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Nurses' pay--are you accepting low pay? Why?
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Posted over 3 years ago I just read about a dozen responses in another posting about nurses' pay. You can guess the general drift: pay is low, particularly in some of the southern states. Low pay rankles just about everyone, but why don't nurses do more to help themselves? What's your reason? Maybe it's one or more of the following: you're afraid; you don't value your work; you don't know how to help yourself; you don't have time; you're willing to settle for peanuts; jobs are scarce; you're old; or ____________. Please note: this posting isn't advocating that you organize, or form a union, or boycott businesses and organizations that abuse their workers. On the other hand, this posting isn't advocating that you accept the status quo, either. It's asking for straight answers. Are you accepting low pay as a nurse? Why?
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| Posted over 3 years ago Shamefully I took a position in Atlanta for lower pay with the "verbal" promise they'd buy me the moon....in a I've been stupid before but Ive never been gullible with stupid at the same time. Lesson learned, never to repeat. There is a brcouple monthes . Well there was a ight side.............learned short cuts through the hood around Grady Hospital downtown Atlanta in a relative safe zone. Also discovered a cheap cuban restaunt in that area. |
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| Posted over 3 years ago Always get everything in writing. This way they can't say " I never promised that." |
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| Posted over 3 years ago I moved up North, I'm now making close to $40/hr doing a fairly easy job in a hospital. My thoughts were, I could always retire down south, and my 401K and Social Security, would be based on the higher wages, and I would come out ahead in the end. My benefits in the NorthEast are better compared to the south, with 401k matching up to 5% (it was 4% at two different hospitals in the south), and healthcare and dental costs much lower here as well. |
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| Posted about 3 years ago I recently passed up my dream job because it payed less than what I am making now. I interviewed, they called me the next day and offered me what I thought was not a fair hourly wage and I told them (calmly of course) when you can give me more then what i'm making now, please call me. I politely said Thank You for your time and hung up the phone. This a job i've dreamed about for many years and truly wanted, but I will not settle for less. One of my instructors in the ADN program once said, " Always negotiate your hourly wage, you're worth it and remember THEY need you more then you need them." I felt very empowered and eventually I will get the wage I want and deserve. We as nurses work very hard and long hours for the pay we recieve and I will let noone act as if I'm not worth it...... |
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| Posted about 3 years ago I live in NH. I'm 55, and have been a nurse for 33 years. I have experience in many different areas, but I'm making $25/hr. I couldn't get hired by a hospital (they pay more, but I don't know how much) because it's been too long since I worked in one - I'm too old and out of the loop. So I've been working in long term care, which pays poorly, and am currently in home care. Unless I want to move, which is financially unfeasable, there aren't a whole lot of options. I could hold out for higher pay, and not work; but since I'm the only one working, that isn't an option either. I know I'm worth more than what I'm making, but what choice do I have? It's not like I have any leverage over the employers. They can offer what they want, and I can take it or leave it. If I want to work, I guess I have to take it. There is also the issue of reimbursement; medicare, medicaid, and insurance. We want healthcare costs controlled, guess where they control them?! Nursing is the biggest expense for any healthcare provider, therefore the juicy target for cutting costs. |
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| Posted about 3 years ago This is a topic that everyone is interested in.... I been in nursing since the days of glass syringes... And I'm still active & working in two hospitals one provides me health insurance, and the other doesn't but it pays me double, since they save on my insurance this last one pays me $100.00hr. & I work 12 hr. shift with them, Oh! by the way I'm also in my fifties!, I think it depends on the individual if they are happy with their job, that counts a lot... but if you are getting low pay and your miserable then is your call... but now with this economy one has to keep the job that one's got, and thank your lucky star you have one... but I live by one motto... NEVER ALLOW SOMEONE TO BE YOUR PRIORITY, WHILE ALLOWING YOURSELF TO BE THEIR OPTION. |
