> -----Original Message-----
> From: William T Goodall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 11:01 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Farming Re: Villain of the Week: Bolder Technology Corp
>
>
> on 13/2/01 10:25 PM, William T Goodall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > on 13/2/01 5:34 PM, Joshua Bell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >> John's point is that there are many people that could and
> would take that
> >> job, as opposed to jobs like structural engineer or
> lawyer, for which there
> >> are not as many people which could fill the role.
> >>
> >> Here's another hypothesis based on observation:
> >>
> >> Salary for a particular occupation is indirectly
> proportional to the number
> >> of people capable of performing that occupation at a basic
> level, and
> >> willing to take the job.
> >>
> >> Examples:
> >>
> >> Nursing - there are lots of people with the training.
> >>
> > Another severe shortage in the UK. We are hiring nurses
> from the Philippines
> > and Australia.
>
> And soon to be in the US too:
>
> <quote>
>
> >From 1996 to 2000, the average age of registered nurses has
> risen from 44.3
> to 45.2, the Health Department figures show.
>
> Federal officials and nursing groups agree the nation will
> experience an
> acute shortage of registered nurses starting in 2010, when
> today's nurses
> start to retire.
The caveat is that this will occur unless market forces provide incentive to
become nurses. They talk as if it is road of which there is no return.
Shortages will increase wages - Costs will be passed on to the consumer. The
market will create more nurses, and wages will go down, which will..... and
so on and so on...
>
> But age isn't the only factor. Experts said at the Senate hearing:
> Mid-career departures are cutting into the talent pool. Fewer
> young people
> are taking up the profession. And the 94 percent of women in
> nursing are
> increasingly finding doors opening in business, law and other
> male-dominated
> careers.
Perhaps this is true, but just how effective is knowing what a Balfour
Retractor is or what trendelenburg position is to a Sales account manager?
My point is that nursing is extremely technical and specialized, and there
is not much in the way of business or other Male-dominated careers NOT
related to medicine that can use any of the skills a nurse develops on the
job or in school. This should not be a concern. This article acts as if
recently society has let this "class" of people down.
>
> </quote>
>
> Full story at
>
> http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2001/02/14/nurse/index.html
>
>
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> William T Goodall
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> http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk
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