As I commented to a friend the other day, unless something changes soon with respect to the current medical practice environment, in the not too distant future people are going to wake up and wonder where have all the medical people gone. I guess it could be a new verse to the old Pete Seeger tune.
Perhaps this story below is a presage of what might be.
Doctor shortage takes a toll in Japan from PhysOrg.com
Japan might boast universal health cover and some of the world's best medical technology, but an acute shortage of doctors is leaving some hospitals unable to treat even car crash victims. [...]
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I read an article on the HRSA website recently, stating that the projected shortage of nurses is turning out to not be so huge after all -- due to a surge in nursing school enrollment. Hope after all?
Although, on the glass-half-empty note, there is still a significant shortage, even after said surge...
(btw, have been reading your blog for a while -- great posts! I am a soon-to-be dpt student myself)
First, thanks for dropping in and commenting. My concern which is supported by a recent conversation with a local hospital nurse is exactly how are they defining what constitutes a nursing shortage. If they are contending that simply by shifting increased workloads, which is what has been described to me, to the currently employed is resulting in a diminishment of the previously described shortage then I'm not convinced.
The health care industry has an enormous legacy of spinning information to cover its shortcomings and based on current events and news, that doesn't seem about to change.
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