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Re:Gov DeWine deploys National Guard to hospitals as COVID d... by maxerickson on Sunday December 19, 2021 @08:45AM (#29613880)
Because you are allowed to do the work if you are licensed. The cost of a nurse is conditioned on the licensed supply, not the willingness of Joe Programmer to do it for $800,000.

At the moment, if you chose to go into nursing, the choice wouldn't matter, because the licensing pipeline is full!

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Re:Gov DeWine deploys National Guard to hospitals as COVID d... by lotsofpulp on Sunday December 19, 2021 @09:05AM (#29614021)
I agree with you that in the current situation of 1 to 2 years, my choice does not matter.

> The cost of a nurse is conditioned on the licensed supply, not the willingness of Joe Programmer to do it for $800,000.

The supply of a nurse is conditioned on cash flow prospects. If nursing paid more and had a history of having decent pay to lifestyle ratio, then there would have been more supply of nurses.

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