Endo RN

The more I hear about other hospitals, the more disgusted I am that I did take a pay cut. Being in the GI lab comes with huge liabilities/ responsibilties. At our facility we sedate for colons, EGDs, EUS, ERCP, liver biopsy, bronchoscopy, PEGS etc.... Some of the longer procedures (1-2 hours) can require very high doses of sedative. In our exam rooms, we currently are usually the only ones in the room with the doc. We are supposed to call for help if needed to assist with polypectomies/ biopsies...etc. But on call....we are on our own. Very Scary! These are usually the chronic patients that come in with a variceal bleed....that need higher doses of meds and are far from cooperative. Its alot of responsibilty to sedate, maintain airway/ vitals, and assist the doctor. I also have many years experience as a critical care RN. I have never felt that I should be paid more than a floor nurse (each have there own stresses)....but to be paid less is just downright insulting. I just wanted to make sure that this was not "normal"....I was told it was because of working less weekends....less holidays....and that the hospital was trying to retain RN's at the bedside.

I am an RN in a hospital-based GI lab. At this facility RN's in GI lab are paid on a lower pay scale because they do not do "bedside nursing".....however, PACU and OR RN's are paid on a higher pay scale (same as floor RN's). This does not seem fair to me. Is this common to have different pay scales for GI RN's? Also, RN's take call weeknights 5pm til 7am and Sat/ Sun 5pm til 7am by ourselves. We are not on-call with another tech/ RN. We are responsible for sedating and assisting the doctor. This seems unsafe to me and not allowed according to IL state laws. Does anyone have any advice or similar circumstances with their facility?