Now Kaiser is scrambling to rehire 1,000 RNs. Kaiser corporate executives have been forced to recognize the need for RNs from the enormous outcry by the public. Their solution is as irresponsible as their initial decision to get rid of RNs They hired yet another group of consultants who whittle away their time drawing six figure salaries and coming up with new wages for RNs and the creation of new sophomoric category divisions among RNs. Nurses who work in a hospital on one piece of land would make less than hospital nurses on the adjacent piece of land. Other chains are also beating the bushes for additional RNs, like Mercy Healthcare Sacramento which bought some bad advice from, consultants that led to an expected 30percent reduction in RN staff.
Earthquakes are natural phenomena.
RN shortages are not. The current shortfall was willfully created and is having disastrous consequences. What is needed today is not just alarm at the sudden emergence of new RN vacancies, but a change in the practices that led to those shortages. As long as the industry giants continue to put their wealth ahead of our communities' health, hiring a handful of RNs today will have little impact on the deterioration of care standards we are now witnessing.