The worth of the nurse

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New study. In dollars Spent VS. benefit to society... nurses are the MOST productive members of society.

Isn't this just another way of saying ... we are overworked and underpaid? :idea:

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Specializes in Home Health.

Sounds like it.

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Specializes in ER, ICU.

Hey can you post the link? Thanks.

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Specializes in Home health was tops, 2nd was L&D.

We could have saved them all that time for research, couldn't we??

Would be nice for the world to know it though :)

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Sry, no link yet... just heard it on O&a . org... radio

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Specializes in Critical Care, Trauma, Neuroscience.

when you do have the source/link of the study, post it!!! I'm really interested to read it.

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Specializes in Family Medicine, Tele/Cardiac, Camp.

Ha!

I find a sort of bitter humor in that. A kind of dual satisfaction and sadness... Hmmm...

:cool:

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Specializes in Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych.

It's a pity the general public wasn't aware of that.

They should post it outside on a big sign at the entrance to every hospital. Maybe then people will sit up and take notice (but I doubt it somehow).

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As a matter of fact, there is a HUGE sign posted at my current facility... says The best nurses work here! Puhleeze! I have 6-8 patients, 30 years of experience... cannot keep up. I am merely babysitting with that many!

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Specializes in CVICU, Obs/Gyn, Derm, NICU.

Hmmmmm....

Society owes us plenty

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Specializes in Public Health, TB.

A bit off-topic, but I having a discussion with an RT about the movement toward doing away with public employee unions and decreasing pay to teachers to balance state budget shortfalls.

She felt like nurses would be the next target for wage reduction because the majority of patients are either Medicare or Medicaid.

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A bit off-topic, but I having a discussion with an RT about the movement toward doing away with public employee unions and decreasing pay to teachers to balance state budget shortfalls.

She felt like nurses would be the next target for wage reduction because the majority of patients are either Medicare or Medicaid.

There is no evidence to back it up, but based on my knowledge and observations of the world around me, I believe this.

If it's the case, I'm out. I make peanuts now as it is.

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