Being a newly grad nurse, I can't deny the fact that we are in need in money to help paying bills that have been piled up since we were in school. We doesn't love money, right? I am sure we all do, and we work hard for it.
But after listening to these nurses, I am wondering where is our professional/ethical practice?
I have recently picked some odd shifts and start working in a rural hospital through agency and happened to chat with few nurses who used to work in NWT and Yellowknife in isolated Northern Canada in the lunch room.
All they said is "working up north is good money and in fact, it is like our gold mine"... they went on and on about going through the loop hole such as ask the patient to come and see you after hours and you can get paid for call back, which is legal service just different time slot.. and get paid more.. etc
The more I listened, the more I feel wrong - first thing crossed my mind was "is that why we can't get too much work cause majority of the hospital / nursing facility is out of budget"???? Where is our ethic? I thought we all took an oath.
Well, maybe I am still a "new blood" to the profession and over-reacted with things like that, which is technically happening everywhere (someone has to watch out for themselves kind of mentality)?
"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.†- Joseph Hall
Specializes in M/S, Pulmonary, Travel, Homecare, Psych..
Nope. We had the choice to attend our pinning ceremony (3 people did decide not to attend) and the whole college graduation ceremony was optional as well. Most of the nursing majors skipped that one.
Actually, it wasn't mandated for my ASN and BSN programs.....so I skipped graduation, too.
Hmph.
My school, the ADN one, mandated attending the pinning. And you can only imagine the rules and procedures. Ugh
This thread has been a big "Don't take your experiences to be everyone else's reality" lesson.
My school, the ADN one, mandated attending the pinning. And you can only imagine the rules and procedures. Ugh
This thread has been a big "Don't take your experiences to be everyone else's reality" lesson.
Applicable to every aspect of any individual's life....nursing included. Since the thread was about money and nurses sharing their expertise for pay, you do know you owe us for the lesson, right?
Specializes in M/S, Pulmonary, Travel, Homecare, Psych..
Applicable to every aspect of any individual's life....nursing included. Since the thread was about money and nurses sharing their expertise for pay, you do know you owe us for the lesson, right?
Fine.
I will go up North, do some overtime and have your fee paid. But I'm giving you poor scores on the survey.
I'm ok, I'm ok! I can't afford food, as I work for free, since I'm not in nursing for the money. Such shocking news took me down for a second due to my presently weakened state. No candles? Those programs are probably in it for the money, too, not buying nurses their candles...
Specializes in Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgical.
Part of why I work two jobs (FT and per diem) is for the sweet, sweet money I can make from it. Would I do this for free? Hmmm, no. I, like every other person on this planet, has bills to pay, has mouths to feed, and want to be compensated well for my time away from my personal life.
Do you like being underpaid? Then you are more than welcome to take those positions.
However, nursing has the opportunity to be a fairly good living for some people. For others, it's pretty bleak and that's not fair, especially it seems that some of the hardest work is compensated the least. It's very strange as all RNs are RNs and there really shouldn't be such huge discrepancies in pay. But, that's the way it goes, especially since medicine is a business like anything else for which monetary payment is given for services rendered. Those places that are not especially lucrative (i.e. peds) but are intensely difficult end up paying not as well simply because the overheads are too high. It sucks but that's the way it goes. And, there's no shame in discussing that side of it.
We need a nurse over here! A cheap one! Anybody??
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NotMyProblem MSN, ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN
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Actually, it wasn't mandated for my ASN and BSN programs.....so I skipped graduation, too.