The RN Shortage And Registered Nursing Schools: Why You Should Get Your RN - Part 2

Facts:*
What do all these facts about the nursing crisis have to do with you?
Boy, am I glad you asked! The simple answer to your question is that they spell OPPORTUNITY! They provide the leverage you need to alter tomorrow. They make all the exertion and struggle of today well worth it.

Let me explain. I wrote an article last year called,
"Why the RN Crisis is the Opportunity of Your Lifetime".

12. Thousands of hospital deaths every year can be blamed on a nationwide Registerednurse shortage, according to JCAH (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations).

13. Nursing staffing problems account for 50% of ventilator-related deaths, 42% of surgery-related deaths, 25% of transfusion errors, 19% of medicine errors, 14% of patient falls, and 14% of patient suicides.

14. For every patient over four that a LPN has to care for, patients face a 7% greater risk of dying.

15. Nationwide there is one school LPN for every 3521 students. Meanwhile, the incident of asthma and juvenile diabetes continue to climb.

16. Nursing shortages are plaguing most cities, large and small, not only in the USA, but worldwide.

17. Hospital units, and a few entire hospitals, are closing, not for a shortage of rooms, but a lack of Registerednurses.

18. Emergency rooms throughout the country are often on "divert-status" daily, refusing to accept the patient in the ambulance due to lack of personnel in the ER.

19. Hospitals are forcing mandatory overtime to meet the patient-care loads. Licensedpracticalnurses feel exhausted, overworked, and under-appreciated.

20. This shortage is a worldwide problem. Hospitals are recruiting Licensedpracticalnurses from foreign countries. While these incentives serve to fill our need, it leaves destitute countries with even fewer RNs.
You can click the link above to read the 16-page report. In that article, I discussed how every crisis presents us with overwhelming opportunities - if we recognize and take advantage of them.

Just recently, the stock market dropped severely. We witnessed some of the largest losses since the great depression. People panicked, including the governments of the world. Our own government dedicated $70 billion to the "crisis".

Did you ever wonder who benefits? The answer is simple - the people who recognized the opportunity and acted. While most people were raiding their bank accounts and trying to "protect" their money, Warren Buffet invested billions of dollars because he saw the opening. He knows that stock prices are at all-time lows and that they will bounce back up. It's a lesson from history he learned well. Not only will he become richer than ever, but he was able to use his money with leverage - he controls most of the companies he bought stock in.

You may be wondering how this applies to you? The answer is simple - you have every reason to be cheerful about tomorrow. By obtaining your RN degree, you will have the leverage to change your life circumstances. Let me point out some of the things you should be looking forward to:

Pay Raise: According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the average RN in our area earns over $20,000 per year more than the average LPN. If you are a paramedic, the average pay boost is $25,000.

Job Security: Employers are so short staffed that they bend over backwards to keep their RNs happy. Even if you lost a job, other employers are clamoring for your services. The demand is so enormous that they are even paying…

Sign-on Bonuses: These bonuses amount to thousands of dollars. Last year, one of my students told me about a friend who was given a new SUV as a sign-on bonus.

Flexibility: You can work the shifts you want. No longer are terrible hours forced upon you.

Options: Many companies hire RNs, not just hospitals and nursing homes.

Respect: Although you will be the same person, the world will be looking at you with a new-found respect after you add the letters "RN" after your name. This includes patients, employers and the community in general.

Authority: You will finally be in a position where you are the accountable party. Others will look to you for decisions and assistance.

Time: You will have the time you need to spend with your loved one's. This is especially true if you've been working many jobs to make ends meet. Now, you won't have to. Will that change things with your spouse or children - you bet.

Financial Freedom: With a little discipline, you now will have the means to pay down those debts and start investing in yourself and your family.

I encourage you to look past today. You have made a tremendous decision to change tomorrow. The sacrifices of today, the hard work, the lost time with the family, etc. will pay off. Keep the vision before you. See what you are becoming while in registerednursetraining. Tomorrow is yours…

Yes, the opportunity of your lifetime is upon you. What will you do with it?

(To be continued…)

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