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Monday, January 03, 2005: Arizona: Nursing grads face burnout as business shifts by Beth Cochran:"Twenty-five years ago, Donald Daien graduated summa cum laude from ASU's nursing college. With diploma in hand, the idealistic student ventured into the world to comfort sick people. "People are most important to me so I decided to do something to help others...and chose nursing because it afforded the most direct and continuous patient contact," Daien said. "I felt that I could really make a difference as a nurse." At first things went well. Daien worked at Arizona State Hospital, Phoenix Camelback Hospital, Maricopa Medical Center and St. Luke's Hospital, among others."
http://www.statepress.com/issues/2005/01/03/news/690721

It's not just the nursing grads that are burning to a crisp.

Highly experienced and seasoned nurses are feeling it as well. Unfortunately, they're probably taking it out on the new grads. Just hope they're graduating them with extra thick skin these days.

Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.nursinga2z.com