I am taking prerequisites to go to nursing school and I was wondering if nurses feel they are adequately compensated for the job they do. Some of the reasons I was drawn to nursing was for the nature of the job, the tasks involved in being a nurse as well as the salary. With different sources stating that nursing is a high demand field and high job satisfaction (US News & World Report and CNNMoney) are nurses paid enough to do the jobs they do? I have read some comments on the forums and from other sources stating that some nurses feel that they are not and I would really like to get a glimpse of what nurses really think. Any feedback would be helpful. Thanks.
Although compesation is trending toward a more positive level, I think everyone will agree that it is still too low for the duties we are asked to perform and the increased workload we have due to budget cuts and staff reduction. I don't want expect to become rich as an RN, just to be fairly compensated.
Specializes in ICU, oncology, home health, hospice.
no, i don't feel i am adequately compensated as a nurse. i have been in this proffession for over 20 years and i have had many ups and downs as far as salary is concerned. when i worked on the west coast, i worked for a union organization. i was paid over $35 per hour and salary was based on years of experience, not area in which you worked. my last job in california was as a case manager. when i had to move to the east coast (virginia) to help care for an elderly family member, my salary dropped to less than $ 30 per hour and the cost of living is actually a little bit more than on the west coast. also, because i can no longer do bedside nursing, i work in an outpatient clinic area and the pay is less than at the bedside. come on!! i'm still a nurse!! i still use the same assessment and critical thinking skills i used when i worked at the bedside. am i suddenly worth 25% less because i don't work in the icu or on an inpatient floor? i truly love what i do for a living and money certainly isn't what motivates me, but salaries really need to be a little more level across the country.
I feel that for what I do as and LPN in HH I get paid decent pay. I love the family I work for/with the setting is very polite, peaceful, helpful and loving.
BUT: 1) the insurance I pay for SUCKS (hardly pays for anything)
2) it is hard to get time off
3) it is hard to call in sick
4) you have to make sure that all the gloves, paperwork
etc is at the home where I believe it should be the job of the
agency
5) the agency is very unorganized at times and has a hard time
communicating with one another about what is going on
1. An associates degree nurse needs more credits than any other major, and makes less money,
2. most facilities don't compensate for a BSN, let alone a MSN, unless you're in management,
3. new grads make almost as much as an experienced nurse.
All comes down to money, respect, appreciation.
We're supposed to get our reward in heaven.
:bowingpur You hit the nail right on the head! Not only are we under paid, but we're a jack of all trades and not even compensated for it. You name it and we're expected do it! We lack respect for the nursing profession.....that's gone out the window. Now that's a shame.
1. An associates degree nurse needs more credits than any other major, and makes less money,
Just out of curosity, what associates degree majors make more money than nurses? The only things I can think of are Rad techs & US tech that might come close, but I made more than the ones I have worked with on the civilian side except for a couple of unusual situations.
I work nights on a cardiac med tele floor and although we are not suppose to have more than 8 patients it is very common that we often end up with 9 or more. What makes this situation even worse is that it is a 53 bed floor with 3 CNA's and usually one is sent home leaving them to divide the floor between 2. On top of that they send a nurse home and then give us more admits. Sometimes up to 10 a night. Do I feel that I am adequately compensated for my hard work not at all.:angryfire
:specs:Electricans, plumbers, bartenders and mechanics make more than a 4 year RN. Some factory workers without a 4 year degree make alot more than I do. They don't have to clean other people excrement either. It's a harsh world I've learned.
as an lpn, in the last several years for what ever reason lpn's are not considered nurse's of worth, in many area's of usa
some lpn's make the decision not to go futher with education due to life and responsibilities they have.
this should not bear discrimination on whether the lpn is a good nurse or not if they choose not to go futher with education. they may enjoy the bedside and not deal with all of the politics, and paperwork.
a nurse rn, lpn, who is caring, doing the job that they were trained for should be compsentated the same as the private sector positions.
Specializes in CNA, Surgical, Pediatrics, SDS, ER.
For what it cost me to go to school the wages and benefits definatly could be better. It is a high stress high burn out job and we should be compensated for it. My husband is a car salesman with no college education and he make about 10-15,000 more a year than I do. Crazy I know. He also said that for what it cost me to go to school the wage does not correlate with what is required in our job.
We are the back bones of the healthcare system and we get shoty wages and benefits. We are responsible for peoples lives. We are the ones who are supposed to know when a patient is going down hill what to do when they head south, give the right meds know what they do what their side effects are and get the right people involved at the right time plus manage 5 other patients. We do have a lot of responsiblity and I don't feel like it is recognized or that nurses are taken seriously enough in regards to our knowledge and profession.
However, I do love what I do and I guess you can't put a price on that. I love the hugs I get from the little kid that just had surgery and is going home or the thanks I get for being a good nurse to my patients. Money can not replace that happy feeling of knowing that you helped someone feel better or made their hospital stay more tolerable. It just makes you smile inside and out, no amount of money can give you that same feeling.
just wondering what rates other pacu nurses are getting for call shifts. we get 2.50 and hour!! crazy. but i wonder if it's normal. of course our boss says it is.
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cassidyivory
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are you in a union?