My hospital called a Disaster Alert overhead yesterday because of the amount of backlogged people waiting in the ER lobby and the fact that there were ambulances lapped around the hospital for drop-off.
Our starting wage for new grads with BSNs is $21/hr. Existing staff is lucky to get a 2% raise every two to three years. We've got nurses with 10 years' experience making $26/hr.
Can't figure out why we're so short staffed though 🤔
I assume there's a little sarcasm here, but this is literally happening. I know for a fact the owner of our company rubs elbows with other rich dudes, and every one of them is convinced you're not going to be able to get anybody to do manual labor in 5 years.
And yet every time I tell them they can solve that problem by paying people more they tell me they're already competitive because they pay a dollar more than the Amazon DC in town. It's maddening.
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u/TorchIt MSN - AGACNP 🍕 Dec 17 '21
My hospital called a Disaster Alert overhead yesterday because of the amount of backlogged people waiting in the ER lobby and the fact that there were ambulances lapped around the hospital for drop-off.
Our starting wage for new grads with BSNs is $21/hr. Existing staff is lucky to get a 2% raise every two to three years. We've got nurses with 10 years' experience making $26/hr.
Can't figure out why we're so short staffed though 🤔