Raising minimum wage ..RN Salaries increase?

It is so expensive to have the nursing BSN education is US compare to the salary. One should work for several thousand hours to pay for the tuition fee.

Depends on what you do with that BSN. If you continue to work an entry level position in a low demand market then yes, the BSN is expensive.

Is there anybody in the world, in any line of work, that doesn't feel that they're underpaid?

I am very satisfied with my pay and benefits.

I will take more if offered but I am seriously shooting for a 3/5 review meaning I meet all expectations and not a single thing more than that. I am very happy with my work/life balance currently.

There is a school in CA that charges $170,000 for the BSN program. The tution, from what I hear from current students, is getting ready to increase again.

That must be a for-profit private school. There are plenty of good public schools that are reasonably priced. Anyone can go to a community college for the RN, then do an RN to BSN bridge program. For the latter, many employers will pay for that.

There is plenty of financial aid out there, including scholarships and loan repayment and forgiveness programs. Join the military and get their education benefits. I'm sick of people whining. I know plenty of poor people, including me, who went from community college to multiple BAs and BSNs all the way through to PhDs.

Everyone would like to make more money. However, I am surprised at the nurses on this thread complaining of very low wages. In other threads on this forum, many RNs have said they make $100,000+ within a few years of graduating. In addition, one has to consider the cost of living. A nurse in Los Angeles will make more than a nurse in Oklahoma, but the nurse in OK may have a much higher standard of living because it is so ridiculously expensive to live in SoCal. Nursing is also a career that offers many opportunities and paths for advancement and higher pay, from becoming a supervisor to advanced practice nursing to going into the business side of healthcare. I know plenty of RNs who are now First Assists, executives, various types of APRN, and so forth who make $120K plus per year. If you live in an area that pays crappy, then move! It is up to YOU to develop your career.

Finally, no one goes into nursing to become rich. You need to choose a career based on what is important to you. If making money is important, then for goodness' sake there are plenty of jobs out there for that. I was a business executive before becoming an NP and I took a pay cut. I'm happy with my work and my stress level is way down. Do you have any idea the hours and stress that business people have? I keep reading here about RNs who work 3 12 hour days and are traumatized if they have to take a 5 day 8 to 5 job. Well, I always worked 6 to 7 days a week in business, and 10 to 12 hours a day M-F, with 6 to 8 hours a day on weekends, and I did not get OT pay. I had a quota and if I didn't make it, I could be fired on the spot. On top of that, I had to travel extensively, often being out of town M-F and only home on weekends. That is the life of CEOs and Wall Street types. '

The best way to make a lot of money is to go into sales or start your own business. No special training required. So if you want a lot of $, then make a career change to sales or become an entrepreneur if you think it is so easy and those people don't deserve to make a lot of $.

I'm sure that the political left that is pushing the $15 minimum wage will not be happy if professionals make more. They are looking for a Soviet socialist utopia where the general public is equal in their misery while the ruling clsss, athletes, and entertainers have all of the wealth and special privileges.

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 .

200K / (36*25*52) = 4.27 years

It takes 4 years to save the money without eating, paying rent, and any other cost to pay the student loan in the nursing school. That is disastrous!

200K / (36*25*52) = 4.27 years

It takes 4 years to save the money without eating, paying rent, and any other cost to pay the student loan in the nursing school. That is disastrous!

What is 200K? I hope you are not insinuating that a BSN is 200K because if that is the cost you were quoted you are looking at the wrong program.

That's like saying cars are too expensive to buy because Ferrari's are $1.5M.