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Post by malkieh on Jan 7, 2012 23:47:38 GMT -5
More and more I am seeing people go into nursing for money, I realize the economy is bad. But this is a difficult job, both physically and mentally. Honestly, I know from my instructors and preceptor that it does not pay well.
Is this maybe a reality we need to be telling people about?
People think 2 years, oh yeah I will be a nurse. But you have to add 2 years of prereq/graduate requirements to that mix, plus that they are not hiring 2 year RN's anymore. They want bachelors nurses, and even masters nurses moreso!
The economy is bad for any job right now, and nurses they are cutting left and right making the ratio unsafe in some places.
Plus there are already to many nurses in the field just doing it for a job, and it's more than a job or I think it is more than a job.
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Post by chayan on Jan 8, 2012 11:04:41 GMT -5
People don't necessarily think that nurses make a lot of money. They do think that jobs are plentiful and that there is good job security, which was pretty much true up until 2-3 years ago. I also think that due to the economy and the hordes of people eager to get into nursing, there is going to be stagnation and downward pressure on nursing wages. We'll see how long it takes for the information to trickle down to the masses that a nursing license is NOT necessarily a ticket to financial security and stability.
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Post by medic09 on Jan 8, 2012 18:32:04 GMT -5
I would add that for the minimum required education for an RN, a nurse gets paid pretty well. One can get an RN with only two years in a community college. Who else with an Associate's degree earns over $20/hr starting pay? With opportunity to earn more in differentials for nights and weekends? And plenty of people with a BA are asking 'would you like fries with that?' for less than half of what a BSN nurse is making.
Consider it this way: a paramedic with the same amount of education out here makes about $12-$16/hr. A nurse is making $20 - $25/hr in the same area; with opportunity for more in differentials. My last flight job a full-time paramedic made about $65,000/yr while his nurse partner (same aircraft, shared duties) made about $17,000 more. Another flight job I had I was paid $450/shift, while the medic got $350/shift.
And let's not even talk about how hard our techs and aides work in the hospital during the same hours. Their pay is a fraction of ours.
When seem from the comparative perspective, I'd say nurses get paid pretty well.
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Post by chayan on Jan 20, 2012 0:12:27 GMT -5
I don't know about other cities but here in NY it is hard enough to get a job with a BSN, let alone with ASN.
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Post by malkieh on Jan 20, 2012 13:09:24 GMT -5
same thing in LA, there are no jobs for ASN!
They tell you to not even apply unless your a "bachelor in progress"
I think my frustration is not that people assume that nurses get paid well (yes sometimes they do get paid well), but that it's an easy job. It is anything but an easy job, and it's something you should go into because you love to help people not for money.
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Post by bobbie613 on Jan 22, 2012 22:55:50 GMT -5
There are jobs in San Antonio, Texas. They are hiring RNs with an associate's degree. I know a new grad who could not find a position in NY or any of the environs and went to San Antonio's nursing job fair and was hired without any experience nearly immediately thereafter.
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Post by Rivka P on Feb 8, 2012 22:34:25 GMT -5
contrary to popular belief, New York and LA are not the only places where a frum Jew can live in the USA.
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