As the Occupy Wall Street movement gains momentum, more and more people are joining this loosely organized group of people – including many nurses. Nurses in San Francisco are joining forces in support of a tax that could help fund health care services, while nurses in Washington, D. C., marched in support of the government taxing banks to increase revenue to taxpayers and their patients, of whom many are unable to pay for their own medications. On Wall Street, the National Union of Nurses (the largest union of nurses in the country) marched in support of the movement and the need to hold the financial district accountable in order to provide for the poor, unemployed, and uninsured in our country.
The original idea of Occupy Wall Street is based around the concept that 1% of the nation’s population controls over 40% of the nation’s wealth and that the gap between the wealthy and middle class is growing exponentially. Although there are no apparent leaders in this movement, nor does there appear to be a specific agenda, the idea is that it is a movement by the people for the people to grab the attention of the rich and powerful in order to promote change.
As future nurses in our country, how do you feel about the Occupy Wall Street movement? Do you feel like this is a movement that nursing students and nurses should get behind? Why or why not? How is this topic important to you as a student nurse?
3 comments:
I don't think it's a bad idea at the same time not a good one either. We can promote change ourselves even without the help of the rich. Anyways, very nice topic! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for the info of your blog! I think it's good for nurses to participate in those activities.
Thanks for the post. Very interesting. I never thought that nursing would have this kind of activity. I feel like I have yet so much to learn. Thank you!
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