"I work harder than a nurse in a hospital."

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I had a "conversation" with several of the people I work with in a nonclinical setting this week, and it was said by a couple of them that the work we do and the stresses we are under in a nonclinical setting are more intense than those in clinical settings....specifically the hospital setting.

I have a hard time believing that. We all used to work in the hospital setting. They made it sound like working in a hospital is easy as pie. That is not the kind of work I remember.

Anyway, how much do you think a nurse in a nonclinical setting should receive in annual pay: more than the clinical setting, less than the clinical setting, or the same as the clinical setting?

Also, should associate's level RNs be compensated the same as bachelor's level RNs in a nonclinical environment?

I pretty much agree with everything that has been said here.

I realize that pretty much all nurses work their butts off. I just thought my coworker was being melodramatic and "woe is me" ish.

Specializes in Mostly: Occup Health; ER; Informatics.

Ok, in the past 6 months I moved from hospital nursing to urgent-health nursing. Hospital nursing was the hardest thing I have ever done -- including three real careers and many mini-careers before them, in many fields. (Yes, I'm old.) Non-hospital nursing has it own challenge -- I'm the solo nurse on site serving a population of hundreds-plus -- but in comparison, I can actually meet nearly all needs of my non-hospital pts., with safety for them and low liability to me, during my shift. I even usually have time to use the bathroom now. :) I believe that no one works harder than hospital nurses. If I can help it, I will never work in a hospital again -- which is completely different than my original goal in nursing.

Specializes in OB, M/S, HH, Medical Imaging RN.

My location is Healthcare Survivor for good reason. I have worked in a doctor's office, in LTC, and in the hospital. What I learned working in the hospital is truely invaluable and something that I hold dear. Hospital work was hard emotionally, mentally and physically. Very hard. I did it for 20+ years. Home health has been so healing. It has it's own definate challenges and unique responsibilities but as least I can go to the bathroom and eat lunch without having to choke it down in record time.

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