"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 05:42:45 GMT, "Jen" >
> wrote:
>
>>It seems wrong to me that a waitress should be able to get more money than
>>a
>>nurse!! Here the more expensive restaurants can pay a lot more to their
>>staff for good workers, but anybody working, even if they're not good at
>>it,
>>would receive the minimum wage, they probably won't stay at it though -
>>people who are rude probably don't like their job anyway. People who are
>>good at what they do are the ones getting the jobs.
>
> A lot of less highly skilled people get paid more than nurses. Nurses
> salaries are not going up in a lot of places, and in some states,
> there are state Hospital associations that have a cap on nurse's
> salaries. And in the South, and some of the Plains states, nurses
> salaries are abysmal, especially for the amount of responsibility that
> a nurse has. Plus, as Sheldon so correctly said, the amount of abuse
> we take from doctors, etc. And folks wonder why there is a nursing
> shortage?
>
> Christine, RN

Payscale of RN's in U.S.
http://www.payscale.com/salary-surve...LARY/fid-6886/

Payscale of RN's in Canada
http://www.payscale.com/salary-surve...LARY/fid-7031/

Dee Dee