I fail to see the humor in your July 26 cartoondepicting the nursing shortage by using Chuck, the boiler man, toassist with surgery in the operating room. You have, however,unwittingly succeeded in capturing the truth behind the nationalnursing deficit, and that is the low salaries.
Why don't you feature another cartoon showing Chuck the boilerman's salary, in comparison to the operating room nurse's? Thatwould be a real stitch!
I am especially angry this week because I just paid $60 to aplumber who sat on the edge of my tub for one hour trying, in vain,to fix a leaky faucet - and that was only to diagnose the problem."They'll be back," just like the evil spirits in "Poltergeist," andthe final bill will be something with three figures or I'll eat mynursing license!
For many nurses, $60 is a full day's salary, and for thoseunderpaid professionals too exhausted to protest your lack of tastein publishing the cartoon, I dedicate this letter. Cathy Albert,RN, Orland Park
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