CRNA Pay?

Jo Dirt · Jul 13, 2006

Does always have to be about money? It would be nice to focus more on the aspect of helping others in a time of crises.:smiley_ab

It's only about the money when you don't have any.

If I thought I could make good money as a legal nurse consultant I'd be busting it right away. I like paperwork as opposed to actually working with patients in a lot of cases. Maybe it is a flaw of mine but I'm a nervous person and do better with my nose in a book than actively working with patients. This does not mean I don't care about patients.

99.99% · Jul 14, 2006

Hi Motocycle mama,

I think it does not make you a bad nurse or bad person or does not mean you don't care about patients. Everybody has their strength and weaknesses. If legal issues is what you like best than hands on nursing go for it. It is the collective action of all the different fields which make up the health care team and the world as a whole.

On the other hand I think it is time nurses look at the reality of life. I think nurses were poorly paid for so long because we were made to believe that nursing is about caring for patients not money. so as a nurse do not argue about money. just be a nice calm caring person and the happiness of your patients equate to yours. that's true but we need our own share of the income we generate. MD's make a lot does that mean they don't care about patients?