Not only are nurses talking about leaving the industry, in the "newbie programmer" groups I help mentor in, there is an alarming number of people who were consi

Not only are nurses talking about leaving the industry, in the "newbie programmer" groups I help mentor in, there is an alarming number of people who were considering going in to health care/nursing, who are now seriously reconsidering their options, or changing majors in college mid-way through to move into technology/programming. I guess my point is, not only is the current healthcare labor market at stake, but hiring/pay/working conditions now are having upstream impacts on the labor pipeline of people coming into the market, or evaluating entering healthcare. Having recently gone to the ER with my toddler, I can tell you this is not an area you want the market going for lowest bidder when you do have to use healthcare services.