Current Events > I think it's a great time to become a Nurse. Boomers are retiring

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Considering how all the baby boomers are retiring, and they're reaping the benefits of their subsidized home purchases when houses were 1/40th of what they are now, I think there's a target market for old people that has a lot of potential for profit. Some ideas besides becoming a nurse come into mind:

Old people that are depressed and need a friend to talk to - Could I start my own counselling services that are open to the public without legal issues with certifications and degrees? I could advertise myself as a "friend" that is just here to listen to your problems and not offer advice that could be on your medical records.

Pretend to be the son/daughter you never had for the single elderlies that have lived in solitude.
I'll sell it as a role playing - package deal where you can choose out of three options: 1. Edgelord son/daughter you wish you never had. 2. The sweetest valediction. 3. The confused and mysterious underachiever.

Create a theme park for senior citizens that's similar to Disneyland.
Except instead of the clam chowder soup and space mountain, you have the infamous deviled eggs and mini golf/spa combo.
Everything in that park will be designed to bring out nostalgia for those that lived through the 60s and 70s.

Is the high paycheck worth spending all the day swapping the diapers of the generation that financially screwed yours >_>

Doe posted...

Is the high paycheck worth spending all the day swapping the diapers of the generation that financially screwed yours >_>

But seriously, it's an important job, but for me there's way too much physical contact and IDK what advancement opportunities they have compared to a full doctor

I thought nurses have a good work life balance no? Just that itself is worth more in value than advancement opportunities.
Most party goers that I have met at bars and raves are usually nurses that have the weekends off.

I think it's a great job where you can leave work at work and not have to worry about it extending into your personal life.

If I was in the Stem field? I don't think I'll ever have that luxury.

Imo the younger generations should abandon the field and not take care of the boomers

Lord_Shadow posted...

Imo the younger generations should abandon the field and not take care of the boomers

Then who will take care of you when you get old?

TodorokiHayato posted...

I thought nurses have a good work life balance no?

lmfao

no

TwoDoorPC posted...

lmfao

no

I thought they have a lot of leave days and they usually have 2 days off a week?
I wouldn't mind getting paid hourly at a $30 rate and racking up on overtime though

Lord_Shadow posted...

Imo the younger generations should abandon the field and not take care of the boomers

imo, people with anime avatars should be insta banned. Can't always get what you want.

The tl;dr of this topic is you have absolutely no idea what nurses actually do.

Just saying, a travel RN can potentially make more than MDs and they have high union/political power and can get raises every year or so.

MDs/DOs on the other hand gets slapped by administration everyday for even asking a 1 cent raise.

It is a great time to be an RN. No risks involved if you don't do stupid shit like give the wrong meds etc.

Also, RN has a lot of room for growth to become administration and have an alphabet of letters after their name and admins love that shit.

Coming from personal experience. I do not recommend anyone going to medical school and should do nursing school instead.

A long life with a chronic Illness has taught me that it's never a great time to become a nurse, unless you truly want to help people.

If you honestly think nurses have it easy, you've never seen or known a nurse. Nurses quite often work double shifts due to the overwhelming amount of patients and duties they have to deal with.

TodorokiHayato posted...

I thought they have a lot of leave days and they usually have 2 days off a week?
I wouldn't mind getting paid hourly at a $30 rate and racking up on overtime though

The healthcare industry is insanely overworked and treated like shit in... pretty much every developed country. There's a reason many nurses are jumping ship, and that's just in Australia. I can't even begin to imagine what it's like in parts of the US.

There are all kinds of nurses. Some don't interact with patients directly much at all. Some have standard office hours. It's a very diverse field.

Dark_Arbron posted...

The healthcare industry is insanely overworked and treated like shit in... pretty much every developed country. There's a reason many nurses are jumping ship, and that's just in Australia. I can't even begin to imagine what it's like in parts of the US.

It's bad here, but you can't deny that the RN pay is decent with room to grow.

However on the other end, physicians haven't gotten a raise in over 10 years, and our workload has increased substantially and is a lot more risker compared to 10 years ago. There is no room to grow as an MD unless you invest 3+ years into doing fellowship, and taking a paycut while doing so.

GeminiDeus posted...

If you honestly think nurses have it easy, you've never seen or known a nurse. Nurses quite often work double shifts due to the overwhelming amount of patients and duties they have to deal with.

It depends on where you work. My ex gf was a nurse at a clinic and the hours were stable. On the other hand, she would have made a lot more money in a less stable position.

GeminiDeus posted...

If you honestly think nurses have it easy, you've never seen or known a nurse. Nurses quite often work double shifts due to the overwhelming amount of patients and duties they have to deal with.

But the work is repetitive right? I understand it's a lot of nitty gritty work with long hours, but the mental strain seems less than an MD. Dealing with factors outside your control and having to come up with solutions seems like a way more daunting task.

The true question is - are most RNs terrible people before becoming RNs, or does becoming an RN make them terrible?

bobbaaay posted...

The true question is - are most RNs terrible people before becoming RNs, or does becoming an RN make them terrible?

Shut the fuck up. Nurses are great

megamanfreakXD posted...

Just saying, a travel RN can potentially make more than MDs and they have high union/political power and can get raises every year or so.

MDs/DOs on the other hand gets slapped by administration everyday for even asking a 1 cent raise.

It is a great time to be an RN. No risks involved if you don't do stupid shit like give the wrong meds etc.

Also, RN has a lot of room for growth to become administration and have an alphabet of letters after their name and admins love that shit.

Coming from personal experience. I do not recommend anyone going to medical school and should do nursing school instead.

False. Choose a better specialty instead of general medicine.

AdrianBeterson posted...

False. Choose a better specialty instead of general medicine.

Yes we need more subspecalties and less primary care and internists m i rite?

Clearly you have never worked in a hospital before, then you would know RN admins and MBAs run it. Not MDs.

bsp77 posted...

Shut the fuck up. Nurses are great

I don't know what world you live in.
I work in dietetics and they treat everyone in dietetics and nutrition like shit. My ex is a pharmacist and they all treat pharmacists like shit. I have a coworker who's become a respiratory therapist and he said they treat him like shit. All of the cleaning staff says they treat them like shit. A fwb of mine is a transporter and she said they all treat her like shit.

There's a common thread here of RNs treating people like shit.

Its a great job if its your calling. I did a year of nursing and 4 years of occupational therapy. Healthcare is not something you choose for money, you will be miserable if its not something in you and it will be miserable for your patients as well.

Friends,

First, my daughter is a nurse. I put her through college, it was hard, and it continues to be hard every day. she is in the mommy baby department, and EVERYDAY she sees people that SHOULD NOT HAVE KIDS!!!! I mean 2 total idiots walk in, and then 2 idiots and a baby walk out. How do you think that kid is going to turn out. what chance does he have???

I like all your other ideas. Of course I am 60 and retired. I play video games, and watch tv, and twice a week go to the university for Spanish class.

So how are you going to do this? where will you get the money? the problem is old people are cheap, frugal, and just broke. When your on like 7 medicines a day, its a big drain.

Good luck. Thank you for sharing.

Who's alt?

bobbaaay posted...

The true question is - are most RNs terrible people before becoming RNs, or does becoming an RN make them terrible?

Translation- I had a personal experience or know someone that did with 0.00001% of nurses and think they're all terrible people.

--Zero- posted...

Translation- I had a personal experience or know someone that did with 0.00001% of nurses and think they're all terrible people.

I literally work in healthcare, as well as my ex and plenty of other people i know.

megamanfreakXD posted...

Yes we need more subspecalties and less primary care and internists m i rite?

Clearly you have never worked in a hospital before, then you would know RN admins and MBAs run it. Not MDs.

Correct, with how the medical system is run, you either play the game and specialize in a desirable specialty, or live a life of burnout and low pay. Primary care and hospital medicine are a waste of an MD degree.

Nurses are leaving in droves

OP with his head in the sand or misinformed

Terrible time to be in Healthcare

bobbaaay posted...

The true question is - are most RNs terrible people before becoming RNs, or does becoming an RN make them terrible?

Medicine takes good people and makes them terrible

bobbaaay posted...

I literally work in healthcare, as well as my ex and plenty of other people i know.

I have you tagged as being from the same area and I also work in healthcare but in an administrative role. Nurses are nice af to me.

Although your ex having bad experiences with them does explain why pharmacists treat me like a king because I'm nice to them

bobbaaay posted...

I literally work in healthcare, as well as my ex and plenty of other people i know.

Hey same here. Looks like the place you work at warped your view of nurses though. Most of mine are all pretty chill and nice on all shifts.

If you have the psychological fortitude, go for it. It can be soul-crushing.

NightingaleMD posted...

Nurses are leaving in droves

OP with his head in the sand or misinformed

Terrible time to be in Healthcare

Didn't they just raise the minimum wage for healthcare workers up to $25-30 in some parts of the states?

Besides dealing with patients, it shouldn't be that different than someone working in retail trying to sell something right? I rather deal with sick people than deal with assholes calling me an oily salesman.

Here in The Netherlands people are mass imported to become nurses, the locals dont want anything to do with it anymore after years of industry pushing. Mostly from South America and Asia. Some universities are even human trading them

Zwijn posted...

Here in The Netherlands people are mass imported to become nurses, the locals dont want anything to do with it anymore after years of industry pushing. Mostly from South America and Asia. Some universities are even human trafficking them, but thats not unheard of. Agricultural industry and industrial sector has slaves too.

Trafficking nurses? I can't imagine the quality of care from them.

TodorokiHayato posted...

Trafficking nurses? I can't imagine the quality of care from them.

Theyre actually decent, theyre already educated. They just get brought here under false pretenses and have to redo their education under certain universities so they can collect tuition. Those contracts were forged but they get away with it.

Is TC Tadamoto? The name made me think of him.

TodorokiHayato posted...

Didn't they just raise the minimum wage for healthcare workers up to $25-30 in some parts of the states?

Besides dealing with patients, it shouldn't be that different than someone working in retail trying to sell something right? I rather deal with sick people than deal with assholes calling me an oily salesman.

horrible take

horrible comparison

I want to be nice but this post is seething with so much ignorance I don't know where to start.

You can't do awful things long term for money

You can kick people out of a store. You can't easily kick people out of a hospital. Being called an "oily salesman" is mild compared to the verbal and physical abuse my nurses would endure. Some sites were better, the major trauma site was worse. Mostly drunk belligerent homeless cursing and masturbating. One nurse there told me about one in four patients would attempt to grope her. Is that worth $30 an hour?

Please stop talking about things you clearly know nothing about

maybe move on to telling airline pilots how to fly planes or something else you're equally unqualified to have an opinion of

TodorokiHayato posted...

I'll sell it as a role playing - package deal where you can choose out of three options: 1. Edgelord son/daughter you wish you never had. 2. The sweetest valediction. 3. The confused and mysterious underachiever.

some of us want to become that.
best option out of all.

TodorokiHayato posted...

Then who will take care of you when you get old?

I'm not a boomer Not saying the industry needs to be shut down permanently just so long as it's the boomers who are using it. They don't deserve to be cared for with how they screwed everyone else over

Can confirm. I was dating a nurse for a bit 5 or so years ago. She always said she felt beat up by the end of the day but also would be happy with the pay.

Lord_Shadow posted...

I'm not a boomer Not saying the industry needs to be shut down permanently just so long as it's the boomers who are using it. They don't deserve to be cared for with how they screwed everyone else over

hey thats a forbidden opinion we need universal healthcare </sarcasm>

I would rather be a garbage collector than work in a hospital.

uberl33tpro posted...

I would rather be a garbage collector than work in a hospital.

I know that was a meme in primary school but dont they very rarely actually get out of the truck because the crane does all the work? And they get paid well too. Its apparently quite a good job. This is from an Australian perspective though.

Or possibly the worst time because of the shortage of staff

dioxxys posted...

Or possibly the worst time because of the shortage of staff

Its a nasty slippery slope, and its not going to end until theyre given the support they need. Which has to come from the greedy assholes at the top.

Dark_Arbron posted...

Its a nasty slippery slope, and its not going to end until theyre given the support they need. Which has to come from the greedy assholes at the top.

Hospital CEOs dont care. Leaving/experienced RNs will be replaced by digital diploma mill RNs with poor experience when are always looking for jobs everywhere.

Yeah, if you want to have to deal with old angry senile Karen boomers for a living.