As a former Nurse who never stopped caring about patients - you, your loved ones, and the criminal locked up - please read & share this!

This is not a drill, this is a national CRISIS!
https://open.substack.com/pub/dissentinbloom/p/america-i-am-a-nurse-and-i-am-begging?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=47h7d0
#nurseshortage #NursingProfession #HealthcareCrisis

"Only a third of shifts have enough nurses on duty"

Patients left in pain and to die alone amid NHS nurse shortages, survey finds

In accident and emergency settings, significant numbers of nurses reported having more than 51 patients to care for.

“We leave over 50 patients requiring nursing care unseen on a daily basis..."

#HCW #NurseShortage
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/01/patients-left-in-pain-and-to-die-alone-amid-nhs-nurse-shortages-survey-finds

You know how on the one hand we keep going on about how teachers and healthcare providers are "the soul" of nations and the bedrock of society, while at the same time paying them shitty wages and demanding they fill in chasm-sized gaps in the system? And when they dare demand any improvement in their working conditions, we sneer at how replaceable they are?

#NurseShortage #SocietalDecay

#HealthNews #Staffing #NurseShortage #DoctorShortage — #RSV, #COVID and #flu from the community and nursing homes are flooding short-staffed hospitals at a time when there are fewer doctors and nurses at all facilities. Experts say it will get worse this winter. Read: https://wapo.st/3VcRiyj

Something this article fails to mention: the significant loss of public health infrastructure and the significant shortage in primary care, both of which affect this too.