Re: nurses again

["Ian Murray" <seamus2001@xxxxxxxx>]

MPerelman:

> This is not the way labor economists say it is supposed to work.


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As in the labor market should not be an agora of dissatisfaction or
there are analytic/explanatory shortcomings in the received view of
how agents in various sectors of the economy [health care in this
instance] respond to the behavior of other agents in the self-same
sector? I understand the probable ineradicability of extremely limited
prediction abilities in economic theories *and* the inability in
predicting the possibilities for improving predictive ability in
economic theories, but what would it take to improve understanding of
the info below in order to generate improved explanations?

Ian


>
> Richardson_D wrote:
>
> > > BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2001:
> > >
> > > Several factors are combining to constrain the current supply of
nurses in
> > > the United States, a key factor being job dissatisfaction,
according to
> > > the General Accounting Office. "Inadequate staffing, heavy
workloads, and
> > > the use of overtime to address staffing shortages are frequently
cited as
> > > key areas of job dissatisfaction among nurses," GAO's director
of health
> > > care and public health issues, testified at a June 27
congressional
> > > hearing.  She cited a recent survey conducted by the Federation
of Nurses
> > > and Health Professionals finding that half of registered nurses
currently
> > > employed had considered leaving the patient care field for
reasons other
> > > than retirement during the past 2 years.(Daily Labor Report,
page A-5).
>
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>
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
>
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