Recent comments in /f/Washington

Uncoolx2 t1_ixa3h0d wrote

Reply to comment by cloudlvr1 in WA Patient Dies in Understaffed ER Lobby, County Council Pens Letter of "Disappointment" by vegetefubberyhi01

Nursing and NAC pay has actually grown pretty well over the last 10 years because of demand.

I know NACs in my facility make over $20/hour.

I'm paid fairly well, and giving me a 50% raise isn't going to fix the problem: we aren't, and haven't been, licensing enough nee nurses for decades.

Washington is looking at a stepped internship program, but they still need to lay it out and get the bodies in line to get it going.

Looking at executive pay at the provider level, and administration pay at the university level is one part, and then increase pay for nursing teachers so we can increase student capacity.

The work is always going to have an attrition rate, and often times bedside is a gateway to other areas of nursing.

When I advocate for people to consider nursing, that is the real seller: an RN license has damn near infinite applications, and they are all short.

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Dr_Adequate t1_ix9jwj6 wrote

Reply to WA Patient Dies in Understaffed ER Lobby, County Council Pens Letter of "Disappointment" by vegetefubberyhi01

It's heartbreaking, the solutions proposed by the city & county seem very reasonable. Yet here we are, with Covid, flu, and RSV cases surging just ahead of another holiday season with mass family indoor gatherings and a healthcare system that's collapsing.

I particularly liked the one point from the memo:

>Start at the top when savings need to be made, such as eliminating pay raises for high-level leadership in order to shift the focus toward competitive wages and benefits for nurses.

We are seeing this play out right now in the job market. Execs and CEOs get to demand that they won't work unless the pay, perks, and bonuses are high enough for their tastes.

Yet those same execs and CEO's seem confused when the labor side demands higher wages or they won't work unless the pay, perks, and benefits are high enough to survive on.

Sorry capitalists, you can't fuckin' have it both ways.

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StevenEveral t1_ix7jocy wrote

Reply to Eatonville view by _shyviolet

I've witnessed this in person a few times. I was camping with some friends from out of town and they were freaking out (in a good way) when they saw this for themselves.

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