A good answer to those who ask our salary

[tokmom]

You're a nurse?? That's cool...I wanted to do that when I was a kid. What do you make?"..."WHAT DO I MAKE?? I make holding your hand seem like the most important thing in the world when you're scared. I can make your child breathe when they stop. I can help your father survive a heart attack. I make myself get out of bed at 5am to make sure your mother has the medicine she needs to live. I work al...l day and night to save the lives of strangers. I make my family wait for dinner until I know your family member is taken care of. I make myself skip lunch so that I can make sure that everything I did for your husband today is charted. I make myself work weekends and holidays because people don't just get sick Monday thru Friday from 9-5. Today, I might save your life. I make a difference... What do you make?"

[79Tango]

"As for those that keep reminding me that someone beat me to it with the posting here on AN and or FB. Good for you all that you saw it somewhere else first. I can't follow up every post here on AN and I'm not friends with everyone on FB. ;)"

If you had cited your source instead of making it seem like you came up with that on your own, you probably wouldnt get these types responses...

[brandy1017, ASN, RN]

There is some website ?payscale.com? not sure where you can put in your info and then are told how you fall in the pay range with nurses with your experience in your city. If you work for a union, pay is open and staightforward, not the mystery of private companies. But in general wages are compressed where they start out strong but then don't increase that much over time, although the latest trick with HR is to pay the new nurses more and the older nurses little or nothing for the same eval. Helps the young ones but leads to more overall nursing turnover in the long run!

[hiddencatRN, BSN, RN]

"As for those that keep reminding me that someone beat me to it with the posting here on AN and or FB. Good for you all that you saw it somewhere else first. I can't follow up every post here on AN and I'm not friends with everyone on FB. ;)"

If you had cited your source instead of making it seem like you came up with that on your own, you probably wouldnt get these types responses...

I thought she was sharing something she'd seen, not that she was trying to pass it off as original work. Was there really confusion about this?

[Munch]

I say if you are interested in making a lot of money become a plumber...not a nurse.

[Cowgirlup1]

Is there a difference?

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

My answer to the title question....Nunya. I make nunya.

Nunya bidnez.