[oramar]

Last evening I was informed by a patient that the high cost of health care can be blamed on nurses and their high compensation and benefit cost. This is a afluent, well educated person in his late 70s. For past ten years he has been heavy user of health care due to a series of medical problems. He has had the most advanced medical care in the world, the best medical care money can buy. Indeed, I believe that he has had the best of everything all of his life. I am willing to bet it has cost millions of dollars to keep him alive here in his later years. But that has nothing to with the cost of health care and health insurance does it. It is me who at the end of my career, after years of being severly underpaid and over worked, who is now finally making a pretty good wage who is responsible for the high cost of health care. To bad I couldn't say what I was really thinking because it was a patient. However, if someone out on the street makes a comment like that they are going to be sorry they every met me.

[earle58]

just goes to show you the ignorance of our consumer population; and if all were to date on what skilled nursing entails, such statements would be non-existent. i'm so sick & tired of the glorified hand-maiden image. well, at least we all know you're worth every nickel you earn oramar. time to educate the public!

leslie

[cheerfuldoer]

Ignorance is the downfall of many humans. Proof that just because one is highly educated doesn't mean they have any common sense.

[Nurse Valium]

Originally Posted by oramar

It is me who at the end of my career, after years of being severly underpaid and over worked, who is now finally making a pretty good wage who is responsible for the high cost of health care. To bad I couldn't say what I was really thinking because it was a patient. However, if someone out on the street makes a comment like that they are going to be sorry they every met me.

Well, I knew we'd find out SOMEDAY whose fault it is!!!

[ERNurse752]

Golly, I just realized he is SO right. Where can I donate my paycheck to putting an end to this travesty?

:hatparty:

[ChristineN]

I wonder why he picked nurses....not that it's there fault either but doctors make wayyyy more....

[dekatn]

Think I'll go in tomorrow and ask for a pay cut!!!! And, while there at it, maybe they will lower MY insurance premiums!!!

[jennyga]

All I can do is laugh, I dont even know what to say.

[meownsmile]

I would love to know what he did for a living that got him to such affluent status and made him so worthy of all that high tech expensive health care when we as nurses cant even get it. Hmm, i dont make enough!!!

[justavolunteer]

Perhaps someone should have asked this person what illegal substance he had been smoking lately! I may be 'justavolunteer', but I sure as heck can see that nurses are far from overpaid! People should be thankful that there are so many caring nurses out there. I have been a patient myself, which made me glad that nurses exist.