I have had enough of looking for nursing positions where I may wish to broaden my horizons and the ads say:
"Palm trees and cold beer in every room"
"All our patients are very unique and very socialble
and they and their family will join you over a keg"
"Nursing here is very different because of our
assembly line technology"
"We have robots on every floor to clean and
and the quality of work they provide makes aseptic
technique obsolete"
"We offer snap-on self-starting IV's"
"We have GROUP WONDER SESSIONS to keep all
the patients cheery 24-7"
"We have a computer system that is so innovative
that charting is no longer needed...just talk to the
computer and its visual verification of the
procedure automatically charts it"
But almost nowhere are there any specifics of pay and benefits, the lone exception being CRNAs. Don't you feel railroaded by this? It is advertised in most other professions. At least a hint like "To 75K". I think if pay is to be increased in this profession, we need to turn the tables a little and let them bid against each other for our skills...not us against each other. Anyone agree with me on this? And sign on bonuses don't mean that much if the pay was low to begin with...kinda like buying a car with a rebate. Doesn't this issue rattle any cages out there?
l.rae
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around here, l see Quite a few rates and benefits advertised...but not in most ot the national nurse magazines.......LR