medical draft

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In a message dated 3/27/2005 6:34:39 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

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Comments?

Misty L. Trepke

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US Has Contingency Plans for a Draft of Medical Workers

 

 

 

 

Hi Misty,

 

I probably look at this a little differently, because I am a nurse, and so

is my husband.

 

The first thing that strikes me, is that those servicemen who are in harm's

way, need medical care. No question. I fully support them, and want them to

have care.

 

The second thing that strikes me, is that there is already a shortage of

nurses for the general population. Nurses are overworked, and underpaid, and

the shortage becomes greater with each year, as nurses decide that they just

won't be treated poorly any more. Nurses, who are risking their lives every

day, with needle sticks, and contamination from communicable disease, make less

than 1/3 of what your auto mechanic makes, less than 1/3 of what your

heating and AC repairman makes, less than 1/3 of what your electrician or

plumber

makes. I don't know many nurses who have stayed in the profession for more

than 5 years, before they move on and find something else. That means that the

hospitals are in constant flux, and the nurses in the hospitals don't have

much experience.

 

Nurses must give up every holiday with their families, because the patients

in the hospital need the help. For this they are paid time and one half.

The gas company pays their employees triple time, just to be on call for the

holidays. Nurses must take turns working nights, so that there is coverage,

and for turning their lives upside down, they are paid a $1.50 shift

differential. Nurses already do their thing for humanity, way more than the

general

population, with the exception of police and firefighters.

 

I, personally, would never let a family member stay alone in the hospital,

because I have personally caught too many errors that would have happened from

inexperienced or overworked nurses. To take nurses away from the already

understaffed hospitals is not a good thing, either.

 

The last thing that strikes me is how terribly unfair it would be to

conscript nurses, when there is no general conscription. That would be like

slavery. If there is a general draft, that is one thing, but to target nurses,

in

not right, and unfair. Those servicemen who are fighting have volunteered to

do so, and have agreed to do it in return for benefits like a paid college

education, etc. They volunteered. There are nurses that volunteer as well.

 

It is stated, that they would draft medical professionals up to the age of

45, which is older than they even take soldiers. Again, terribly unfair.

Also a joke. Most nurses, by the age of 45, are physically shot. I do not

know

one nurse of that age who does not have horrible varicose veins, a bad back,

aching joints, etc. This comes from years of being on your feet for 12

hours at a time, and from having to lift and pull up obese people by

yourselves,

because there is no one to help. Will these draftees have to pass a physical?

If so, I think they will be very surprised.

 

I may be extra sensitive on this one, because in my state, they already

imposed an extra tax on nurses, so that the money can go into the general fund.

I believe it is unconstitutional to target any one segment of society like

this.

 

I am not sure what the answer is. Actually, yes I am. They need to pay

nurses what they are worth, and staff the hospitals fairly enough, so that

nurses do not physically kill themselves. If that happens, more people will be

attracted to the profession, and there will be more nurses to go around.

 

Barb

RN, Holistic Healthcare Consultant

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