護士荒 hù shì huāng - nursing shortage; shortage of nurses
手術 shǒu shù - surgery; operation
病床 bìng chuáng - hospital bed
復健 fù jiàn - rehabilitation; physical therapy
縣市 xiàn shì - counties and cities
員林 Yuán lín - Yuanlin (a city in Changhua County, Taiwan)
鄉鎮 xiāng zhèn - township; rural town
醫護人員 yī hù rén yuán - medical staff; healthcare workers
護理師執照 hù lǐ shī zhí zhào - nursing license
第一線 dì yī xiàn - frontline; first line
護理師 hù lǐ shī - registered nurse; nurse
薪資回報和勞動強度不成正比 xīn zī huí bào hé láo dòng qiáng dù bù chéng zhèng bǐ - the salary does not match the workload; pay is not proportional to the work intensity
科技業 kē jì yè - technology industry; tech sector
連年 lián nián - year after year; consecutively over the years
大幅調薪 dà fú tiáo xīn - to significantly increase salaries
基本底薪 jī běn dǐ xīn - basic salary; base pay
白班 bái bān - day shift
上夜班 shàng yè bān - to work the night shift
依賴 yī lài - to rely on; depend on
夜班 yè bān - night shift
津貼 jīn tiē - allowance; stipend
撐高 chēng gāo - to boost; raise (e.g. income)
收入 shōu rù - income; earnings
保障 bǎo zhàng - to protect; safeguard; guarantee
改革 gǎi gé - reform; to reform
健保 jiàn bǎo - National Health Insurance (NHI)
護理人員 hù lǐ rén yuán - nursing staff; nurses
將近 jiāng jìn - nearly; close to
惡劣 è liè - harsh; terrible; poor (conditions)
無止盡 wú zhǐ jìn - endless; never-ending
輪班 lún bān - shift work; rotating shifts
超時工作 chāo shí gōng zuò - overtime work; working beyond regular hours
現象 xiàn xiàng - phenomenon
疫情 yì qíng - epidemic situation; pandemic outbreak
新冠病毒 xīn guān bìng dú - COVID-19 coronavirus
緊繃 jǐn bēng - tense; under great pressure
高壓 gāo yā - high pressure; high-stress
心灰意冷 xīn huī yì lěng - to lose heart; become completely discouraged
離職 lí zhí - to resign; leave one's job
紛紛 fēn fēn - one after another; in large numbers
醫美診所 yī měi zhěn suǒ - cosmetic medicine clinic; aesthetic clinic
長照機構 cháng zhào jī gòu - long-term care facility
連鎖反應 lián suǒ fǎn yìng - chain reaction; ripple effect
急診室 jí zhěn shì - emergency room (ER); emergency department
急診留觀區 jí zhěn liú guān qū - emergency observation area; ER observation ward
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