Careers ,money vs passion.

Patient dies under care of fill-in nurse in Oakland

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/24/MNKA1L97H6.DTL#ixzz1Z1q57p2M

A female patient died at an Oakland hospital due to what was describe as a ‘’ medical error’’.  The nurse who was a replacement hired during a labor dispute gave the patient a fatal overdose of medication..  As many as 23000 nurses at 34 hospitals in northern and central California walked off the job on Thursday. the strike battle over proposed changes in benefits,as well as patient staffing issues .hospital officials believe that the temporary nurses were not less qualified than the staff  nurses , but other believe that the replacement nurses lacked the proper certification needed for the jobs they were doing .

I believe that the nurses that decided to abandoned their jobs and decided to strike were irresponsible and are in some way guilty of the patient’s dead. I believe that the nurses needed to be professional and strike in a different way. I believe that nurses, doctors, firefighters, policeman and persons who offer public services have to be aware of the importance of their jobs in our society. I believe that more than a career they have to feel passion and love whatever they are doing and do it well. I think that it is important for them to strike and express their emotions, after all these is a free country , but the lives of many of us depend on them. I would not describe this event as an accident I think is a consequence of the wrong actions that nurses did and the poor professionalism and importance to them on their jobs. I feel that they need to carry their title with honor and respect and value more their core values as health providers. This also makes me feel that many of these medical staff  care more about money and their benefits, than  patient's health and help to save lives..