[nursinghumor]

June 11, 2005: Wisconsin: Seeking cure for nurse shortage:"A $1.3 million federal grant announced last week is expected to loosen the logjam of nursing wannabes in Wisconsin and could help address nationwide concerns over nursing shortages. The University of Wisconsin System and a partnership of educators, job developers and employers plan to use the money from the U.S. Department of Labor to devise a faster way to encourage more Wisconsin nurses to teach."
http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/jun05/332886.asp

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

[Jellybean]

Good luck to them, they should ask nurses their opinions,what about proper workload, more vacations,being treated with respect....and....

[JeannieTaylor]

Couldn't agree more Jellybean - nothing like throwing money at a problem in the hopes of a cure without having to get "intimate" with said sticky and dirty problem.

[nursinghumor]

Yep, the good old, "look busy" while "doing nothing" philosophy. Gotta wonder where the money is really going to.

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

[kimmiejs]

Instead of spending all that money trying to get people interested in nursing they need to focus attention on the nurses they have. Nurses need better pay, better benefits, and a safer work environment. Patients are not admitted to hospital for MD care. Patients are admitted to hospital for nursing care. It is time hospitals stop treating nurses like we are a necessary evil. As a nurse we spend so much time caring for others. It is about time someone showed us the same care.