Why do so many hospitals have tons of nursing jobs these days
health advisory
Hospital
Doctor Yu
2007-11-8 19:08:20
Because of the shortage of nurses or because it has bad administration?
Answers:Both, being a registered nurse I realize that there is an extreme shortage of nurses for all the jobs available, but also administration isnt helping the problem because they are not as supportive as they could be when concerns are voiced re: overworked, understaffed and people burn out quickly and become frustrated!
Because so many nurses start enthusiastically, having a "mission" in their mind. But after a while on the job they become disillusioned with reality, working hours, pay, and yes, also administration, and quit.
I know ex-nurses who became real estate agents, sales assistants, civil servants (social services), and so on..
There are just not enough "Mother Theresa types" among young people.
Many hospitals intentionally keep nursing short staffed to save money. This in turn makes the job difficult and unpleasant for the nurses there. In addition, most hospitals don't care about staff or even patients, just the bottom line. Nurses can't provide the care they want and the patients get mad at them for it because there is no one actually responsible for the situation that will hear them complain, only the nurse is ever there so they have to hear it all the time. Eventually they can't stand it anymore and just leave. Then there is a shortage of nurses. So yes to both reasons. You could say it is because nursing sucks but actually it should be a good career, it is the hospitals and our healthcare system in general that sucks.