How many would consider leaving nursing if they had a similar or slightly higher pay.

diane227, LPN, RN · Oct 15, 2009

It would have to be a job where I could work 3-11. I am not a morning person at all and simply cannot get up before noon. But I really like my job and actually hope to work as a nurse until I am 70.

Me, SN · Oct 27, 2009

I'm a NEW nurse and I'd leave in a second if the job were easier or less messy for the same or slightly more money. I only went into nursing because I needed a career choice, I'm married and have a young daughter, and with all that, it would have been impractical to pursue medicine.

So if you know somewhere I can make nurse money for non-nurse work, SIGN ME UP!

snuffyRN · Oct 27, 2009

You bet I would!!! Today!!! But it would have to be a job without all the drama and backstabbing, and without bullies! Wish they paid walmart greeters better, cuz i'd do that in a heartbeat!

OldnurseRN · Oct 28, 2009

Most definitely!

RouxbiRN · Oct 29, 2009

I am currently looking for a way out. Don't get me wrong, I love the nursing part of nursing. I am sick to death of my cohorts, coworkers, other nurses. In 20 years I have found fellow nurses to be intolerant of other nurses, dispassionate, dysfunctional and so many other negative things. I am sick of nurses who think, "theirs" is the only way, or that their fellow nurses are not as good. Of course that is nursing school mentality. Our nursing school instructors force 'reporting' other nurses down our throats. We come out of school with a 'eat our young' mentality and it only gets worse. I discourage any nursing student from continuing nursing school. Become a doctor, they have lots more respect for each other than nurses do.

Virgo_RN, BSN, RN · Oct 29, 2009

It really depends on a lot of other factors, such as hours, stress level, whether the job clashes with my personal sense of ethics, etc...

skittlebear · Oct 29, 2009

ummm....yes! :specs: Could I pick the job though?

shrinky · Oct 29, 2009

Absolutely not, I am near retirement and have been a nurse for a very long time. For me it was a calling and I am quite happy doing what I do now. My jobs have not always been easy nor fun and some have been downright cruel. However I know that there will be a reward for me when I leave this earth behind because not only was I obedient to the call but have helped humanity over the years. We do serve in this profession as Jesus served on this earth, not that I am comparing myself to Him. Those of us who are older nurses did not go into this for money, just think about how much we made way back then. Nor did we go for the glory, we did so many things that we don't have to do today. There is nothing else I would prefer to do with my life than to be a nurse and wish I had found Hospice nursing a long time ago.:redpinkhe

10MG-IV · Oct 30, 2009

It depends on what day it is! Today I would go in a heart beat. But, I just got home and I think the whole facility where I work is crazy, disorganized, the nurses are over worked, etc.

In a NYsecond, I would leave, but while I am still in it I am giving 110%. BTW, it is not getting me anywhere with the new crowd of nurses, new thinking Gen X nurses. Where did this group come from? I would say 1 out of 5 have made it on our unit.

Don't go into Nursing for the money, your heart has to lead you into being a nurse. A shift does not go by that I don't lament, "Florence and Clara would roll over in their graves if they were to see nursing today".

dannyc12 · Oct 30, 2009

I left a higher paying job to pursue a nursing career.

NiteNurz79 · Nov 4, 2009

Leave psych nursing? And give up 12 hour night shifts, exposure to violent patients and infectious diseases, indifference from doctors and lack of support from hospital management? I'd have to be crazy

FroggyMama · Dec 1, 2009

I'd be gone in a second, even for a job with slightly lower pay. That's the problem, I don't know how to do anything else that could support my family. If I did....the door wouldn't have a chance to hit me on the way out!