Ghosts_Angel

I think the salary range depends on the specialty you are working in. I work in corrections. We start new grads (RN) up to 4 years experience at $23/hr and it goes up to $27/hr depending on how much experience you have.

I have to say, I've been in a leadership role for most of my nursing career. That's not to say that I haven't done my fair share of the work, though. I've done a lot of work in hospice, long term care, home health, and now corrections. But, it seems the attitudes are getting worse and worse. Until recently, I was the charge nurse in our infirmary. Everything ran great. And the nurses were never rude to me when I asked them to do something. But, it seems like now that I'm the DON, they expect me to fix everything for them. No one wants to help anyone else. The other day I asked one of my pharmacy nurses to check on something for me (it would have probably taken her 2 minutes to do it) and her response was, "Why can't Ms. ... do it?" I'm so tired of this! And these are not new nurses doing this. They have more help now than they've had in the last 2 years, but they complain that they have to much to do and not enough time to do it. But, yet, they still have time to take their breaks. And they don't just complain about their own job, they complain about the jobs other people have and why they can't come help them! Like they don't have anything else they need to get done! It seems like they are all so scared they might do 1 thing more than someone else. I just can't believe these nurses. And, they have only 1 job they want to do. The worst thing about it is that they all know how to pass out meds. But, can someone please let me know how to remind them that they learned this in nursing school??? They seem to have all forgotten. If anyone can tell me how to deal with these "nurses" PLEASE let me know. I'm at my wits end.

I have panic disorder and have for a long time. But, I'm not taking any meds for it. I took them for a while, but got tired of living on pills. I learned how to recognize when I'm going to have one and back off from whatever is going on. The funny thing is that I don't have them while I'm at work. Working seems to ground me and I guess I run on auto pilot. The funny thing is that I'm also bipolar and have borderline personality. I guess it's true that if you don't want someone to know you have mental illnesses, they won't. People act amazed when they find out about mine.