I would love to see them hiring more nurses.
But part of the problem is getting the nurses to do anything new.
In the hospital where my wife works she is on the negotiating committee with the nurses unions. They are worse then the communications workers union I used to work with.
The discussion to get them agree to a commitment for 100% flu shot this year took two months. The final meeting ended up with managament just saying that any employee not getting the flu shot would have to wear full face masks when on the campus. And the union finally agreed to that.
Simply insane.
There is a lot wrong with the hospital days. They remind me of my days in small community banks that were just about ready to get bought up. These days, you have huge banks or very very small banks. Hospitals are going that way.
Everyone has a story. But the problem is the prices and insurance crap were out of control. Here we are trying to “manage” them, and everyone gets upset.
If the taxpayer is going to foot the bill, then basic quality standards have to be met. Its really pretty simple.
I got my flu shot, but some nurses have issues with being forced to take an injection. How would you like to be told that you had to take the HPV vaccine? Some nurses have concerns about the flu shot.