and keep MO doctors in the state
Ho bout keeping good nurses in state too! About fifty percent of graduating nurse leave to surrounding states for better pay for equal work.
On the side, why is it when ever I ask can no one ever answer why nurses have to put in sixteen to eighteen hour shifts? They walk around like zombies after the 12th hour, make mistakes, mix up patience and medicine charts. A person can't run on empty.
I don't understand your comment about the long hours that nurses work. My sister retired recently (as a RN) and she never worked more that the 8 hours she was scheduled to work unless she traded some time with another nurse and my daughter-in-law works in a hospital rehab unit and never works over 40 hours a week. Two of my nieces are nurses and they are never required to work over 8 hours unless there is a major medical need.
Again, I do not understand your assertions.