yeah, Gross argues that to deal with such shortages, employers should pay nurses (et al) more wages.
On 1/15/07, Seth Sandronsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:40:59 -0800 From: Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: work work work FYI SLATE moneybox Dirty Work What are the jobs Americans won't do? By Daniel Gross Posted Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at 6:36 AM ET [clip] Americans, it seems, are also less willing to take stressful jobs that require lots of training and long hours, and that require them to work in unpleasant environments. For example, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing is warning of a nursing shortage. This survey from the American Hospital Association says there are 118,000 nursing vacancies in the United States. Seth: The AHA lobbied Congress to lift the cap on hiring nurses from abroad. Meanwhile, the AHA backed the recent GWB-heavy National Labor Relations Board ruling to reclassify as supervisors some nurses who are in and out of unions. As supervisors, U.S. nurses are ineligible to be union members. Here is an extract from a brief the AHA filed with the Bush NLRB. "The charge nurse's role presumes an education and experience that equip him or her to assume a management function. If charge nurses are not perceived as supervisors with managerial prerogatives, the quality of patient care will suffer, hospitals will continue to experience staff shortages and the already significant financial burdens on hospitals will increase. Charge nurses' loyalties will be strained and their already challenging job of ensuring quality care will only become more difficult" <http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/about/foia/Oakwood%20KY%20River/7-RC-22141%20(Brief%206).pdf>. _________________________________________________________________ Dave vs. Carl: The Insignificant Championship Series. Who will win? http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://davevscarl.spaces.live.com/?icid=T001MSN38C07001
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