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> About 534,000 health care workers quit their jobs in August, up from about 404,000 during the same month in 2020. This article would be much better with a ch
by anonporridge 5y ago
> About 534,000 health care workers quit their jobs in August, up from about 404,000 during the same month in 2020.
This article would be much better with a chart of per capita monthly attrition of health care workers going back years before the pandemic, otherwise it's hard to know how significant it actually is.
- vikingerik 5y agoAnd what does quitting even mean here? The vast majority are probably simply changing employers, not leaving the industry. And of course mobility for all industries is higher in 2021 than 2020. This article is useless clickbait sensationalist trash with zero actual data.
- ransom1538 5y ago"And what does quitting even mean here?" It means nothing. We have a specialized nurse in our family. He can get a job at anytime anywhere in the US. One phone call, hired. He will quit a job because the break room doesn't have enough light OR he just wants a month off. He often will go back to a hospital he quit four times: re-hired that day.
- listless 5y agoWhile we’re doing anecdotes, my wife quit her full time job to take a part time gig making care plans for a retirement center (office work). This is because she couldn’t deal with the patient load and stress from family members. This was pre-COVID. The job is bad enough without a pandemic.
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- canthonytucci 5y ago1. “Retarded” as a pejorative is generally considered impolite to the actually retarded. [1] 2. I think you probably mean “too”. 3. Take a deep breath. It will be ok. [1] https://www.huffpost.com/entry/when-you-use-the-word-retarded-as-an-insult-this_b_576bdda5e4b018c1a15b62d1 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/when-you-use-the-word-retarde...
- bperson 5y ago> “too” Got him
- spfzero 5y agoHow does "Record-high numbers of Americans working in other public-facing roles also quit their jobs as coronavirus cases surged" tell you anything about whether they returned to the industry or not? It doesn't even tell you they quit because of Coronavirus cases surging, just that those two things were happening at the same time. Further, it doesn't even say whether people in public-facing jobs were quitting more frequently than people in non-public-facing jobs.
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- UncleOxidant 5y agoAnd how many are completely leaving the healthcare field vs changing jobs in the same field?
- mywittyname 5y agoYou'll want to partition this data again into movements into direct patient vs non-patient care. There are lots of positions which are in the the field of healthcare, require an RN, but involve no direct patient care.