Have to wonder how long this recession will run, and how long it will take consumer confidence to return.
Who can afford to take time/pay off from work for an elective operation that isn't urgently needed? Where I'm working now patients are usually knee/hip replacements, back surgeries. Census has been down for quite a while.
Have a feeling it will be a while before hospitals and other facilities see their census rise and start feeling the nursing shortage "pinch" again.
Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.nursefriendly.com