Good morning. Today is Monday, April 17th, and in this edition, we’re covering a Michigan nursing crisis, the physician gender pay gap, and much more. First time reading? Sign up here.

In today’s rounds:

• ✌🏽Michigan nurses want out

• 💵 The gender pay gap is closing

• 🤓 On this day

• 😆 Funny Bone

Michigan nurses want out

Nearly 39% of nurses in Michigan want to quit their job. Here is why.

The University of Michigan surveyed 10,374 licensed nurses in the state of Michigan. This is what they found out.

Key findings:

• While 39% of nurses, overall, intend to leave their jobs in the next year, more than half of young nurses plan to do so: 59% for nurses under 25; 53% for nurses 25-35; and 45% for nurses 65 or older.

• 28% plan to reduce their clinical hours.

• 18% intend to pursue travel nursing.

• 84% say they are emotionally exhausted.

• 60% reported inadequate staffing and resources to deliver patient care.

• 43% reported emotional abuse, 22%, reported physical abuse, 10% reported sexual abuse and 26% reported workplace bullying.

This is bad news for a state with an aging population that already has a staffing shortage. Lead researcher, Christopher Friese, believes Michigan should pass legislation for minimum staffing protocols and anti-violence in the workplace.

COVID was not the cause of this data, but, it did shine a light on the draining work conditions of nurses in America.

💵 The physician gender pay gap is closing

THE PROBLEM: Women are still being paid 19% less than men.

Here’s the Diagnosis:

• In 2022, the physician gender pay gap narrowed for the first time in five years.

• The racial pay gap stayed the same. Black physicians made 13% less than their white counterparts.

• On average, physician salaries rose by 4% in 2022

• This study surveyed 10,011 physicians and over 50% said they were satisfied with their pay

🧐 On this day…

• In 1705, Isaac Newton was knighted by Queen Anne of England at Trinity College, Cambridge

• In 1889, Charlie Chaplin was born in England

• In 1900, the US Post Office issued its first books of postage stamps

• In 1929, the New York Yankees became the first baseball team to sport numbers on the back of the jerseys. The numbers were assigned in the batting order.

Source

🚿 Shower Thoughts

• People are impressed by the uniqueness of snowflakes but potatoes are equally unique and no one cares. Source

• People with one leg amputated double their number of useful socks, but with both legs amputated the number drops to zero. Source

• Almost everyone knows their star sign, but relatively few know their blood type. Source

• No one has ever discovered an animal with the perfect camouflage. Source

• 11 babies have been born in Antarctica, and none of them died as infants, meaning Antarctica has the lowest infant mortality rate at 0%. Source

😆 Funnybone

That’s a wrap for today! If you enjoyed this edition of Scrubs, make sure you forward it to a friend see we can grow together.

See you tomorrow,

Miles Beaudoin