Delusions? Or Solutions?

     The nursing drought is a very important issue right now. Without adequate health care, Americans would have nowhere to turn except a turn for the worst. By addressing both the shortage and the quality of health care that the nurses should be giving, there are solutions that are slowly starting to show effects. Budget adjustments and grants can be utilized at both the level of the nursing program itself (very individualized) or as a statewide grant that is divied among the schools in the state. A nation wide budget solution has not yet been implemented--the  Nurse Education, Expansion and Development Act was proposed in 2004 to authorize Capitation Grants for shcools to increase faculty and students. The act was re-introduced in 2009, and has yet to get the approval.  Individual hospitals may use educational strategies to address their shortages as well. Some hospitals do this by partnering with the school of nursing nearby, subsidizing nursing faculty salaary, reimbursing nursing for educational advancement, and providing a flexible shcedule to acoomodate school and work schedules accordingly.
   Many of the solutions are vague, but may be altered to better fit each indicidual program. If a hospital raised the wage of thier nurses, this would be more incentive to work there. THis, however, is not possible. If it were up to me, I'd start taxing or somehow getting a portion of the revenue brougth in by professional sports. The way our country awards individuals with earnings and bonuses is so backward. Teachers (from whom we learn life's lessons as well as history) and nurses (keep us happy and healthy) are two groups that do not get paid what they deserve. Of all the hours spent at the bedside with thier patients, some nurses give so much and do not expect anything back, althought it is always well overdue. Nurses are often the most selfless people to be found. Professional athletes have a stigma that they only care about themselves and make sure they are content before serving or reaching out to help others.
   This solution may be better classified as a delusion. Never in a million years would we be able to turn this society around to placing more value on the ones who serve us most rather than the ones that have a specific athletic or muscial talent. However, individual gains can be made.