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Volume LXX KJo.39 University of South Carolina, Columbia.S.C. Nov. 26,1 980 Stuck in ticl By Donald B. Weathi Staff Writer Five USC students were week and charged with seal the USC-Clemson football gai State Law Enforcement I arrested three students aft< signs on the Russell House advertising tickets for sale. Two other students wprp n friend told SLED agents the; sell. In South Carolina a ticket event cannot legally be sold f more than the original pric< SLED public information violators can be fined $100 t ticket sold. USC STUDENTS James Holmdel, N.J., and Paul K Girt, N.J., were arrested T Cederdahl said a friend ui formed the agents of the stu attempts. The friend had tickets inThe State newspap agents called him, he told already sold his tickets, but and Kennedy had tickets to s< The SLED agents then ce and Kennedy and arranged I front of Thomas Cooper Libi said he and Kennedy sold the for $150, and the agents arres Shortage may Nurst By Michelle Prim Staff Writer More than 100 hospital beds in the Columbia area are empty because of a nurse shortage, according to Dennis Caldwell, executive director of Three Rivers Health Systems Agency Inc., a non-profit organization that plans effective health care for 14 counties. "We need a hundred m ?t?ono f onrl in a f n\ir 11141 OV/O IVAittJ , UIIU Ul U ?V?T years we'll need a couple of hundred more," Caldwell said. "Soon there'll be people who can't get into hospital due to the shortage." LUCY HARTLEY, a USC '/.f : n ! V 1 '1 ^ v ^IY A nurse at Thomson pressure. There is a sovt Newman) ?nts c\ <et sci arbee The studei was dismiss arrested last did not show ping tickets to Tie. BERT A!N )ivision agents who did not er they posted were arrest bulletin board tickets for se board. rrpsfpH aftpr a a ci rn o . - v? n uuui^ ? y had tickets to Thursday af the first flo< . to an athletic agent arrive* or more than $1 "Isaidsor e. Hugh Munn, think these officer, said 4,He(theSL o $200 for each you think the BERT SA1 Cederdahl of $60 for his ti< ennedy of Sea could buy ar i ,?~i t ? ?irtU? ? " 1 1 uuiouaj ui?nt. rvunaiu nknowingly in- Gamecock si dents' scalping Ronald th advertised his room to get ; er. When SLED when he hai them he had students'fin that Cederdahl U3C fresh *11 c n O.V/M tiled Cederdahl He also adv to meet them in asking for tl ary. Cederdahl agents agre< ;m three tickets Russell Hou; ;ted them. Prozzi sa i< limit hospital a 3S leavii College of Nursing faculty member, said there has always been a shortage of nurses. People notice the shortage more today because nurses are more crucial, she said. "There was a time when you had two nurses for 4 patients, and it wasn't considered a shortage," Hartley said. "But then people would check into hospitals just to rest. Now patients who check into hospitals are very ill, and a nurse's decision is more critical. Hartley said a nurse shortage in a ward where critical decisions must be made is dangerous. "My Student Health Center rJ 9re shortage of nurses in tl larged alping its went to court, but their case ed when the arresting officers up. JD Ronald, two USC students . want their last names used, ed after they advertised their lie on the Russell House bulletin gent called Bert and met him ternoon at the bulletin board on )r of Russell House. When the d, the two went outside to talk. nething like 'How much do you tickets are worth?"'Bert said. ED agent) said,' How much do ly're worth?'" II) he told the agent he wanted ckets, and the agent asked if he lother one. Bert said he went to , who was in line at the lack bar. en went to his Douglas dorm another ticket. He was arrested rided the agent the ticket. The es were suspended. iman Anthony Prozzi of Hartswas arrested Wednesday night, 'ertised on the bulletin board, best offer for six tickets. The su 10 meet vrozzi in tront ot the se ramp with $75 for each ticket. 1 he offered to sell them a pencil idmissions ig hospii first assignment as a ; hospital nurse was to a neurological ward," she ! said. "There were two of us in charge of 40 patients, and all day they were calling for pain medication. Even the most competent nurse feels i nrp?5iirp unHpr f hnto pnn. ditions." THE BIGGEST concern ? among nurses is their mobility within a hospital, 1 Hartley said. Nurses are moved from one area of specialization to another. Ti>ey might be assigned to orthopedics one day and to obstetrics the next, she said. Many are becoming disillusioned because of the Bf tllfllS ^ W ^1 W A f ' ^V<N>j?'WflA.^v v. r v >. leeks a student's blood ie state. (Photo by Barry Carolina fans watch the aiwuwiiJ >r CI C O/ / CO f C?U l(Jf before the game. for $300 and to give them free the purchase so the transactic legal. "I SOLI) them a pencil to be s doesn't work anymore," Frozzi the pencil for $300 and four tick* he gave me the money, took th< the pencil. Then he said ' 1 do pencil. You're under arrest." ' ~ - " 'V tals to e. 1 ? ^ I- ~ a : A idtn u i p a 11 v ii i atcountability. "Someone else may take over your patient," Hartley said, 'and you don't know whether you made progress with him or not." Hartley became an in dependent nurse lo escape the pressures, hours and i work load of hospital nurs- ] ing. As an independent, < Hartley teaches courses, 1 counsels patients and ad- < ministers physicals. I "I can sot mv own hours i and my own fees. Your ; authority isn't as limited as 1 it is in a hospital. Now I can < devote more time to nr.y patients and get them out of a hospital faster." I An independent nurse i must have a master's < degree, two years of ex- ] perience and acceptance by I the state Board of Nursing. \ CALDWELL SAII) nurse ' salaries, which start at $6.35 | an hour, are not a major < cause of the shortage, i "Fifteen million dollars a I year is paid out of the four i Columbia hospitals for i nursing salaries. There was a $1-an-hour increase just i last year," he said. "When a I nurse's salary goes up, so do ] the salaries of dietitians, I therapists, and technicians, i and pis a result hnsnitul rnsts 1 r.?? increase." i MARY ANN PARSONS, ] USC associate tiean of undergraduate nursing, said 1 the number of nursing school applicants is decreasing. , "Women have more op- < tions," Parsons said. "They are now well received in arctis 'that have been traditionally male." USC-C/emson football ga scalping tickets by SLED tickets with Prozzi was f >n would be Munn said [ scalpers yearl anyone at this afe, but that "It's intere said. "I sold news article p-ts nnrl thpn tickets." ho 3 tickets and them every y< n't need the out, and we ? game)." scaneo Parsons said many nursing graduates are taking jobs in health counseling and health teaching. They are seeking to expand their roles, despite protests that it may worsen the shortage. USC's baccalaureate program for registered nurses has gained increasing popularity. The program enables registered nurses ~ ? a - wiiii iwu-yiMr c? ?ss% Jt: i ci 11.* degrees to return for their Four-year degrees. Nurses with baccalaureate degrees ure not limited to hospital work and can work in a clinic. LOCAL HOSPITALS are taking steps to fight the nurse shortage. Lexington County Hospital has a professional resource pool For nurses who want only inrt-timp inhc "Thw aro essentially on call," said rom Hecker, the hospital's personnel director. "We 1on't guarantee them so many hours a week, and they're not committed for any. We call them in when we need help." The hospital's recruiting methods show the severity of the shortage. Last year LiCAiiigiuii v^uuiuy nwspiuii iad to recruit nurses from rmtside the state for the first time. "I envision we'll have lo go out-of-state again this year," Hecker said "The shortage came to a head two or three years ago," Hecker said. "We anticipate a shortage for quite a while." Caldwell said the problem could be improved by showing that nursing is meaningful and challenging, me Saturday. Five USC agents during the week ined $25. SLED arrests about 20 ticket y. He said SLED didn't arrest year's USC-Clemson game, sting. Usually we put out a to warn people not to scalp said. "Invariably, we catch jar. This year, we didn't put it didn't catch anybody (at the ressure by showing that nurses are financially secure in times of hioh unomnlnvmonf unH Hw ...... "..V4 M.T seeing if the legislature can fund nursing programs. "The administration, doctors, schools, hospital and legislature need to put their shoulder to the wheel Caldwell said. "We've got to work together on the shortage. and it must be done today." <C-"' v f " jr at use . Ilfei. f ;%ilmiltti*M?ttf. 7 i*m ft"""fe*'* **| No 0!m trnim or over thk thanksgiving break Showers in the <>JB if vittsr I ^ratules High ,n\ *vjn