Currently in North Carolina there is a shortage of nurses. With this shortage comes over exhaustion of current nurses as well as increase nurse patient ratios. Nurses are the driving force behind patient care outcomes and implementation of care plans crafted by the physician and the nurse. We use our critical care skills, assessment data, and judgement in articulating bedside care. Not to mention, its our suggestion, trends, expertise and data made available to the physician to make a diagnosis. Nurses put in a lot of hard work that is very disproportionate when it comes to pay and services. The hospital reaps the greatest reward benefit from our services and patient value received. We help maintain life, we are the most trusted in healthcare it's time for nurses to be compensated for the many positive outcomes and value that we bring to healthcare.