Right, without knowing location and cost of living, its impossible to say if that wage is fair or not. For instance, getting paid 30$ an hour as an RN is rural...um, Wisconsin for instance would be...
Um, I think you might be surprised. The trend I have noticed so far has been to decrease staffing because of the repayment issues. If hospitals are making less money they can afford to hire less...
I agree with PP netglow. How tied are you to the hospital? Do you have any obligations to them, other than feeling grateful to this person who 'went out on a limb' to give you a chance? I realize this...
And then you have the other side of the coin. Family members who ignore their parents while they are home, then all of a sudden when an end seems imminent, they come around and try to ingratiate...
Having been on both sides of the organ donation experience (my grandfather was a heart recipient, my step-mother unexpected resp arrest post op), I can say that we were far from pressured to consent....