Rich nurses?

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you guys are mostly from the USA?

I just glanced over a thread and it seems you guys are ridculously overpaid?

In Australia.. nursing is by far not a well paid job. Its maybe just average. My step dad who was a traffic controller - held a sign that said "slow" and "stop" on the flipside got paid $10 an hour more than me.. i kid you not.

Specializes in icu, er, transplant, case management, ps.
Thanks Woody, I appreciate it!:balloons:

You are welcome. And just remember, if you get injured and can't return to bedside nursing, you will have one leg up with a BSN, then those that don't go on with their education.

Woody:balloons:

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Specializes in Jack of all trades, and still learning.
I agree with you, we are definately underpaid! We carry a lot more resposibility than nurses in other countries. I am comfortable but far from rich. Nurses in other countries do not do what american nurses do. Therefore there is no comparison

Wow, that's an interesting comment. What do you do that we don't do?

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Primarily my income is in good ole Texas. And from what you say about fla. Texas is heaven for nurses.And for some extra smart money, try strike busting pay. Fills out a salary nicely. Its not what you do its how you do it. And I do it with calmness and honour

I am an LPN from Florida. I made, on average, $70,000 per year as a home care nurse several years ago. I also worked 60-72 hours per week, so a lot of what I earned was OT pay. It's possible, I beleive you made that much and earned it all!;)

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Specializes in icu, er, transplant, case management, ps.
Wow, that's an interesting comment. What do you do that we don't do?

I'd like to know the answer to that question as well. I've worked with nurses from overseas. The vast majority of them came to the U.S. because even when they did not earn as much as we did, they made much more then they could at home. I worked with two nurses from Great Britian that sent money home to their families but still earned more then they could at home. They both went home periodicly for two or three weeks. From my discussions with them they actually did more then we did and earned less. Granted, they had universal health care coverage.

Woody:balloons:

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Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.
I am an LPN from Florida. I made, on average, $70,000 per year as a home care nurse several years ago. I also worked 60-72 hours per week, so a lot of what I earned was OT pay. It's possible, I beleive you made that much and earned it all!;)

I earn my money, I no longer work those frightfull hrs and Im making 110 to 120 k

and I golf a lot more

all my kids are grown, thank god

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Specializes in oncology, surgical stepdown, ACLS & OCN.
Wow, that's an interesting comment. What do you do that we don't do?

WE have a lot more responsibility and do more invvasive procedures.

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WE have a lot more responsibility and do more invvasive procedures.

You think so?

They may not have all the fancy equipment, but MANY experienced International nurses have as much (or more) responsibility and are quite adept at invasive procedures.

The US is not the only country with highly skilled, technically adept, critically thinking nurses!

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Specializes in oncology, surgical stepdown, ACLS & OCN.

I have worked with japanese nurses and they don't even start Iv's in their country.

That I learned as soon as I got out of school.

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Specializes in oncology, surgical stepdown, ACLS & OCN.

Yes, I think US. nurses do alot more than nurses overseas.

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Yes, I think US. nurses do alot more than nurses overseas.

Here's the thing.

You desire folks to respect you as an ADN- RN with many years of professional experience, yet you are heaping disrespect on international colleagues. You don't appreciate it when the "BSN is key" argument is pushed on you, yet you covertly denigrate international RN's!

Nursing practice laws differ from state to state and definitely from country to country. In all places they may not do all the procedures certain US nurses are allowed to do, but with certainty, they may be efficient in sophisticated medical procedures that may be out of the US RN's (legal) scope.

Medical sophistication is not solely the domain of our USA!

There are nursing schools in the US that are graduating clinical featherweights. The same thing is happening internationally. They should ALL be shut down!

There are crappy nurses worldwide. There are also good nurses all over this world. Lets celebrate those good nurses! :lol2::balloons:

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Specializes in icu, er, transplant, case management, ps.
Here's the thing.

You desire folks to respect you as an ADN- RN with many years of professional experience, yet you are heaping disrespect on international colleagues. You don't appreciate it when the "BSN is key" argument is pushed on you, yet you covertly denigrate international RN's!

Nursing practice laws differ from state to state and definitely from country to country. In all places they may not do all the procedures certain US nurses are allowed to do, but with certainty, they may be efficient in sophisticated medical procedures that may be out of the US RN's (legal) scope.

Medical sophistication is not solely the domain of our USA!

There are nursing schools in the US that are graduating clinical featherweights. The same thing is happening internationally. They should ALL be shut down!

There are crappy nurses worldwide. There are also good nurses all over this world. Lets celebrate those good nurses! :lol2::balloons:

One of the major problems with nurses and doctors, here in the U.S., we delude ourselves into believing that we have the most advanced health care systems in the world. And we ignore our terrible health statistics. I have traveled to other countries. And I have used the health care systems in two of the countries that I have visited. The care was excellent. The doctors were knowledgeable. The nurses were knowledgeable and extremely helpful. And what really impressed me, I could speak neither language of the two countries I visited. The hospital staff went to the trouble of finding someone who spoke English to assist me, in describing my health problems, medications and why I was in their ER. They didn't expect me to speak their language, unlike many places here.

I am sure there are good and bad doctors and nurses, good and bad hospitals, both here in overseas. We need to realize that we are not G**'s gift to the medical world.

Woody:balloons:

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Specializes in Oncology/Haemetology/HIV.
I have worked with japanese nurses and they don't even start Iv's in their country.

That I learned as soon as I got out of school.

Just to be a total smart aleck..........

I was starting IVs as a layperson, and my nursing program also had us start IVs within the first year.

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I am sure that you could train a monkey to start an IV if you needed to......but they still couldn't function as a nurse. Just as you could probably teach them to intubate, but it wouldnt make them an MD. Because nursing is a lot more than IV starts. And medicine is more than intubation.

If one judges our fellow nurses by single skills, we are being quite shortsighted.

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