MedCity News June 6, 2023
Many physicians, podiatrists, psychologists, and occupational and physical therapists are able to take advantage of the ability to be an independent contractor with little scrutiny. Those who oppose it when it comes to nursing fail to see nurses as anything but a tax classification; they don’t understand that trying to corral nurses back into a system of work that does not work for them will only intensify the nursing shortage by exacerbating the flight from the workforce.
For most nurses, the decision to become a nurse is almost always driven by something intimate: a loved one lost to sickness or tragedy, a family tradition, a desire to heal their community. Nobody becomes a nurse to work grueling marathon shifts. Yet,...
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