds, and weakening our ability to fight off other diseases. Reinfections are thought to produce cumulative risks, and Long COVID is on the rise. Unfortunately, Long COVID is now being considered a long-term chronic illness — something many people will never fully recover from. Dr. Phillip Alvelda, a former program manager in DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office that pioneered the synthetic biology industry and the development of mRNA vaccine technology, is the founder of Medio Labs, a COVID diagnostic testing company. He has stepped forward as a strong critic of government COVID management, accusing health agencies of inadequacy and even deception. Alvelda is pushing for accountability and immediate action to tackle Long COVID and fend off future pandemics with stronger public health strategies. Contrary to public belief, he warns, COVID is not like the flu. New variants evolve much faster, making annual shots inadequate. He believes that if things continue as they are, with new COVID variants emerging and reinfections happening rapidly, the majority of Americans may eventually grapple with some form of Long COVID. Let’s repeat that: At the current rate of infection, most Americans may get Long COVID.

[...]

LP: A recent JAMA study found that US adults with Long COVID are more prone to depression and anxiety – and they’re struggling to afford treatment. Given the virus’s impact on the brain, I guess the link to mental health issues isn’t surprising. PA: There are all kinds of weird things going on that could be related to COVID’s cognitive effects. I’ll give you an example. We’ve noticed since the start of the pandemic that accidents are increasing. A report published by TRIP, a transportation research nonprofit, found that traffic fatalities in California increased by 22% from 2019 to 2022. They also found the likelihood of being killed in a traffic crash increased by 28% over that period. Other data, like studies from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, came to similar conclusions, reporting that traffic fatalities hit a 16-year high across the country in 2021. The TRIP report also looked at traffic fatalities on a national level and found that traffic fatalities increased by 19%. LP: What role might COVID play? PA: Research points to the various ways COVID attacks the brain. Some people who have been infected have suffered motor control damage, and that could be a factor in car crashes. News is beginning to emerge about other ways COVID impacts driving. For example, in Ireland, a driver’s COVID-related brain fog was linked to a crash that killed an elderly couple. Damage from COVID could be affecting people who are flying our planes, too. We’ve had pilots that had to quit because they couldn’t control the airplanes anymore. We know that medical events among U.S. military pilots were shown to have risen over 1,700% from 2019 to 2022, which the Pentagon attributes to the virus.

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LP: You’ve criticized the track record of the CDC and the WHO – particularly their stubborn denial that COVID is airborne. PA: They knew the dangers of airborne transmission but refused to admit it for too long. They were warned repeatedly by scientists who studied aerosols. They instituted protections for themselves and for their kids against airborne transmission, but they didn’t tell the rest of us to do that.

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LP: How would you grade Biden on how he’s handled the pandemic? PA: I’d give him an F. In some ways, he fails worse than Trump because more people have actually died from COVID on his watch than on Trump’s, though blame has to be shared with Republican governors and legislators who picked ideological fights opposing things like responsible masking, testing, vaccination, and ventilation improvements for partisan reasons. Biden’s administration has continued to promote the false idea that the vaccine is all that is needed, perpetuating the notion that the pandemic is over and you don’t need to do anything about it. Biden stopped the funding for surveillance and he stopped the funding for renewing vaccine advancement research. Trump allowed 400,000 people to die unnecessarily. The Biden administration policies have allowed more than 800,000 to 900,000 and counting.

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LP: The situation with bird flu is certainly getting more concerning with the CDC confirming that a third person in the U.S. has tested positive after being exposed to infected cows. PA: Unfortunately, we’re repeating many of the same mistakes because we now know that the bird flu has made the jump to several species. The most important one now, of course, is the dairy cows. The dairy farmers have been refusing to let the government come in and inspect and test the cows. A team from Ohio State tested milk from a supermarket and found that 50% of the milk they tested was positive for bird flu viral particles.

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PA: There’s a serious risk now in allowing the virus to freely evolve within the cow population. Each cow acts as a breeding ground for countless genetic mutations, potentially leading to strains capable of jumping to other species. If any of those countless genetic experiments within each cow prove successful in developing a strain transmissible to humans, we could face another pandemic – only this one could have a 58% death rate. Did you see the movie “Contagion?” It was remarkably accurate in its apocalyptic nature. And that virus only had a 20% death rate. If the bird flu makes the jump to human-to-human transition with even half of its current lethality, that would be disastrous.

[radkindoffeminist]

It really annoys me when misogynists bring up the whole ‘why wouldn’t everyone just hire women if they can get away with paying everyone less’ because this is such a simplistic take on a complicated issue and doesn’t factor in the following

1) Places already do this anyway. And then they enforce pay secrecy so women are unable to talk about their wages

2) It’s not always about who is cheapest to hire - it is also about who is going to produce the better quality of work and who is going to fit into the team better. In a team dominated by men, who did they think is going to fit into the team better? Another man. In a team full of misogynists who devalue women’s work, who did they believe will do better quality work? A man. Yesterday, I was watching a video where a woman said that she met another woman who was in charge of a team and openly admitted that she would not hire a woman to be part of this team because it would cause too many issues because of sexual harassment claims. These are things people will consider when hiring.

3) It’s simplifying the issue down to ‘all women are paid less than all men in all fields across all levels’ which isn’t true. Some of the pay differences are as a result of women in the same fields doing the same jobs as men but paid less (point 1), but a lot of it comes down the the following two things:

Women are less likely to be promoted than their male colleagues which is the result of many factors including inherent misogyny (thinking women shouldn’t be in leadership, thinking their work is lower quality, etc), women being ‘less dedicated’ due to family commitments, and taking longer to have similar experience to male colleagues due to time off on maternity/raising children

Fields that are dominated by women are lower paid overall, even when comparing to jobs with a similar educational requirement. Teaching and nursing are both jobs which require degrees yet are some of the lowest paid public sector jobs. Female dominated cleaning jobs (eg: housekeeping) are lower paid than similar male-dominated jobs (eg: janitor). Labour seen as ‘women’s work’ is devalued and therefore paid less

4) Whenever we discuss these other factors, like mat leave and taking care of the children, it’s always seen as an ‘explanation’ for why women are paid less, rather than part of larger socio-economic issues leading to women being paid less. Literally saw so many things when I was younger about how it’s only like 2p/£1 rather than 23p/£1 or whatever because once you factored in all of these things above you’d find men and women in similar roles in similar fields are actually paid pretty evenly, without recognising how those reasons themselves are part of the problem. Women are pushed towards lower paid fields from a young age (teaching, nursing, care work, etc). Women are the ones who take months off on maternity leave while men might take two weeks. Women are the ones taking career breaks to look after the kids. Women are the ones working part time or flexible hours so they can look after their children. All of these things have negative impact on women’s income and they stem from misogyny. They shouldn’t be ignored in gender pay gays discussions or used to explain why the gender pay gays isn’t ‘real’.

[excelsior9173]

oh my god i’m in a seminar to learn about applying to a nursing degree and i am feeling really anxious about it

i know this is what i want to do- but holy fuck admissions are going to be hard. my average is just barely enough and it’s incredibly competitive. also the program i’m looking at is two full time years of study with no breaks, which is insane but hey, worth it right? that is if i can even get in… they only take the top 56 students based on admission averages

[mercy-love-joy]

Funny Blood Drive Moment

Fun fact to learn about me: I donate (or try to) donate blood every 8 to 10 weeks. This past visit, I decided to try out platelets (used for cancer patients) and it reminded me of the first time I went to a blood drive.

Now context: I didn't know there were different blood types until my AP Bio of the next year so bear with me.

I go to the blood drive and the nurses there are all sweet, nice, and welcoming and one of them pulls me to a private tent to check my iron, get my history/travel history, etc... And then, because it was my first time donating, she asked what my blood type was.

I told her that I didn't know and thought all blood was the same and she explained that there are some with different blood types and I needed to know so that if I was ever in an emergency, I should tell the medical personnel my blood type.

So I text my mom.

Me: Hey mom, at the blood drive. What's my blood type?

Momma Cat: a negative

Me: a negative what?

Momma Cat: a negative

Me: Ma, I don't know what you mean? I have negative blood? I don't have blood?

Momma Cat: Mercy. Your blood type is A-

So I still didn't get it and showed the text to the nurse and she laughs. I didn't get it until next year and I learned about the different blood types.

When I tell you that I ask my mom about my blood type when I got home, she couldn't stop laughing for three straight minutes.

[hylianengineer]

Medical professionals can be very, very stupid. I'm sure there are smart ones out there somewhere but I swear every time I need advice I get the most deeply stupid one imaginable.

I know you aren't doing your job correctly because I googled this question before I asked it to you and you ignored 9/10 things the CDC and Mayo Clinic both said you were supposed to ask me about. You did not even let me finish my question.

How are you going to know if there's something you need to be concerned about if you won't even let me tell you the thing I'm concerned about?

[trickycactus]

looove how when i tell people 'sorry, that drug is on back order because of a national shortage please call your doctor' what they actually hear is 'im fucking with you personally'

[bisexualalienss]

when people respond to nurses complaining about not getting to eat or pee during a 12 hour shift with “pick a different career then” or “manage you time better”

[eisbecherovka]

people really believe that restaurant and retail workers have quit their jobs en masse to go sit on their asses all day, huh

[artisticdivasworld]

Nursing in the News Recently

I know that most of the readers of my blog keep up to date on all the nursing news. I found that it was necessary to stay current to keep myself out of harm’s way. It appears there is an ongoing story circulating in the news right now that breaks my heart and should make all nurses everywhere very angry. This broke in the news around the second week in January of this year and the plot is still…

[minnesotafollower]

Minnesota Experiencing Increasing Shortages of Physicians and Nurses

This blog previously noted that the U.S. existing population of physicians is aging and reaching retirement and therefore needing replacement and hence the need to recruit  physicians licensed in other countries.[1] Not surprisingly the State of Minnesota is experiencing the same problem for physicians and nurses.[2] “Aging is taking its toll on the [State’s] doctor ranks, causing the vacancy…

[dolivia]

Nursing Shortage Solutions: 6 Nurse Strategies for Shortage

Nursing executives use six proven strategies to combat the practical nursing crisis. By 2030, the nursing shortage will likely increase. Over the next decade, an expected average of 54,400 LPN nursing home job new positions for licensed practical or vocational nurses, who have successfully passed the NCLEX-PN exam should open up.

[sunnygattan]

Sunny Gattan: The Economic Impact of Nurse Practitioners in the Healthcare System

Nurse Practitioners (NPs) play a crucial role in the healthcare system, providing high-quality care while addressing various economic challenges. Sunny Gattan, an expert in healthcare economics, provides an in-depth analysis of how NPs contribute to cost savings, efficiency, and improved healthcare outcomes. This video explores the economic impact of NPs, highlighting their value in different healthcare settings. Here, we will examine five key areas: cost-effective care, reduction in healthcare spending, addressing provider shortages, enhancing patient outcomes, and the economic benefits of preventive care.