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Should Nursing Return to the Bedside?
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Posted almost 6 years ago This opinion piece was written by a nurse and appeared in the Hartford Courant today: Nursing Must Return to the Bedside Do you agree/disagree? I think that the author brings up a valid point - We need more nursing teachers to mitigate the nursing shortage, but a nurse with a Master's degree and no experience is certainly not qualified to teach. On the other hand, you have to start somewhere. I think one of the bigger problems is lack of financial incentive for nurses to become educators. Nurses can make a lot more money at the bedside than they can teaching at a nursing school. |
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| Posted almost 6 years ago Beth, I am also a nursing educator. I am adjunct faculty, and work for a unionized college. My pay, in comparison to my "bedside" job, is great. However, once I get my MSN and will be offered a full time faculty position, that great pay goes to the birds. I do not plan to take a full time faculty position for this reason, as much as I love teaching. It is more lucrative for me to stay part time adjunct making good hourly pay than full time salary. On the other hand, I've also worked with experienced RN's with their Master's degree in NP that have decided to stay at the bedside because it paid more. |
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| Posted almost 6 years ago That is very interesting - that your adjunct pay beats your "bedside pay." I think that creates a great scenario - teaching part-time and at the bedside part-time. This approach could solve multiple problems i.e. - incentivizing experienced nurses to teach AND alleviates the burnout that results from spending too many hours at the bedside. LaborNurse, would you mind posting what you said above over at the Nursing Shortage thread also? It is very relevant to what is being discussed there. thanks! |
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| Posted almost 6 years ago No prob! |
