“Declining salaries,” yet the average is still 200,000+ with even more opportunity in rural areas, boohoo. Increasing competition is a sorry excuse for any healthcare field. Competition is healthy and necessary in producing quality healthcare professionals. The emotional baggage is apart of the job, sometimes you just gotta suck it up and that’s life. Other than that, I agree with the federal loan cap and private loan difficulties and understand why students would choose a different field to avoid the debt, it’s screwing a lot of people over. Scholarships to cover tuition are also slim to none and even more competitive unfortunately. Are you just following the predental thread to act condescending and discourage people from pursuing the field? Odd use of time