You're a nurse? How much do you make?

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Specializes in CCU, Geriatrics, Critical Care, Tele.

just sharing this here:

somebody asked: "you're a nurse?" that's cool, i wanted to do that when i was a kid. how much do you make?"

the nurse replied: "how much do i make?" ...

i can make holding your hand seem like the most important thing in the world when you're scared...

i can make your child breathe when they stop...

i can help your father survive a heart attack...

i can make myself get up at 5am to make sure your mother has the medicine she needs to live...

i work all day to save the lives of strangers...

i make my family wait for dinner until i know your family member is taken care of...

i make myself skip lunch so that i can make sure that everything i did for your wife today is charted...

i make myself work weekends and holidays because people don't just get sick monday - friday. today, i might save your life.

how much do i make?

all i know is, i make a difference.

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Specializes in Peds, Med-Surg, Disaster Nsg, Parish Nsg.

thanks. i really needed this after the day i've had.

love this line......

how much do i make? all i know is, i make a difference.
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LOL this is nice, but then I'd get the feeling that they'd just roll their eyes and give me that ''really????" face? c'mon how much do you really??? make?

Then I'd proceed to restate that entire paragraph over again.

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.

I think this is brilliant!

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LOL this is nice, but then I'd get the feeling that they'd just roll their eyes and give me that ''really????" face? c'mon how much do you really??? make?

Then I'd proceed to restate that entire paragraph over again.

I could almost see the person rolling their eyes. Too true and funny!

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Outpatient Surgery, Nurse Informatics.

Very heartwarming indeed! God bless all NURSES! :D

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Specializes in Homecare, Public Health.

I got this in an email last week.... how true!

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Specializes in Trauma, ER, ICU, CCU, PACU, GI, Cardiology, OR.

Undoubtedly, this worth sharing... :bow:

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i'm with you all, but only to a point. the nursing profession has been held back, for centuries now, by the angel-of-mercy, sacrificing, unselfish stereotypes (you can see thetruthaboutnursing.com for more on that). sure, we do great work, but we do it because we are well-educated, serious professionals with a lot of responsibility, and this is how we choose to earn our salaries.

it'd be perfectly ok with me if we could de-emphasize the soft-focus presentations and give the answer along the same lines as you'd get if you asked an engineer, a chemist, an architect, a teacher, a carpenter, or anyone else who works for a living. "i do pretty well with the overtime," or, "an experienced staff nurse can earn around $100,000 a year in some settings."

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

it'd be perfectly ok with me if we could de-emphasize the soft-focus presentations and give the answer along the same lines as you'd get if you asked an engineer, a chemist, an architect, a teacher, a carpenter, or anyone else who works for a living. "i do pretty well with the overtime," or, "an experienced staff nurse can earn around $100,000 a year in some settings."

they did do that. this kind of stuff spread all over facebook last year.

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This is a great answer to how much money do you make. No amount of money can replace the joy I feel when I help others.

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I am a RN and I make $0. (New grad).

Volunteering @ free clinic: priceless.

The word "Thank You" worths so much. It makes me fly in the sky for days.

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