Dexter56

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1. How much is your pay?

   Dexter56 replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

   San Diego - 20+ yrs experience, but only 10 count in salary configuration. My hospital is a union (Calif Nurses Assn) hospital. My hrly rate just went to 42.28 from 39.89 with new contract. New grads were making about 30.00 and now have a 6% increas...

2. Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

   Dexter56 replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism

   My MPA focused on the overall system. I can't recall anyone characterising nursing salaries as the "bane" of the healthcare industry either, but they are a major budget item nonetheless... nursing salaries... RNs. I can speak to the attitudes of admi...

3. Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

   Dexter56 replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism

   RE: "Swift Boat" As for the $12,000 a year comment, I read what I read. Period. I have a right and, I believe, an obligation to speak up about something that I consider to be disturbing. I'm not asking anyone to vote one way or another, but I'm stat...

4. Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

   Dexter56 replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism

   Back in the mid-nineties, I saw in a newspaper that Hilary Clinton said that $12,000.00 a year was "about right" for a nurse's salary. At that time, that amount of money would have put someone pretty close to the poverty level. I can't find this stat...