Advice? Significant Other: "You make too much for what you do."

[Coffeebeanie]

moved post to proper thread.

[kgh31386, BSN, MSN, RN]

If someone thinks I make too much for what I do...cool

[RLtinker, LPN]

Put all your old nursing books in a wheelbarrow (add the pre req for good measure) roll it over to him and tell him to read or shut up.

[SweetheartRN]

Your boyfriend sounds like a real winner. I would tell him seeing how none of the medical profession cares what he thinks it is not up to him to decide what I deserve to make per hour. I don't get how someone who is supposedly as educated as he can be so mentally challenged. Clearly the worlds healthcare administration can't be waiting on his thoughts and all of a sudden realize they have been financially compensating these "pill pushing, temperature taking little girls" way too much all these years. His own common knowledge should indicate to him the possiblity that he is misinformed of the full picture of what a nurse is responsible for knowing/handling/doing that allows them to be paid the amount that they are paid every year/per hour.

Nursing is demanding. There are physical, mental, emotional, and psychological demands being pressed upon you on a daily basis. What other profession is so taxing?

[redhead_NURSE98!, ADN, BSN]

For the sake of being constructive, I am going to ignore the "jealous" comment and instead try to focus on how to educate him.

If this is a recurring convo, I'd focus on getting rid of him. :heartbeat

[morte, LPN, LVN]

The man has enough self awareness to see/acknowledge that he is jealous....he may be salvageable.....he is entitled to his feelings, reflect them back " I understand that your ego is a little bruised about this" sort of thing.

He will, in all likelyhood, catch up to you and pass you in the income catagory.

[rita359]

His impression of the nurse just giving pills and doing paperwork makes him think that is not worth the money. Remind him that any patient needing hospital care may go bad at any time and it the nurses responsiblilty to catch that, nurse blue or code the patient and get the patient stabilized SO does that make it seem more like we should make more money than a worker at ford or gm who never has to make life and death decisions or get sued for their screwups?