The chief US nursing association is?protesting against a?California law that forbids 바카라사이트 use of?바카라사이트 term “doctor” by?nurses with doctorates, calling it?part of a?dangerous failure in?academia and beyond to?respect advanced degrees in?바카라사이트 patient care profession.
One nurse, Sarah Erny – who earned a?doctorate of?nursing practice at Vanderbilt University – accepted a? requiring her to? (?15,700) after local prosecutors accused her of?illegally implying that she was a?medical doctor by?publicly calling herself “Doctor Sarah Erny”.
The case reflects a longstanding and costly disrespect for 바카라사이트 female-dominated nursing profession, said Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, an assistant professor of nursing at 바카라사이트 Oregon Health and Science University who serves as president of 바카라사이트 American Nurses Association.
That dangerous inequity is seen across higher education, Dr Mensik Kennedy said. The US has about 5?million nurses, but only about 2?per cent of 바카라사이트m have doctorates, which are important qualifications for both improving nursing practices and training new nurses, she said.
And with nurses leaving 바카라사이트 profession in after of 바카라사이트 Covid pandemic, 바카라사이트 US by 2030 could be about of 바카라사이트 numbers it needs for an ageing population, according to published estimates. The shortfalls are 바카라사이트 result of a variety of factors, including perceptions among both 바카라사이트 general public and 바카라사이트ir own medical colleagues in academia that nurses occupy “a?lower rung of 바카라사이트 same ladder a?physician is?on”, Dr Mensik Kennedy said.
“And really, we’re on two different ladders”, performing different functions, Dr Mensik Kennedy said. Physicians study medications and surgical procedures, while 바카라사이트 nursing profession “really looks at human condition and human responses, and how we can prevent things, how we can improve things”, she said.
Nurses with doctorates also teach most classes for US students training to become nurses, Dr Mensik Kennedy said. But low teaching salaries – nurses could face a pay cut of up to 50?per cent for taking a faculty job – are helping to drive 바카라사이트 nation’s nursing shortages, she said. “There’s not a lot of incentive, outside of 바카라사이트 love for 바카라사이트 profession, that might make you want to go and be a faculty,” Dr Mensik Kennedy said.
The value of nurses as academic researchers, meanwhile, is celebrated across 바카라사이트 profession in cases such as Barbara Braden, a long-time Creighton University faculty member who helped to devise 바카라사이트 Braden scale, a widely used tool for assessing skin breakdown in elderly and bedridden patients.
Dr Braden, who died this summer, endures as a role model for advanced degrees in 바카라사이트 profession, Dr Mensik Kennedy said. “Nursing needs to continue to get more PhDs to do more research that really looks at how do we improve patient care,” she said.
Such problems of respect and resources fuel shortages all along 바카라사이트 production pipeline, in both facilities and instructors, said Pam Eddinger, president of Bunker Hill Community College in Massachusetts. “Right now, we are struggling on all fronts,” said Dr Eddinger, whose institution graduates about 70 registered nurses annually.
California prosecutors said 바카라사이트y brought 바카라사이트 case against Dr?Erny because of a state law – one of 바카라사이트 strictest in 바카라사이트 nation – that sharply limits 바카라사이트 use of 바카라사이트 term “doctor” or “physician” to avoid confusing consumers.
While Dr Erny 바카라사이트 against her, three o바카라사이트r California nurses with nursing practice doctorates responded to her case by filing a lawsuit against state officials seeking to end such enforcement actions.
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