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whodiedandmadeUSgod Donating Member (503 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 09:11 AM
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1. Thanks for your post.
I'm a nurse with an Associate Degree. I've been working in the field for the last 16 years. There is a shortage as when I worked on the floor we would be 4-5 nurses short at times especially Saturday mornings. It is a difficult job but also rewarding. Best wishes to you.
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  -Nursing shortage? kslib  Feb-03-05 08:53 AM   #0 
  - Thanks for your post.  whodiedandmadeUSgod   Feb-03-05 09:11 AM   #1 
  - Thanks!  kslib   Feb-03-05 09:13 AM   #2 
  - Preach it, sister.  TNDemo   Feb-03-05 09:21 AM   #3 
  - there's been a nursing shortage for 15 years now  PEmboli   Feb-03-05 09:51 AM   #4 
  - Why do you think they quit soon after starting?  TNDemo   Feb-03-05 10:54 AM   #5 
  - I can answer that one  tavalon   Jul-01-05 01:40 AM   #10 
  - 15 years? Try 25  Warpy   Jul-01-05 08:56 PM   #11 
  - Yeah, the teaching pay is a serious sacrifice.  HuckleB   Feb-03-05 11:12 AM   #6 
  - So glad to hear that others know about this.  kslib   Feb-03-05 04:56 PM   #7 
  - Interesting thoughts.  HuckleB   Feb-03-05 07:43 PM   #8 
  - I've never seen that "old nurses eating their young"  Warpy   Jul-02-05 09:54 AM   #12 
  - I'm a nursing student -- 1/3 of the way through for my RN degree  Heddi   Feb-09-05 09:08 PM   #9 
  - A hospital near me  Sgent   Jul-02-05 10:44 PM   #13 
  - Finding instructors  MountainLaurel   Jul-05-05 12:25 PM   #14 
  - They may have to abandon the paper chase  Warpy   Jul-05-05 01:34 PM   #15 
     - A lot schools already use RNs without advanced degrees.  HuckleB   Jul-05-05 02:36 PM   #16 
  - Nurses licensed versus nurses practicing  MockSwede   Jul-07-05 03:35 PM   #17 
 

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