Upping the ante

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Large pay increases and other concessions won by UC nurses reflect, exacerbate competition among hospitals amid shortage.

June 25, 2002

By BERNARD J. WOLFSON

The Orange County Register

http://www.ocregister.com/business/nurses00625cci1.shtml

[oramar]

I see this as a victory for the nurses. However, I fear the average reader will think "those greedy nurses". Why, for getting paid what the market will bear just like every doctor, lawyer and CEO does?

[sweetnepenthe]

Not to mention the docs. I do anesthesia--I've had surgeons, GPs, and anesthesiologists say " No NURSE should ever get paid that much".

Guess it doesn't matter what we do or how much responsibility we have, we're nurses and should do it all for free.