Commentary: Getting more men into nursing would help address workforce shortages
Overwork, burnout and stress are causing nurses to leave in droves. Recruiting and retaining more men would not only address the issue, but also reduce the gender pay gap in the healthcare industry, say researchers.
Patricia Davidson , Caleb Ferguson , Jason Farley
14 Aug 2022 06:00AM (Updated: 14 Aug 2022 06:00AM)
SYDNEY: Demand for healthcare is soaring as the population ages, medical treatments become more widely available and more people live with chronic and complex illnesses.
However, there is global shortage of health professionals – and the pandemic has only accentuated the trend. Overwork, burnout and stress are causing nurses to leave in droves....
Part of the solution is to recruit and retain more men in nursing. This would help address workforce shortages and could, over time, reduce the industry gender pay gap as the existence of men in nursing becomes more normalised.
And as jobs dry up in traditionally male-focused industries – such as mining and manufacturing – work in healthcare should be an attractive option for men, providing job security, career opportunities and salary....
The above is from an article in the CNA. This is looking like the perfect solution to the armies of unemployed, underemployed and no talent Singaporeans. Since all the good jobs that required talents from third world countries and foreigners that could not find jobs in their own countries, out talent or no talent Singaporeans are increasingly finding their services terminated to be replaced by these foreigners.
This suggestion by the Australians is perhaps the best thing to have happened here. Instead of being Grab drivers or delivery boys and girls or security guards or cleaning supervisors or unemployed, why not become male nurses? They can be retrained and upgraded from their PMET jobs to become professional males nurses. Think about it. No fish prawn also can.
I think life can be better for the untalented and unemployed or underemployed PMETs since there are so many vacancies available as nurses.
What do you think? Progress? But, if a degree cannot be eaten, a job is always better than no job right?