On 23/11/2012 6:21 PM, sf wrote:

>>>
>>> And for what we do, we don't get paid nearly enough. Other people's
>>> lives are in our hands..literally.
>>>
>>
>> I don't know how much you get paid. It changes from one area to another.
>> Around here nurses are quite well paid, and I know several Canadian
>> trained nurses who are working in the US and making good money. FWIW, I
>> have a SiL who is a psychiatric nurse and I am under the impression that
>> her annual salary is in the $70-80,000 range.
>
> Why is that supposed to be considered a windfall if she has years of
> experience? That's what pushers with similar qualifications at the
> supervisory level make (RNs are supervisors too) and you're begrudging
> that salary to her? Why, because she's female?



Why would you suggest that I said that was a windfall or that I
begrudged her that salary. It is a pretty good wage, As for females.....
it is a hell of a lot more than most female dominated positions. Nursing
is a much better paid job here than it was a few decades ago.