Nurses “Eat Their Young”?
I did a phone interview the other day for a Healthcare Magazine in Chicago. The interviewer asked me about the saying, ‘nurses eat their young? and what does it mean?’ She also wanted to know where/why this term started. I was stumped. How do you explain this type of behavior within your profession? It’s actually embarrassing… I began to reflect on this question after the interview was over, and I still can’t say that I understand the ‘why.’ Is it jealousy? Perhaps we don’t want to see others succeed? Maybe it’s just a rush to get our own work done…
Understanding the Nursing Shortage
Everyone has heard that there is a Nursing Shortage. The nursing shortage provides a never-ending supply of Travel Nurse Assignments. A continued nursing shortage is primarily a cause of the following factors: The average age of RNs projected to 44.5 years by 2012. Nurses in their 50s are expected to become the largest segment of the nursing workforce, accounting for almost one-quarter of the RN population.According to the July 2001 report, Nursing Workforce: Emerging Nurse Shortages Due to Multiple Factors (GAO-01-944), a serious shortage of nurses is expected in the future as demographic pressures influence both supply and demand. The future demand…