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AzNDarkSamurai
11/28/21 6:36:04 PM
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Heard from my auntie that my cousin quit being an RN because its too much BS and politics

Like seriously. why the fuck would you give up $100,000 (or higher) and the chance of buying a nice house, nice car, and setting yourself up for a nice retirement because nursing is too much BS?!?

I would never give up all that money and the opportunities to buy all the nice things you want. Every job has BS

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Antifar
11/28/21 6:37:10 PM
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  1. how much money do you think nurses make?
  2. Nursing is famously stressful even in the best of circumstances, much less the past year and a half.

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Phantom36
11/28/21 6:38:22 PM
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I personally know plenty of RN's, including my own mother. Zero of whom make $100k or live lavishly.

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AzNDarkSamurai
11/28/21 6:38:25 PM
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Antifar posted...
1. how much money do you think nurses make?
2. Nursing is famously stressful even in the best of circumstances, much less the past year and a half.

I have a lot of nurse aunties, nurse cousins, and nurse friends and all of them make around $100,000-200,000/year and they all live good

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Big_Nabendu
11/28/21 6:38:48 PM
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100k salery?
Lolololololol

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Unsugarized_Foo
11/28/21 6:40:21 PM
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100k isnt unheard of if you're a traveling nurse.

I got two nurse friends tgstve been bouncing around making $50-75/hr

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UndefeatedGOAT
11/28/21 6:41:31 PM
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nurses in canada can make that much, our dollar is very bad
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The_Korey
11/28/21 6:42:53 PM
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Nurses tend to be much bigger workhorses than doctors, but without the doctor paycheck/respect.

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Unsugarized_Foo
11/28/21 6:44:39 PM
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The_Korey posted...
Nurses tend to be much bigger workhorses than doctors, but without the doctor paycheck/respect.

Blame insurance for that. Half or more of a doctor's time is paperwork.

Well, I bet even without insurance they'd be bigger workhorses

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Hummer 2
11/28/21 6:45:49 PM
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The_Korey posted...
Nurses tend to be much bigger workhorses than doctors, but without the doctor paycheck/respect.

Untrue. Do nurses pick up unpaid call or get called in for emergency surgery/STEMIs? Do nurses see upwards of 20 inpatients daily?
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Cheater87
11/28/21 6:49:09 PM
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Anti vaxxers.

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Drpooplol
11/28/21 6:49:11 PM
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My sister has a doctorate in Nurse practitioner-something she just started making 100K at the age of like 34.

The BLS has the median pay for RNs at $75K
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/registered-nurses.htm

Shut the FUCK up, tc

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Enderknight17
11/28/21 7:22:33 PM
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It's a stressful job. Hell, a lot of healthcare is. I'm the maintenance director at a nursing home and there's always something going wrong or needing fixed. I interact with residents a lot, but obviously not as much as nursing.

I've seen a lot of them come and go. And they usually always looked stressed.

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Kakapo
11/28/21 7:25:46 PM
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You dont have any idea what nurses do, do you?

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sutree
11/28/21 7:27:49 PM
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Like everyone else has said, barely any RNs are making six figures, and it's a stressful job.

I'm not a nurse, but I work in patient care and really want to change careers. My pay is good but you really do need a passion for it to be worth it.

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g0ldie
11/28/21 7:28:35 PM
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people leave high paying jobs all the time due to the hours, stress, work environment, how "right" the job feels for them, and so on.

I don't see why it should be different for RNs.

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Smackems
11/28/21 7:29:16 PM
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It's stressful and depressing

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Solid Snake07
11/28/21 7:52:28 PM
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Most RNs aren't making 6 figures. And money isn't everything. I wouldn't work a job I hate for more money.

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thronedfire2
11/28/21 7:53:20 PM
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AzNDarkSamurai posted...
I have a lot of nurse aunties, nurse cousins, and nurse friends and all of them make around $100,000-200,000/year and they all live good

working where, huge hospitals in cities? or are they managers, not just nurses?

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sabrestorm
11/28/21 7:57:04 PM
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Im think about going to nursing school and then become a traveling to to someplace like drs without borders

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Smackems
11/28/21 7:57:45 PM
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sabrestorm posted...
Im think about going to nursing school and then become a traveling to to someplace like drs without borders
That's what I'd like to do eventually

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Smackems
11/28/21 7:58:33 PM
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Woozul posted...
Where do they live lmfao?

My bf was like it would be nice if i made that much money as a RN. like i gotta move there asap
Woozy we all know you rolling in billions of bux

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Humble_Novice
11/28/21 7:58:47 PM
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More nurses are quitting because anti-vaxxers are making their lives a living hell.
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Kloe_Rinz
11/28/21 8:00:04 PM
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Stressful job that oftentimes isnt respected and pays little
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AzNDarkSamurai
11/28/21 8:07:43 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
working where, huge hospitals in cities? or are they managers, not just nurses?

the bay area

Jobs pay well here but. cost of living.


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yunalenne10
11/28/21 9:44:25 PM
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Yeah, I make 6 figures. It's not easy though.

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rexcrk
11/28/21 9:51:26 PM
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Why in their right mind would anyone HAVE a job like nursing right now?

Outside of already having that job before shit hit the fan and not being able to get something else

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AzNDarkSamurai
11/29/21 2:03:39 AM
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^because it pays well?

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Rayman2943
11/29/21 2:05:31 AM
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AzNDarkSamurai posted...
^because it pays well?
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TrowaBarton7
11/29/21 2:17:47 AM
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AzNDarkSamurai posted...
Heard from my auntie that my cousin quit being an RN because its too much BS and politics

Like seriously. why the fuck would you give up $100,000 (or higher) and the chance of buying a nice house, nice car, and setting yourself up for a nice retirement because nursing is too much BS?!?

I would never give up all that money and the opportunities to buy all the nice things you want. Every job has BS

I'm gonna assume your cousin is a female.

She most likely has to deal with a lot sexual harassment and anti-Asian racism.

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Xethuminra
11/29/21 2:20:11 AM
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Too much white noise

Sometimes people just can't take the heat anymore for whatever reason. Depending on your lifestyle , 100k is serious overkill. Trust me. I'd know. I am the paycut guy. And I've never regretted it. Not once.
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Looked gf
11/29/21 2:52:02 AM
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Understaffing, stress, dealing with bs from hospital management, doctors, patients and patient's families.

My ex used to be one, switched careers after that

I have to add that this was before covid.

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Arcanine2009
11/29/21 2:57:38 AM
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AzNDarkSamurai posted...
Heard from my auntie that my cousin quit being an RN because its too much BS and politics

Like seriously. why the fuck would you give up $100,000 (or higher) and the chance of buying a nice house, nice car, and setting yourself up for a nice retirement because nursing is too much BS?!?

I would never give up all that money and the opportunities to buy all the nice things you want. Every job has BS
Covid has taken its toll on a lot of nurses. The surges and having to take care of so many patients.. It's stressing them out.

Even before that.. Nursing is not an easy job and not easy for everyone. It's demanding, often understaffed and you don't always get the best shifts and you have to deal with patients and shitty management/bureaucracy (although this happens in every field)

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Arcanine2009
11/29/21 3:01:03 AM
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Drpooplol posted...
My sister has a doctorate in Nurse practitioner-something she just started making 100K at the age of like 34.

The BLS has the median pay for RNs at $75K
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/registered-nurses.htm

Shut the FUCK up, tc
I think it heavily depends on where you live and the standard of living there.

Average salary for nurses in South Dakota is like 60k while average in california is in the 110ks. Years of experience, degree, type of nurses count too of course.

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Payzmaykr
11/29/21 3:03:52 AM
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Exposure to morons who refused to get the vaccine and now spread the coronavirus through their place of work. Nurses do 95% of the work and make less than doctors. You might quit to go study for your doctorate.

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Rayman2943
11/29/21 3:05:19 AM
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Payzmaykr posted...
Exposure to morons who refused to get the vaccine and now spread the coronavirus through their place of work. Nurses do 95% of the work and make less than doctors. You might quit to go study for your doctorate.

lol nurses do not do less work than doctors that feminist propaganda.
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snowman9267
11/29/21 3:22:31 AM
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  1. Administration treating nursing as an expense rather than an asset, leaving units working short staffed with with too many patients to safely care for.
  2. Most states have little to no union support, leading to lower wages, higher patient ratios, increased burnout, etc.
  3. Rude, entitled, ignorant, unpleasant patients and their families.
  4. Lots of nursing jobs are very physical and cause injuries either from poor lifting in unfavorable conditions or from gradual wear on your joints. Healthcare workers are often very high up on the list for most frequently injured profession. I've had literally zero of my injured coworkers tell me how great and supportive management and the worker's comp process was in helping them get back to work as safely as possible.
  5. High emotional stress if you work in ER, ICU, etc
There's probably more but those were the reasons I could come up with in 2-3 minutes. It's not a terrible job but there are way easier and less stressful ways to make decent money. Thankfully I don't have any children and made a lot of good investments so I only have to do it for another 12 years or so probably then I can retire early. I also quit the ICU after 9 years and took a super cush procedural job for the same pay and better hours, lol. I probably would have just gone into designing software had I known what hospital nursing is actually like.

E: unless you're going for a nurse anesthetist license or a nurse practitioner a nursing doctorate is actual useless garbage. You'd make more money throwing your tuition into a bitcoin hail mary. Also most doctors work super hard and are great to work with. Obviously there are a couple morons occaisonally but that's any job.

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Payzmaykr
11/29/21 3:24:12 AM
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Rayman2943 posted...
lol nurses do not do less work than doctors that feminist propaganda.
I said they do 95% of the work

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Rayman2943
11/29/21 3:26:27 AM
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Payzmaykr posted...
I said they do 95% of the work
i meant more. they don't do 95 percent of the work that is entirely feminist propaganda.
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viewmaster_pi
11/29/21 3:26:56 AM
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The_Korey posted...
Nurses tend to be much bigger
god i wish i had a giant nurse gf

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rexcrk
11/29/21 4:53:27 AM
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AzNDarkSamurai posted...
^because it pays well?
Iol

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Lorenzo_2003
11/29/21 5:46:53 AM
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Rayman2943 posted...
lol nurses do not do less work than doctors that feminist propaganda.

I think they meant the nurses do most of the work, as in 95 out of the 100. Not that they do less.

Edit: ah, nvm. Yeah, 95 seems hyperbole.

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Rayman2943
11/29/21 5:51:29 AM
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Exactly. Doctors are paid more for a reason. They have way more education. Its why you see so many anti-vaxx nurses.
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lolife67
11/29/21 5:53:24 AM
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Rayman2943 posted...
i meant more. they don't do 95 percent of the work that is entirely feminist propaganda.
No, it isn't. As someone who works as a recruiter for providers, I'd agree for the most part (it may vary by specialty.) Although I'm sure that poster is using "nurses" as a catch-all phrase for mid levels (RNs, PAs and NPs.)
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Rayman2943
11/29/21 5:54:48 AM
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lolife67 posted...
No, it isn't. As someone who works as a recruiter for providers, I'd agree for the most part (it may vary by specialty.) Although I'm sure that poster is using "nurses" as a catch-all phrase for mid levels (RNs, PAs and NPs.)
They do physical stuff but I wouldn't take medical advice from a nurse over a doctor.

The actual important stuff doctors do
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lolife67
11/29/21 5:58:22 AM
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Rayman2943 posted...
They do physical stuff but I wouldn't take medical advice from a nurse over a doctor.

The actual important stuff doctors do
Nurses diagnose patients and read charts, too. Physicians just sign off on them.
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