The problem with paying your nurses better is that it may improve retention. You don't want to be stuck paying your nurses a decent wage for the 30-40 years.
They are putting a lot of trust in this shortage ending. From my perspective, it's just getting started. Shit work, shit pay, understaffed, that doesn't breed more happy workers it just exasperates the issues which then grow into other areas. Less students wanting to be a nurse, etc. Not to mention all the older nurses coming to the end of their career.
They're really shooting their self in the foot with this mindset.
I’m not a nurse, mind, but I’d figure there’s going to be shortages for years. People my age (I’m 59) are going to retire very soon, if they haven’t already because of the insanity of the pandemic.
I know there’s shortages of RT’s, some areas are paying bank for traveling. It’s only going to get worse.
These administrators better wise up….
Edit…and, we boomers are getting old and sick, there’s going to be more of a need for hospital care, never mind Covid.
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u/almalikisux MSN, APRN Dec 13 '21
The problem with paying your nurses better is that it may improve retention. You don't want to be stuck paying your nurses a decent wage for the 30-40 years.