TIFFANYLEE

that sounds good !!

Take care. Sounds like you need some prayers

and i thought when men got into the profession we would make the wages men demanded . i would never want to make the wages you do . i don't think this forum is a jerry spinger show but i do understand why some people think florida folks can be very backward . this can account for the fair to poor medical care florida still has in the state . nurse's who can make really good money tend to go to those facilities . i am not stating that nurse's are only into the position for $$$ but i need to make a desent living . be grateful if you want to be a sorry sap !! :chuckle

That is right the food and utlities are just the same . My parents are living there for 6 years now so that is why I am going there but I have been monitoring those items and guess what BIG LIE Florida is not cheaper .

\I currently live in PA but am moving to Florida this week . I can tell you the housing is cheaper but not the utilities nor the food are cheap . No ,,, Florida will continue to suck for wages ,

What a shame for us !! I guess when nurse's stop caring there will be CHANGE !! I don't see that happening too soon from some of the sorry saps of nurse's that have replied " I am in nursing to help " statement I have gotten . Take care !

do you think all the responds for low wage in nursing can be sent to Jeb Bush and the florida board of nurisng , It is a election year !!! George was just in florida he needs the state I say lets get old geoge to looka the salaies of nursing in Florida and push old brother Jeb in a better direction to help us out !!:rotfl:

I have to agree we all need to support our self in this world that is not why I choose nursing 27 years ago but I belive as nurse's who are demand now we need to ask , no DEMAND better wages and since there is a shortage we should get the $$$. I am not in debt and have a nice lifestyle , I work hard but expect payment for that experience . Nurse's are needed . I will always have a job but I will work hard for $$$ not so hard for less . The public must begin to understand who is keeping them comforable in the hospitals or Nursing homes who is really caring for them . I think alot of the country has caught on to the idea that nurse's no longer work for pennies . I am sure if you want to work for low wages or:angryfire lower wages you can get that job . But as for me I will wait out the higher paying postions or do travel nursing people are people I don't care who I nurse but how much it pays !!

Better yet I got my legal nurse cert maybe I can make a ton of $$ from nurse's like you !!:rotfl:

I am with you I too would like the 12 hour days but in Citrus county can't find those shifts anyone live in that county that can help me ???

Thanks !! I will be needing help so stay with me nurse's :imbar

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If you want to work for low wages you should !! I do not wish to work for 17.00 per hour I make $64,000 now why in God's name would I want to work for less . Maybe your cost of living is low because you don't expect too much from yourself I on the other hand think If you want and need my expertise than pay for it . I am a nurse not a nun I want to be paid for my responsibilities . I don't know how much experience you have as a nurse on the unit or if you have any MANAGEMENT experience but I can tell you nurse's who feel they can get by with less get nothing . I intend to lobby for better wages in Florida and I do hope people like you do not think nurse's won't strike or slow work down because I will without a doubt and nurse's like you can pick up the slack since you love the job !!

It is unforuate that nurse's have been taught to be kind ect..... but any CEO, stock trader , trashman , plumber ect... would be paid more than us . We are caring for people and lives depend on our education . If you feel you are just a lil LPN get out of nursing you don't have the balls for this life !! We need nurse's that fight for the lives of patient's and $$$$$ and respect . Please don't let the nurse's in Florida be mambie pambies's . Get other opinion Live better don't you have a life ???

I am moving to Homoassa , Fl this month. Are there any agencies there??? I tried aleast 6 NH in the area and I cannot get hired . I have 27 yrs and am currently a director of Clinical records and utilization review PPS , CMI my specialty .I also have a degee in paralegal am I too qualified for the area ??? HELP !!!! the wages are a big problem in Florida something I did not count on and I just don't know how I am going to afford it .

Hey I am with you . These old people need to understand without nurse's , doctor's and yes lawyer's life would not be sooooo great . How can we get the point across to the older folks in Florida .??? The power cannot be with them it must be with employee's and employer's we are the $$$ makers in florida not the old folks .

You have your opinion and I will have mine !!! I think the nurse's need more $$$$ in Florida . I have worked for the elderly for 27 years >> so what was YOUR POINT ??? I think the jobs for nurse's in the North are very profitable and prentyful . I am moving to care for my FOLKS but I don't intend for Fl to get the best of me and for nothing . Wise up !!

I can net about $1000.00 for the weekend . It is well worth the 110 in air fare I think. If I get 30.00 in Tampa it may work for me . Wages are so low in Florida that change in politics are needed badly. It is the 1st thing I intend to lobby in a big way. Nurse's in Florida need to band together and get rid of the current board of nursing they are NOT helping the nurse's cause at all. Whoever is running for office will get my vote if they find a way to secure better income for nurse's . I think the 9K is low in 12 months I can net 12,000. There are many ways to shin the cat.:chuckle

I don't know but I wish Id did I am moving down this month and I guess this is another way for FL to rip us off??:rotfl:

I agree but I knoe RN's that need the power thing over LPN's:balloons:

First we get rid of Jeb at Gov, I am not in the business of supporting old folks I am in the $$$ business. I want a board of nursing that supports ^in wages for nurses not politics. I think I will work for the highest bidder and do travel nuring in PA . Southwest air has a great plan for $55.00one way open for a membership plan . I can make 32per hour in PA on weekends . ??? why would I take care of LTC for less . I am in nursing for $$ not charity . Maybe the Florida Goverment should rethink past politics as I said Northern folks know who won the war and the South did not !!!:rotfl:

please note in PA LPN are now allowed to take vebal orders effective 1/1/04 . It was a stupid idea for LPN's not to have that ability . I did it for years than some RN decided we were not good enough to handle to V/O 's weird !!

In PA 1/1/04 LPN allowed to take verbal orders per nursing board:rotfl:

Appy for FL license it is costly but once you got the hard part is getting a paying job LPN 's or RN's don't get the pay but maybe one of us will get Jeb as a patient HEE HEE:uhoh3:

THEN JEB HAS NOT A BAD JOB AND IT IS UP TO MANY REGISTERED VOTERS TO LET HIM KNOW NURSE NEED MORE $$$ AND THAT MEANS LET HIM HANG. I AM NOT ABOUT TO GET TO FLORIDA THEN DEAL WITH POOR WAGES . LET ME TELL YOU THOSE OLD PEOPLE WHO RETIRE TO FLORIDA HAVE ALOT OF MONEY AND THEY BETTER USE IT TO PAY FOR LTC AND HOSPITAL WAGES OR THEY WILL DIE SOONER THAT THEY WANT . NURSE'S ARE NOT MISSIONARY'S WE ARE NOT CHARITY CAUSES WE WANT TO GET PAID FOR FAIR WAGES . SO WISE UP FLORIDA AND JEB QUICK THE NORTH NURSE ARE COMING AND WE DON'T TAKE ANY SHIT !!!