Redriver

There are recent work restrictions on residencies. Interns work 80 hours per week, upper level residents can work many more hours than that. There is also talk that they will increase the work hour limit, as many believe that post-graduate training is not sufficient. I would also like to point out that before these work hour restrictions residency would easily mean >120 hours a week, for up to 8 years, not counting fellowship. Just something to think about when comparing older doctors to younger ones. What I'm really trying to say is, if you do decide, as a profession, to start residencies, it will rapidly become mandatory. And everybody will have to do it to get a job. Which will basically double the amount of time you are required to be trained.

Residents get paid about $10 an hour on average.

Thank you everyone for taking the time to answer my question. It helps a lot.

Hello, I am a medical student about to graduate and start residency, and I have a question. I always felt it was rude for doctors to call a nurse by their first name, and before I start residency at a new hospital I wanted to ask what the proper title is for an RN? Should I say "Nurse Smith?" or "Mr/Mrs Smith?" or something else? Its also frustrating to me that a lot of hospitals only display people's first name on their name badge, in this case would it be dumb to call someone Mr/Mrs/Ms John/Cindy etc .. or Nurse Cindy/John? I hate walking up to someone I don't know and calling them by their first name. I wanted to know if there was any convention in this case, and apart from that, what is the general nursing opinion. Thank you, and I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong section.