The nursing shortage has been on a temporary hold due in part to postponed retirements during the recession but still threatens the health care system, experts say. Some experts believe the delay may even worsen the expected shortage and demand will continue to rise with an aging population and a greater number of insured people under the health reform law. NurseZone.com (2/18) You are a nurse. You love your job; the love, the caring, the responsibility, the autonomy, the time to get to know your patients and to work to make them feel better and if everything goes well, the chance to see them go home and live healthy and happy lives. Many times you may have helped them through a harrowing and life-threatening experience, maybe you were able to help bring them back from the brink of death, or maybe, just maybe you were able to make their passage into the next life a peaceful and respected journey. Everyday you work, you help patients, families and doctors, and also your co-workers and managers; and everyday you come in you deal with their expectations and frustrations.
As nurses, we have been taught to be care-givers, listeners, organizers, nurturers, decision-makers, and to be so many other ideals. It is part of being a nurse to give care and consideration to the many people we are consistently responsible to and for, the kind of care they expect and have a right to.
The nursing shortage and recent staffing ratios instituted by many facilities has made giving the right kind of care next to impossible. There is no longer time for all we have to do, more often than not; we are leaving patients in unsafe situations. Without significant changes healthcare will be difficult to provide in the manner many nurses now deliver. I.E. with care concern and safety.
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