tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post987028237639777511..comments2024-01-26T10:25:48.047-08:00Comments on shrimplate: Nursing Supply-And-Demand Fun Factsshrimplatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post-44012505415401527012007-11-12T08:52:00.000-08:002007-11-12T08:52:00.000-08:00Yeah, there must really be one over there. There a...Yeah, there must really be one over there. There are always hundreds of travel assignments out there. Will you stay a nurse?NocturnalRNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14897522065495303540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post-42701214256459798082007-11-08T12:37:00.000-08:002007-11-08T12:37:00.000-08:00I'm one of those nurses who benefitted from the nu...I'm one of those nurses who benefitted from the nursing shortage in the sense that I had my pick of jobs and lots of room to negotiate a salary when I graduated (in 2000). Unfortunately, I've also experienced the downside in the sense that when I was working in hospitals, I was constantly being asked (and in some hospitals, mandated) to work overtime, and worked in conditions I would consider unsafe (ten telemetry patients per nurse is an unsafe ratio at any time of day or night). I won't say that these are the factors that caused me to leave patient care, but it was certainly a factor in my decision. The good news is that now that I'm one of those oh-so loved "paper nurses" I have enough time in my life to go back to school so that I can finish my Master's and fulfill my lifelong dream of teaching. (It's a Circle of Life kind of thing...)Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902841092725625096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post-23647267345865012122007-11-08T06:23:00.000-08:002007-11-08T06:23:00.000-08:00I went to nursing school, too - in 1965. I have 1,...I went to nursing school, too - in 1965. I have 1,034 working days to Medicare. I have spinal stenosis, DJD and two herniated discs - all cause constant pain. I never had a pension until the company I'm with now started a 401K. I've worked full time for almost 40 years and I'm tired but I'm afraid of the nurse who will care for me - probably a "patient-care-tech".<BR/><BR/>Should have gone into teaching - would be retired now with partial salary and healthcare benefits.Mitzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429148644855477143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post-51203012938572763692007-11-07T17:05:00.000-08:002007-11-07T17:05:00.000-08:00you are so right about this, and so right about th...you are so right about this, and so right about the coffee :)mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241471277723030930noreply@blogger.com