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Re:Helsinki hospitals severely overcrowded, emergency rooms ... by noirbot on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @09:00AM (#33983526)
Sure, but what's the lag time on that? Four years? Ten?

It's possible to claim they should have paid more in the past, and that's part of the problem, but unless you're going to help immigrate already-qualified nurses from another country you can't simply increase wages and solve the problem you're having today.

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Re:Helsinki hospitals severely overcrowded, emergency rooms ... by rdtwo on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @09:12AM (#33983682)
You can kind of. You can raise the pay for nursing assistants and lower the credential bar for actual nursing, and raise pay to entice those that quit to come back. There are probably enough skilled folks out there to make that happen
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