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Wow loaded question! But my gut answer is a huge HEAVENS TO MERGATROID NO NO NO!!!!!
Thinking about it a bit more, I guess it would really depend on the type of nursing job, though. I have been a dispensing nurse in a methadone clinic and that job was cake. There are also some types of admin jobs that are relatively low on stress.
But the majority of jobs out there? Good grief; for that kind of money I'd sooner learn how to make lattes; at least you get tips on top of the minimum wage.
No, I don't believe this means I went into nursing for "all the wrong reasons." I care very much for my patients; I just don't masochistically feel that I deserve less than they do.
I have seen a couple of posts about the motives of students/career changers/people going into nursing . I thought of the question and I want to know.If RN pay became regulated and new grads had to start at $8.50 and the cap was $17...
1. would you still go into nursing ?
2. would you quit nursing?
why and why not.
I couldn't go in to nursing if I was paid that little.....it wouldn't be a case of what I "want" it would be a logistics issue. There's no way I could provide for myself (even at a basic level) and pay off my student loans at that pay rate.
Not.
I don't care who questions my motives for becoming a nurse.
I didn't take out student loans and suffer through nursing school to make less money than a Target or Costco cashier.
Maybe people think nurses are on par with fastfood workers, cashiers, or house cleaners or something. I don't know what it is that would even put the notion in someone's head that what I do is worth $1.25 more than the minimum wage.
I'm insulted.
Heck no, I would not go into nursing if the pay was $8.50/hr. I have spent the past three years working with people living below the poverty level and I have seen that money cannot buy happiness, but it sure helps. The pay certainly is not my main reason for pursuing nursing but I don’t think I could put myself, my family, or my wallet through the stress of nursing school if my primary compensation were the warm fuzzies I got at the end of the day. I like going out to eat and buying new shoes. And I don’t think that’ll make me a bad nurse.
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I have seen a couple of posts about the motives of students/career changers/people going into nursing . I thought of the question and I want to know.
If RN pay became regulated and new grads had to start at $8.50 and the cap was $17...
1. would you still go into nursing ?
2. would you quit nursing?
why and why not.