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I just answered this question. My Score PASS  

I just answered this question. My Score PASS  

I'm sorry, but I just don't believe the member who says they are 122 (Oh, I dunno though - I've just looked in the mirror!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).

This is a chart of our members by age. It only includes those who gave a year of birth and are not banned members. That came to 6,920 people. There is no data validation on this; some people may have filled in just anything or mistakenly entered incorrect data. With this large volume of data, the few stray values are likely nullified by the people who want to provide correct data.

Great idea, working on it now. I have so many thoughts on this. When I was in the hospital, we had several agencies we worked with. They rarely had any candidates for us. I'm not talking good candidates, I'm talking any candidates. Last year, I went to a conference where someone from the state (Tennessee) talked about different healthcare fields, the projected need, and the projected supply (of staff) rate. For all fields, the need was higher than the supply. For all fields (except one) the need and the supply eventually met - maybe in 1 year, maybe in 5. For med techs, the need continued to climb over the years, and the supply of staff went in the opposite direction. They never met. Med techs are not paid a fair wage. We need to go to school for 2 or 4 years, earn little to no respect, work in the basement, and are offered poor pay and benefits compared to people with similar educations. It's hard to fill these jobs. When I was in the hospital, my lab had 45 FTEs. We had about a 20% vacancy for years.