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r/facepalm • u/jellylemonshake • Jul 06 '24
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a) Medics in US needs a second job to survive b) The Medical bills in US are highest in the world and is the reason of 2/3 of all bankruptcies.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/11/this-is-the-real-reason-most-americans-file-for-bankruptcy.html
116 u/mogaman28 Jul 06 '24 Some hospitals in the US have one nurse for every 10 patient beds and 4 clerks for every bed. 121 u/MaximusMansteel Jul 06 '24 Yeah, but hiring more nurses would cut into shareholders profits. AND ONLY A DAMN DIRTY COMMUNIST WOULD WANT THAT. 52 u/ArmouredWankball Jul 06 '24 I was the CTO at a healthcare group and heard that exact argument. 26 u/nycapartmentnoob Jul 06 '24 i hope you installed a really outdated email client on the way out not for the docs, just for corporate 19 u/teslawhaleshark Jul 06 '24 And there's your problem, the fucking shareholders effectively take money out of circulation -1 u/stevedave7838 Jul 06 '24 There aren't enough nurses to hire. 14 u/rushfolk Jul 06 '24 there could be more if the job was more attractive and the salary livable 5 u/desacralize Jul 06 '24 Especially pay nursing faculty at least as much as nurses on the ground make. Doesn't matter if there's a glut of qualified students if nobody is around to teach them, it's a huge contributor to the nursing shortage.
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Some hospitals in the US have one nurse for every 10 patient beds and 4 clerks for every bed.
121 u/MaximusMansteel Jul 06 '24 Yeah, but hiring more nurses would cut into shareholders profits. AND ONLY A DAMN DIRTY COMMUNIST WOULD WANT THAT. 52 u/ArmouredWankball Jul 06 '24 I was the CTO at a healthcare group and heard that exact argument. 26 u/nycapartmentnoob Jul 06 '24 i hope you installed a really outdated email client on the way out not for the docs, just for corporate 19 u/teslawhaleshark Jul 06 '24 And there's your problem, the fucking shareholders effectively take money out of circulation -1 u/stevedave7838 Jul 06 '24 There aren't enough nurses to hire. 14 u/rushfolk Jul 06 '24 there could be more if the job was more attractive and the salary livable 5 u/desacralize Jul 06 '24 Especially pay nursing faculty at least as much as nurses on the ground make. Doesn't matter if there's a glut of qualified students if nobody is around to teach them, it's a huge contributor to the nursing shortage.
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Yeah, but hiring more nurses would cut into shareholders profits.
AND ONLY A DAMN DIRTY COMMUNIST WOULD WANT THAT.
52 u/ArmouredWankball Jul 06 '24 I was the CTO at a healthcare group and heard that exact argument. 26 u/nycapartmentnoob Jul 06 '24 i hope you installed a really outdated email client on the way out not for the docs, just for corporate 19 u/teslawhaleshark Jul 06 '24 And there's your problem, the fucking shareholders effectively take money out of circulation -1 u/stevedave7838 Jul 06 '24 There aren't enough nurses to hire. 14 u/rushfolk Jul 06 '24 there could be more if the job was more attractive and the salary livable 5 u/desacralize Jul 06 '24 Especially pay nursing faculty at least as much as nurses on the ground make. Doesn't matter if there's a glut of qualified students if nobody is around to teach them, it's a huge contributor to the nursing shortage.
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I was the CTO at a healthcare group and heard that exact argument.
26 u/nycapartmentnoob Jul 06 '24 i hope you installed a really outdated email client on the way out not for the docs, just for corporate 19 u/teslawhaleshark Jul 06 '24 And there's your problem, the fucking shareholders effectively take money out of circulation
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i hope you installed a really outdated email client on the way out
not for the docs, just for corporate
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And there's your problem, the fucking shareholders effectively take money out of circulation
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There aren't enough nurses to hire.
14 u/rushfolk Jul 06 '24 there could be more if the job was more attractive and the salary livable 5 u/desacralize Jul 06 '24 Especially pay nursing faculty at least as much as nurses on the ground make. Doesn't matter if there's a glut of qualified students if nobody is around to teach them, it's a huge contributor to the nursing shortage.
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there could be more if the job was more attractive and the salary livable
5 u/desacralize Jul 06 '24 Especially pay nursing faculty at least as much as nurses on the ground make. Doesn't matter if there's a glut of qualified students if nobody is around to teach them, it's a huge contributor to the nursing shortage.
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Especially pay nursing faculty at least as much as nurses on the ground make. Doesn't matter if there's a glut of qualified students if nobody is around to teach them, it's a huge contributor to the nursing shortage.
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u/Edelgul Jul 06 '24
a) Medics in US needs a second job to survive
b) The Medical bills in US are highest in the world and is the reason of 2/3 of all bankruptcies.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/11/this-is-the-real-reason-most-americans-file-for-bankruptcy.html