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Jul 19, 2021
10:57
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kotacoug
Intervention Needed
I agree with this. We are going through a glut of high need dying baby boomers
Right now I wonder what the need will be in 10-15 yrs.
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There is a nationwide nursing shortage
KingDave
Plexmaster
7/19/21 10:36am
So there are 5 or 6 nurses in the state of Wyoming? Or does that number include livestock?
PJMort
7/19/21 10:40am
There is a nationwide "People willing to work" shortage
BruceBruce
7/19/21 10:41am
Got to love those stimulus checks. They are doing wonders for opening up jobs.
kmcougar
7/19/21 10:45am
A nationwide shortage willing to work for crap wages.
ReyOso
7/19/21 10:49am
It definitely extends beyond low paying jobs
supertux
7/19/21 10:55am
My wife starts nursing school this fall. Looks like she'll have an easy time
Chadillac
7/19/21 10:42am
My classmates are easily getting hired into their top choice departments - ED, ICU, etc
KingDave
7/19/21 10:44am
She wants to do Labor & Delivery. Not sure if that's a coveted position or not.
Chadillac
7/19/21 10:47am
L&D is pretty coveted. After ICU and Emergency, Labor & Delivery was the most highly desired among my cohort.
KingDave
7/19/21 10:52am
That seems like an especially troublesome figure of speech..
d-coug
7/19/21 11:05am
You hear it a lot. There is a culture shift to get rid of that nonsense, but bullying is still prevalent in many places
KingDave
7/19/21 11:09am
This is why we need more male nurses
Backcountry
7/19/21 11:25am
My girlfriend graduated in December and wanted the NICU. She got offered that
bigbossbyu
7/19/21 11:00am
My DIL just graduated from Nursing school at UofA and is going to be working in
kotacoug
7/19/21 10:55am
Hopefully shes ok making slightly more than minimum wage
Backcountry
7/19/21 11:26am
They have to be in Utah until my son finishes Finance degree at BYU then on to
kotacoug
7/19/21 12:16pm
Thats more than I ever made in Utah
Backcountry
7/19/21 2:41pm
Hopefully you dont live in Utah
Backcountry
7/19/21 11:24am
Just wait until they are government funded with all of those headaches for even
Ojiisan
7/19/21 10:42am
Hey, you don't happen to have any articles to illustrate your point do you? 😁
Sparkling Delirium
7/19/21 10:42am
Haha, sadly there were many, many more, but I figured no one would look at them.
KingDave
7/19/21 10:45am
It's a tough job and many are not happy. And it's a long road.
johnnycarson
7/19/21 10:43am
I don't understand that about the medical profession in general.
ReyOso
7/19/21 10:53am
I agree with this. We are going through a glut of high need dying baby boomers
kotacoug
7/19/21 10:57am
Seriously. You couldn’t pay me enough to be a doctor or a nurse.
Zastava
7/19/21 10:58am
It is a long road and then the job often sucks once you make it.
johnnycarson
7/19/21 11:16am
Generally speaking, its a terrible job.
Backcountry
7/19/21 11:26am
A nurse in a surgery center is decent. No nights
johnnycarson
7/19/21 12:15pm
There are some cushy gigs. But most entry level jobs are hell.
Backcountry
7/19/21 2:42pm
The problem is a combination of things. I know in Utah my wife was making low
homegrown
7/19/21 10:45am
We'll never accept this, but health care works better overall in other countries
ReyOso
7/19/21 10:55am
I was happy with the healthcare system in Germany. Never had to worry about
hamaca
7/19/21 11:14am
I swear I've been hearing this my entire life.
Mayor of Cougartown
7/19/21 10:48am
There’s always a nursing shortage. This might be as bad as ever but it will get
Jericho
7/19/21 12:07pm
Nursing is a stressful field.
redraidercoug
7/19/21 3:12pm
I straight up wouldnt recommend nursing to anyone unless they planned on grad
Backcountry
7/19/21 3:29pm
How many of those that burned out can be brought back for more money?
SpiffCoug
7/19/21 3:19pm
AND... idiots in Vegas are terminating nurses with 20 yrs exp. if no BA degree.
(Private)
7/19/21 3:58pm
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