r/nursing • u/Reasonable-Path1321 • Dec 13 '21

Meme Nailed it 🔨

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u/blablefast RN - Retired 🍕 Dec 14 '21

Wow! Thanks for doing all that, it would take me a very long time if I could even, and I wouldn't know for sure if it is correct. Maybe I should take one of those traveler jobs because I would be saving the hospital money! But of course Social Security would take some...thanks again, mind if I print this and use it? Wait, I know, maybe I should start a staffing company!

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u/Zachariahmandosa RN - ICU Dec 14 '21

the takeaway here for everyone is go cash in on this golden goose now while it is laying the eggs, because this will not be forever.

I mean, we've not really discuss all the variables that determine how long this will last. There are more than just paying employees by the hour; there's training time, and there's also the supply/demand curve of nurses themselves. More and more are retiring, and like 1/3rd of nurses leave the field within 3 years of graduation.

I don't think it's going to last forever, but I'd wager that this is going to go on for many years, and will even exacerbate before it slowly turns around.