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Wishes:
I have a coworker who is getting her wages garnished because she has medical bills she could not pay even with our crap insurance. If I were her, I'd be so mad at work I could not stand it.
What I would really love, is a lower patient load. Especially since we were short staffed last week. I would not turn down more money though either.
Ellemeno:
I think nurses around here get paid pretty well. Maybe it's supply and demand?
Kelda:
In the UK, nurses pay are pretty bad - considering what they do & that they train and go to college/uni to do the job. >:(
While not bad compared to shop workers etc, comparing to other skilled jobs...bad.
It's the same as Nursery Nurses... my Mum was one of them.
This is basically a teacher - but for children under 5.
My Mum had to complete workplans, track childrens progress, do parents night and reports.. and she got paid £12K when she retired after being in the profession 15 years.
Teachers get paid £18K as soon as they qualify. >:( Personally, I don't see what difference there is in these professions - other than my Mum going to college rather than university to get her qualification.
tamarack:
I'd prefer to be earning my living from painting, but there's no money in the arts (unless you're kissing the arse of some rich gallery owner), so I've settled for being a Sunday painter, and a dreary ol' public servant during the week. That way I get to retain my dignity - and eat and keep a roof over my head too!
Hi, Kerry - You don't know me but I'm around; I just don't say much. But I saw this in a magazine just after I had been reading some of the posts here and I immediately thought of you.
"Go to Paintsquared.com, a blog by Portlander (Portland, Maine, FWIW) Elizabeth Fraser that chronicles her life through art. Each morning since January, the self-taught artist has posted a new 5"x5" oil painting on the site (one day a week she posts two) along with notes about the place that inspired it...Once the work is online, it's ready for auction on eBay, starting at $60.00 each. Some have sold for more than $200.00. 'I find that [the internet] is a great tool for people to see your work," Fraser says. Finding a way to fit artwork and computers together I think [is] something all artists should be doing'."
Maybe your Sunday painting could turn into something more than it is without jeopardizing the food in your refrigerator or the roof over your head!
(For the record, I've worked in the office of an educational non-profit for the last seven years. Most of the time I like it. I get to move around a lot most days, meaning that I'm not sitting at my desk all day, and the perks are good. We have a lot of freedom as far as what hours we work most days and don't have to worry about it if we need to make an appointment for a dentist or doctor or hair cut or whatever. We just put it on our bosses calendar and remind the other people in the office that we'll be late, or leaving early, and go. Sure there are days that we would all like to just leave and not go back but you get that just about everywhere, I think. And most of the time I feel that the work we're doing has some value, so that helps.)
notBastet:
--- Quote from: Kelda on August 17, 2007, 03:43:17 am ---In the UK, nurses pay are pretty bad - considering what they do & that they train and go to college/uni to do the job. >:(
While not bad compared to shop workers etc, comparing to other skilled jobs...bad.
It's the same as Nursery Nurses... my Mum was one of them.
This is basically a teacher - but for children under 5.
My Mum had to complete workplans, track childrens progress, do parents night and reports.. and she got paid £12K when she retired after being in the profession 15 years.
Teachers get paid £18K as soon as they qualify. >:( Personally, I don't see what difference there is in these professions - other than my Mum going to college rather than university to get her qualification.
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What is the difference between college and university?
I have been told before, but I forget.
I am a veterinarian, I work a lot, and it is what I want to do.
(I thought I posted this already... I guess it vanished in the Bermuda Triangle of Posts. Or, I just hit "preview" so many times I forgot to push the final, "post.")
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