GeorgiaRN2

Peds in a pediatric doctor's office. Well kid visits.

We do not have unions for nurses in my state so I can't tell you what it is like to with one. But, I do know that the CEO of my hospital make over 1,100,000 per year (works out to be over $4000 per day. PER DAY). Who is the lowest paid executive? The Chief Nursing Officer - at under 250,000 per year. Not that I'm all for her making more, but it does tell me that nursing isn't really valued much at our hospital if she make under 250,000 and the VP of human resources makes OVER 450,000 per year. (For non-profits, these figures are available online if you know where to look). We are over worked, under staffed and often go without even cost of living raises. Although my team is great and we do an outstanding job with what we have to work with, there are ongoing problems that are never solved because the real issues are never addressed - we need more staff to take care of the patient load we have. Maybe unions would help with that.