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1. Nursing Pay - Why So Low?

   thm107 replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

   The stagnation is an excellent point. As for where nurses make more money, you have also raised another issue keeping nurse's salaries lower. Nurses, being women, are very often not as free as men to move to where the money is. Nurses are often 'tr...

2. Nursing Pay - Why So Low?

   thm107 replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

   Actually 36 hours per week, with not much overtime. (I don't do overtime in the summer, and limit myself to one or two days per month)

3. Nursing Pay - Why So Low?

   thm107 replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

   Why is pay so low? First off, it is not too low in many areas. RN's make above average wages when compared to all 2 and 4 year degree professions. Of course some make more-many make less. Second, the majority of RN's are women. I guarantee that ...

4. Where are YOU on Maslow's Heirarchy?

   thm107 replied to thm107's topic in Humor

   Here is the link.......you may have to cut and paste........... http://quizilla.com/users/thm107/quizzes/Maslow's%20Hierarchy%20Of%20Needs%20%20%20%20Where%20are%20YOU%3F Yeah, I just checked it.........for some reason this program splits the address...

5. thinking about traveling

   thm107 replied to LTCNursemidwest's topic in Travel

   I am a traveler, and have been so for three years.........(I am new here-hello!) and if you are seriously considering traveling my advice is to work as a float nurse for a while.........going floor to floor on a daily basis is fantastic training for ...

6. Where are YOU on Maslow's Heirarchy?

   thm107 replied to thm107's topic in Humor

   Well, in a survivor like reality those philosophical or artistic in nature would learn very, VERY quickly the importance of work.......I know I am new here, but do all the threads go off track this rapidly? hehehehe.......I just wanted to see what y...

7. Where are YOU on Maslow's Heirarchy?

   thm107 replied to thm107's topic in Humor

   It is meant to be a tounge-in-cheek kind of test...........more for fun than to really diagnose your place on the hierarchy......which I also feel to be pretty worthless, another example of wasted time teaching theory to nursing students instead of r...

8. Where are YOU on Maslow's Heirarchy?

   thm107 replied to thm107's topic in Humor

   This link may work, give it a try............ http://quizilla.com/users/thm107/quizzes/Maslow's%20Hierarchy%20Of%20Needs%20%20%20%20Where%20are%20YOU%3F

9. The Rules-as written by women....

   thm107 replied to deespoohbear's topic in Humor

   I know I am new here, but I have to stir things up a bit........hehehehe.........my hospital has created a new parking lot to address the needs of women's safety. With the high rate of attacks on women in secluded parking lots, especially during eve...

10. Where are YOU on Maslow's Heirarchy?

    thm107 posted a topic in Humor

    I am new here..........and as a way to introduce myself I give you a quiz I created........have fun with it.......I am a traveling RN currently on assignment in Philadelphia.........critical care/telemetry.........just browsed through here........let...