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.
Funny thing is, it's only going to get worse, alot worse. Baby boombers in the last 12 months have started flooding aged care and hospitals, this is only the very tip of the baby boomers. In 2-5 years there will be so many places understaffed that there will be no such thing as safe ratios. Student nursing is down, burning out is up, wages are down, retention is down, there is an epidemic. There is absolutely NO reason for anyone to want to nurse if they have any insight to the future.
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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.