On 11/23/2012 6:37 PM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:

> That's pretty good- about what my wife was making in Psych at a local
> private hospital. She did 30 years for the state for a whole lot
> less before that. [I think the salary topped out at $45K-- OTOH, the
> pension ain't bad] Because the management of the hospital was so
> unbearable she left there and became a Visiting Community Mental
> Health Nurse. It paid less than the even the state did, and was
> harder work than being on a unit-- but she loved it.
>
> She's sick now but might be able to work again someday and she hopes
> to get back to that job.
>
I hope it isn't serious. You and your wife have my prayers for healing.

> That's the problem with the profession. Most of the folks in it would
> rather work for the patients than the big bucks. The greedy ones
> come and go or become [lousy] management.
>
> Jim
> [the son, brother, and husband of nurses]

I think the term "angel of mercy" which is often used with respect to
nurses, it needs to be stronger. Bless them.