FOLLOW THE SCIENCE, in a flood of political misinformation. The body is caused permanent damage by the virus. This is not even remotely government over reaching. It is necessary. Unfortunately.
February 6, 2022By Paula Newton
...Ottawa's police chief (click here) called it a "nationwide insurrection driven by madness," claiming his city was under siege and would need more reinforcements beyond those it had already received from other police forces.
"We do not have sufficient resources to adequately and effectively address this situation while adequately, effectively providing policing in this city," Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly warned during a police services meeting Saturday....
I have stated I am teaching young people. That is correct. But, I am either online or in a mask mandated school.
Elected officials need to fulfill their oath and protect the people from entities that would use a virus to discredit existing government.
The fight against the virus is due to such propaganda reaching into the society of free countries. If citizens fully understood the science of ending the spread and why there are recurrent waves of variants, this would never be an issue.
Do citizens of free and democratic countries understand they are creating their own emergency? The hospitals are having a difficult time with staffing and having enough hospital beds for patients because of illness themselves. This protest is adverse to a good outcome in any country.
This request by nurses in North Carolina came before omicron, a year ago.
January 8, 2021By McKenzie Stasko
Raleigh - As many hospitals across the state get dangerously close to capacity, (click here) the North Carolina Nurses Association is calling on Gov. Roy Cooper to add more COVID-19 restrictions.
“At one point back in the summer and early fall we were running somewhere between 50-75% capacity in the ICUs, and now we’re up to 90-99% capacity,” said Dr. Dennis Taylor, president of the association.
Taylor said the growing workload, dwindling number of hospital beds, and shortage of staff are critical. He and nurses across the state believe additional restrictions will help slow the spread of the virus and relieve the pressure on hospitals and health care workers....
January 15, 2022, 8:00 AM EST
The crowding wrought by omicron (click here) has made going to the hospital more dangerous and likely more deadly.
The variant is so contagious that it is deluging hospitals with patients at a moment of severe staff shortages. That combination risks eroding the advantages of omicron’s oft-touted milder symptoms compared to previous versions of Covid....
The survey was conducted in late August among more than 6,000 acute and critical care nurses. It found:
- 92 percent of respondents said they believe the pandemic has depleted nurses at their hospitals, and because of this, their careers will be shorter than they planned
- 66 percent of respondents said they feel their pandemic experiences have led them to consider leaving nursing
- 76 percent of respondents said unvaccinated people threaten nurses' physical and mental well-being
- 67 percent of respondents said they believe taking care of COVID-19 patients puts their own families' health at risk
In light of the number of nurses leaving their jobs, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses warned that the future of healthcare could be at risk....
The pre-pandemic problems still exist also. The pandemic is making those same probles worse.
The need for registered nurses (click here) is expected to grow by 9% from 2020 to 2030, as fast as average growth across all occupations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Similarly, the need for licensed practical nurses (LPNs) is projected to grow by 9% and nursing assistants by 8% over the same period. With an aging baby boomer population, climbing rates of chronic issues like obesity and diabetes, and a growing emphasis on preventative care, will the healthcare industry be able to keep up with the demand for registered nurses?
We analyzed future registered nursing employment as estimated by the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis in a 2017 report. We discovered that by 2030, the number of registered nurses needed in the United States is estimated to skyrocket by 28.4% from 2.8 million to 3.6 million. While most states are projected to keep up with demand, there are many places that are expected to have significant shortages in registered nurses.
California is expected to be short the most registered nurses (45,500), while Alaska is projected to have the most job vacancies (22.7%). Texas, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia and South Dakota are expected to experience shortages as well. Florida will have the most extra nurses (53,700), along with Ohio, Virginia and New York. Wyoming will have the biggest overage in RNs (50.9%), followed by New Mexico and Ohio....
By Bayley Bischof
Lincoln, Nebraska - The Nebraska Hospital Association’s president (click here) made a message clear in the State Capitol building Tuesday afternoon; Nebraska legislators need to address the critical nurse shortage in the state.
“Inaction now will lead to a decade or more of chronic under-staffing in our healthcare system in Nebraska,” Jeremy Nordquist, president of the Nebraska Hospital Association said.
Nordquist said data collected by the association paints a clear picture of the shortage. Seventy-three of Nebraska’s 93 counties have less nurses than the national average, 66 counties have been deemed medically under-served and nine counties have zero registered nurses in their population....
