During break today. We got to talking about how we as Nurses have not planned well for our hopeful/ eventual retirement someday.
We brought out how we have never organized like the teachers have . They each belong to their state Teachers Associations, or what ever exactly they call it. They put money into the funds offered by their associations, therefore assuring a pension for themselves, when then meet the magical formula of age plus years of service.
As Nurses I would think we would more need a type of national association to have this be effective, as many nurses move from state to state throughout their careers.
How is it as Nurses we have not come up with something like this. For many of us we might be beyond the age where this would be of much help. For our younger generation this might be something to consider, and look at how to make it happen.
While I will have a small pension from my former employer , along with funds I have put into a 401k, and hopefully social security. It is still not like teachers, fireman or policeman have.
I do not have the answer to how this could come about, or if there would even be interest in it. I just thought I would throw it out, and see what others think of it.
