The post touches on an important issue, specifically, the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing homes in the United States. It actually is devastating, but it is worth noting that aggravated understaffing is not the only manifestation. The lives of both the residents and the remaining personnel are in permanent danger since the former belong to one of the biggest risk groups. Consequently, people who live in such facilities make up under 1 percent of the entire population but a third of deaths from the coronavirus infection (“America’s long-term care,” 2021, para. 1). Therefore, the nurses’ job has become outstandingly risky due to close contact to the infected.
The situation determines the need for additional motivation and/or reward for nurses that would encourage them to work for the facilities further. Ideally, it should be non-financial to avoid charging the customers even more than at the current stage. I find it relevant to design and promote a superheroic image of a medical practitioner, which may be helpful in improving the prestige of the profession.
References
America’s long-term health care system is broken. (2021). Scientific American. Web.
Nursing homes. (2020). Health in Aging. Web.