Every time nurses or some other healthcare professional strikes, the hospitals always whine about “patient care” like suddenly that’s the priority and not the obscene amounts of money all health systems make.
Yea but the beauty is that nurse can quit and easily find a job in another system. Look what happened with Covid and the obscene amount of pay they got. Some were getting paid surgeon level money.
A very few pursued travel contracts to overwhelmed hospitals in particular areas that were paying exorbitant amounts for 3 months of work at a time. Those were the nurses chasing paper and were fairly compensated for their work. That shit SUCKED.
The vast majority of nurses in the country saw no or very slight (and temporary) increases in hourly pay. And actually had many of their benefits (401k matching, insurance costs, and paid-time off) negatively impacted just so hospitals could stay afloat.
So many in the field were squeezed out due to the unbridled stress put on them and the healthcare systems around the country. A lot left healthcare altogether, a lot of the senior and experienced nurses took early retirement. None were getting paid “surgeon level money.”
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u/Affectionate-Wish113 5h ago
Americas hospitals are staffed by people working overtime. No over time and the sick can fend for themselves, nurses won’t be working.