The gap is particularly pronounced among Latinos in California, who represent 28 percent of working-age adults but only 5 percent of RNs. Book - On a lighter note, Gail Staudt, an RN with some nephrology nursing in her background, has published a book that speaks to nurses and caregivers with new insights and colorful twists on proverbial wisdom. It is a study that explores the relationship between patient access, merger and acquisition activity within the pharmaceutical industry and health caregiver staffing ratios. A study being published this week in the May-June issue of Health Affairs journal shows that many U.S. nurses are frustrated to the point of burnout and that one of every three nurses surveyed under age 30 plans to leave their jobs within the next year. In the last two weeks, both the Massachusetts Nurses Association and the Maine Nurses Association have voted to disaffiliate from the ANA .
Paperwork is a major frustration for nurses.
Healthcare professionals spend on average at least 30 minutes on paperwork for every hour of patient care provided to a typical Medicare patient.