::Saturday, January 13, 2007::
JOBS AMERICANS WON'T DO?
"Americans, it seems, are also less willing to take stressful jobs that require lots of training and long hours, and that require them to work in unpleasant environments. For example, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing is warning of a nursing shortage. This survey from the American Hospital Association says there are 118,000 nursing vacancies in the United States. Meanwhile, a 2003 report by the Council on Graduate Medical Education suggested there could be a shortage of anywhere from 65,000 to 150,000 doctors in 2020. (Given the time it takes to educate and train a physician, it's not too soon to worry.)"
..Nurses? Doctors? You have got to be kidding me. The few Americans I know (I must admit I only know a few of them) probably 7 out of 10 have gone on to study Nursing. The only reason the remaining three have not is because the schools can't take them in anymore. Oh, before I forget, waitlisted is another word for they-will-become-nurses-soon too.
..Has this writer researched the cost of becoming a doctor? What about "more than what you should set aside monthly for your retirement" for the next 6 years. A good chunk of the missing demographic on tv(18-34, male) are not only glued to their pc's, they have gone abroad to study medicine in some third world country that offers the same quality education for less than half the cost in Harvard!
..The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in our policymakers.
Labels: Career, Government, Healthcare, Labor, Policy, Politics
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