Decided on presents the Wii for everyone and ipods for a couple that havent got them. Had a lovely aquarobics this morning and our teacher made us a morning tea, tiramasu cake and Italian pastries that destroyed the effect but it was lovely. They wanted me to work the night instead of the afternoon but no thats tomorrow written off so I said no. People spend hours on the phone finding people. Some politician announced they had solved the nursing shortage thru. They made an announcement that they had cancelled some trained nurse positions and are replacing them with ENs in country hospitals, Arguing that lots of country hospitals operate as aged care homes. My sister said one of her tutors believed they should abolish EN training (god knows what she'd think of AINs) on the grounds that people wouldnt tolerate !/2 trained doctors why should they have 1/2 trained nurses.
I dont think it means much to be a nurse now all that work and study and some couple of week trained person is called a nurse.
Then they want the trained nurses to be responsible for what the ENs do but how do you check up on people, there isnt the time.
The assumption that people in aged care need less trained staff is pretty stupid as the people in nursing homes often have lots of health problems that are quite complicated and difficult to manage. I really wish I had done another career one that was valued.
Everything is just about money but sometimes quality care is cheaper in the long run.
Oh well I guess lots of people wonder if their job meant anything at the end of the day. I kind of always hope something else will come along like Frank Lloyd Wright his career really kicked off at 60. Course he did have a talent, I havent discovered one yet.