That’s why I took it. Most hospitals will require it even without a mandate. I do know a few RNs and my favorite charge nurse said they had a year, the hospital told them they could keep exemption for a year if it was mandated.

I feel super bad for them but knew it would happen. Hospitals are really fighting lawsuits so it’s the lawsuits that make them act this way. If there were no lawsuits there’d be no rules and doctors would prescribe and practice freely, like in the past.

Opening up lawsuits for providers in the last century has created defensive medicine which is highly regulated. If the hospital conforms to rules of practice, judges know how to rule on cases and it unclogs the courts.

Hundred years ago you just accepted risks and if you asked for help you didn’t sue the people you paid to help you. Imagine if almost every client you took to put in pipes sued you because the house was unstable to begin with. Despite you putting in pipes in a house sinking into the ground because all clients had that condition. You were blamed when the pipes failed. Despite it being evident the whole pipe situation will fail eventually.

Why would anyone take on a sick and elderly patient who will eventually die, or a sick person who will eventually die, if you will be blamed for their eventual death?