Re: Canadian Nurses coming to the US

From: George Conklin (georgeconklin1_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:55:41 GMT

"Robert" <Robert@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "George Conklin" <nilknoc@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> > "Robert" <Robert@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > 10% of all graduating Canadian nurses are voting with their feet.
> > > It is always the last resort and only resort.
> > >
> > Well, we do need nurses and they closed most of the hospital-based
> schools
> > in the USA over the past 20 years. It is another artifically-induced
> > shortage. By the way, Reagan noted in 1980 that the USA did have enough
> > nurses, but only that they chose not to work in nursing. Why? Bad
> working
> > conditions in the hospitals which are organized now on a functional
basis,
> > but on a power basis. Years ago my wife had to work 14 days in a row,
> > nights, no days off due to nursing shortage. It is no better now.
> >
> >
> Correct in all your comments and one of the things they did is improve the
> pay. Where in the Doctors recommendations on how to keep doctors mention
> pay. The Canadian government sets the doctor pay to what a nurse makes in
> the US.
> Canadian nurses come not only for pay here but for working conditions. It
is
> a striking statement to vote with your feet when Canada has a higher
> standard of living than the US. We are not talking about third world
country
> nurses where the disparity is so great in pay.
>
>

   Canada produces a surplus number of nurses, just like PA produces a
surplus number of teachers. NC needs teachers. NC imports teachers from
PA. Likewise, USA imports nurses and doctors. We do not produce enough
nurses and no one cares. Also, working conditions are BAD in USA hospitals
and that is why we need to import so many: bad working hours and
conditions.

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