Raising minimum wage ..RN Salaries increase?

[Dformola]

I am trying to wrap my head around ,raising the minimum wage /nursing salaries .In my area CNA 11/hour ,Lpn 17/hour,Rn 25hour .

Recently they mandate RNs to have a 4 year degree ,which costs between 40-200 k.

If minimum wage increases to 15 hr ..this would force an increase..How can you pay McDonald's workers more ..when CNA's are

doing backbreaking work ,nightshift ,leaving thier families on weakends and holidays ? This would force a increase all the way up .I do worry though ..that this will make staffing short /and healthcare insurance prices to rise .

[BJenz]

First, there are many opportunities to get your BSN for cheaper. Ohio University is one choice. It's about 8k. Arlington university is about 11k. There are many more. Secondly, if you decide to travel, there is a lot of opportunity to make a lot more money. California, Bay Area particularly pays between 50-80$ per hou fo RN positions, some even more. Travel Cath Registered Nurse (RN) job California (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area, CA - Indeed Mobile

My biggest advice, invest. There are a lot of emerging markets that I wouldn't even consider high risk. They are really unknown risk. I invest In things like Bitcoin, commodities, and stocks. JNot saying that's what you should do, but to get the most out of your money maybe you shouldn't buy a new car. I'm a CNA with a pretty well diversified potrfolio. Looking to buy houses in Socal and possibly Mississipi. I just got my RN license, so I can't wait to get the pay increase. The truth is though I love what I do first. Pay comes second.

My advice: make your money work for you. Don't work for your money.

-Bryce

[Mini2544, ASN, RN]

The problem is the top 1% of this country owns 40% of the wealth. When you have that much inequity between the top earners and the bottom workers, you need to have some sort of way of leveling the playing field so the bottom workers can afford some kind of way of life. Sure, you could go back to school to earn more, but that's not an option for everyone. And the truth is, there will always be someone that takes that job at McDonald's, and that person should make enough to cover the cost of inflation. This gap continues to grow and I believe we aren't angry enough about it. Paying people a fair wage, even our lowest workers, strengthens families and increases health and wellbeing.

Sounds like you would enjoy living under a socialist regime. Let me know how that works out for you.

[Mini2544, ASN, RN]

Very good post! As a small business owner, we will be hiring a few workers to help with the store. If the minimum wage goes up, we will not be able to afford anyone to work there. If we are lucky and we start doing well as a business we may be able to hire one. As you stated, we (my boyfriend and I) worked our tails off to start that business and still work our tails off. We will not get rich from this business. We both still work full time jobs and hopefully he will be able to stop in a few weeks. I won't. I do think there should be a minimum wage, but $15? Minimum wage was not meant to sustain a family. I would rather see opportunities for people to get a skill or go to school and better themselves.

This (applause).

[pmabraham, BSN, RN]

I am trying to wrap my head around ,raising the minimum wage /nursing salaries. This would force a increase all the way up.

One of the many misinformation pieces of socialism is that it lifts people up when in reality, socialism brings everyone down. There's no requirement for any organization to pay skilled labor increased wages just because a government forces businesses to pay their unskilled employees more money.

[she244]

By paying low skilled workers equivalent to or more that a Nurse who has sit threw classes to get a degree it disheartening. Plus it leaves no incentive for them to better themselves by learning a skill or getting an education. I myself with only an ADN degree can relate. When I was hired it was for all the skills I have from working in the ER for 11 years. Plus adding Pulmonary Function Testing, Casting and Splinting Injuries and Picc Line Insertion to my skills. At 62 years old and researching the ADN to BSN programs and not seeing any actual core classes for skills in any of the programs I hesitate to pay $10, 000 for a degree that I will I will not use as I do not ever want to be in Administration or Teaching other than teaching patients about their health and medications. So I am torn between going ahead and retiring or realizing I will only be able to work in Long Term Care when I leave my present position.

[TriathleteRN]

Mini2544 Sounds like you are just fine with the massive inequality and division that continues to grow. It's ok for the 1% to continue to get richer while the poorer get poorer and the middle class disappears? This is really working out right now.

[nehneh14]

Mini2544 Sounds like you are just fine with the massive inequality and division that continues to grow. It's ok for the 1% to continue to get richer while the poorer get poorer and the middle class disappears? This is really working out right now.

Usually the people throwing around terms like "socialism" and "communism" actually have very little knowledge about what either actually are. These are usually the same people who bleat about "welfare queens", "trickle down economics", "Obama phones" and "hand-outs", with nothing but the most superficial notion of the reality of economics, poverty, segregation, institutionalized and structural racism etc., which belies their claims to be interested in investing in schemes to "help people better themselves." Let's start by getting everyone on an equal playing field and ensuring a living wage. All the doomsday predications about cities which have already instituted the $15 min. wage have been proven false.

[Mini2544, ASN, RN]

Usually the people throwing around terms like "socialism" and "communism" actually have very little knowledge about what either actually are. These are usually the same people who bleat about "welfare queens", "trickle down economics", "Obama phones" and "hand-outs", with nothing but the most superficial notion of the reality of economics, poverty, segregation, institutionalized and structural racism etc., which belies their claims to be interested in investing in schemes to "help people better themselves." Let's start by getting everyone on an equal playing field and ensuring a living wage. All the doomsday predications about cities which have already instituted the $15 min. wage have been proven false.

I actually agree that most people who talk about socialism have zero clue what it's policies and structures are. However the ignorance is usually being spewed from those who are in favor of it. The answer to helping close the income gap isn't punishing the top earners, those are the ones who keep the economy afloat. And it's def not more social programs, we saw how well that worked over the last 8 years. Shall I even talk about the national debt this occurred? There is plenty of opportunity in this country for everyone.

[SharePRN]

Here is the thing about the economy when the minimum wage increases.....If people make more money, they SPEND MORE MONEY! So all those fast food places and ice cream shops have MORE business, therefore make more money.

Productivity and profits have increased exponentially over the last 30 years but the minimum wage has laid stagnant. All the money that should have been going toward raises has gone to the owners, making them richer and richer. Want someone to be angry at, be angry at the owners of corporations, not the people doing the hard work every day. They deserve a living wage.

[HalfBoiled, BSN, RN]

I would love to read research studies about the dangers of raising minimum wage.

[a1shif]

Seattle area here, living in the world of the $15 minimum wage. I make about 60% more than my previous job in another state. Jobs are definitely not scarce here which I feel shows that argument does not fly. My electric bill? $17. Food? Same cost. Gas? About $3/gallon. The housing is more expensive but not due to gouging. The demand is so high and the supply low because they can't build fast enough and there is one housing unit for every 3 jobs available. 85,000 people didn't move here last year because it sucks here. Transit is awesome. Crime not bad. Climate wonderful. Not enough people to fill all of the jobs of any type. Much happier workers in general.

[Guest219794]

I would love to read research studies about the dangers of raising minimum wage.

Why don't you?