Is nursing the new CS?

[Anonymous]

There is a huge demand for nurses right now, but it makes me sad that most people now become nurses for the money - I think that is a terrible motivator for this profession. You have to REALLY care about and want to help people.

Nursing is in high demand but it's not as easy to enter even as an RN. Programs are becoming even more competitive and nurses are cutthroat: they eat their young.

So much respect for the profession though.

[Anonymous]

Nursing is a good job at least until Republicans cancel healthcare, but it’s not meaningful to compare to CS.

[Anonymous]

Registered nurse here. I entered nursing school back in early 2000s when all of the sudden, everybody was going into nursing school. It was tough then to even enter nursing program, you had to have a lot of prerequisites, and then nursing school was brutal. Those 0600 clinicals in am on top of studying the whole time. Very stressful and exhausting. I worked on inpatient ward- those long 12 hr shifts without breaks, when you constantly run on your feet. This is physically, emotionally and intelectually demanding job. Please don't do it for the money. It's not an easy job like you think it is. I work now in an outpatient clinic, no nights, no weekends, so I'm good now. I'm just trying to warn you before you jump into this profession.

[Anonymous]

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Nurses provide a very human intangible service that AI and technology will never be able to replace: genuine care.

I think we are a long ways off from this but some nursing care can absolutely be replaced by robotics.

Any examples of where this has taken place?

Like I said I think its a long ways off but some of the more routine tasks could be eventually done by nurses. Perhaps this just replaces some CNAs rather than RNs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Possibly. My SIL made $350K as a travel nurse during COVID with 2 YOE. Now she’s back to $150K in a normal non travel role and complaining it’s not enough. My other friend is a CRNA making $300K for 3 12 hour shifts a week with 10 weeks guaranteed off before overtime.

I call bullshit - unless your SIL lives in California, works for Kaiser in CA or HI, or routinely works more than 36 hrs/ week

Neither, she’s at a private practice in rural MA. They have a shortage of nurses still, keeps wages really high

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Registered nurse here. I entered nursing school back in early 2000s when all of the sudden, everybody was going into nursing school. It was tough then to even enter nursing program, you had to have a lot of prerequisites, and then nursing school was brutal. Those 0600 clinicals in am on top of studying the whole time. Very stressful and exhausting. I worked on inpatient ward- those long 12 hr shifts without breaks, when you constantly run on your feet. This is physically, emotionally and intelectually demanding job. Please don't do it for the money. It's not an easy job like you think it is. I work now in an outpatient clinic, no nights, no weekends, so I'm good now. I'm just trying to warn you before you jump into this profession.

Very true. Fellow RN here. People underestimate how difficult nursing and nursing school can be. I have a Bachelor's degree in History and graduated with a 3.9 GPA. I went back to school to study nursing in my late 20's and was really surprised at how challenging it was (and how challenging nursing has been in general). You have to be a caring individual, like working with people and have an interest in medicine or you'll be miserable. Even for those of us who do it's tough and there are many times when I wish I went another route professionally.

Also I don't think most nurses in the DMV make $150k a year. I'm currently working inpatient and doing three 12 plus hour shifts (more like 13 hours and sometimes more depending on the day). I have 18 years of experience as an RN and last year I made $115k.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Possibly. My SIL made $350K as a travel nurse during COVID with 2 YOE. Now she’s back to $150K in a normal non travel role and complaining it’s not enough. My other friend is a CRNA making $300K for 3 12 hour shifts a week with 10 weeks guaranteed off before overtime.

I chose the wrong career path. I have a master's degree in math and just work as a regular staff somewhere making $105k

Math has never been a money making major, though.

[Anonymous]

I am a nurse and I think. Ute’s we should do it for the money. We deserve to be well paid and I don’t for a second think any less of anyone who takes home a great pay check. The idea that nurses should be altruistic volunteers and not in it for the money really devalues the work of nurses and perpetuates the oppression of women (as nursing is still very female dominated). Nurses should have more business sense and see that they should be doing it for the money and should be fighting for better pay - especially as the scope of nursing and the workload increases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Possibly. My SIL made $350K as a travel nurse during COVID with 2 YOE. Now she’s back to $150K in a normal non travel role and complaining it’s not enough. My other friend is a CRNA making $300K for 3 12 hour shifts a week with 10 weeks guaranteed off before overtime.

I chose the wrong career path. I have a master's degree in math and just work as a regular staff somewhere making $105k

A regular staff what?

Your job is much more comfortable than a nurse's job.
A nurse wouldn't make more than you chilling at a desk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems to me hang everyone is going into nursing, work in the health field etc. Is nursing the new CS? I'm sure Wall Street will soon find a way to import cheap nurses to depress wages, advance as much automation as possible in the healthcare field and buy doctor practices etc.

They're already doing this. Private Equity, specially. Over 25% of emergency rooms in the US are staffed by PE-owned physician practices. Somewhere between 5% and 13% of nursing homes are owned or partially owned by PE, and this number is expected to grow rapidly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a nurse and I think. Ute’s we should do it for the money. We deserve to be well paid and I don’t for a second think any less of anyone who takes home a great pay check. The idea that nurses should be altruistic volunteers and not in it for the money really devalues the work of nurses and perpetuates the oppression of women (as nursing is still very female dominated). Nurses should have more business sense and see that they should be doing it for the money and should be fighting for better pay - especially as the scope of nursing and the workload increases.

Just wait until they find out most new grad jobs are overnight at the hospital.

[Anonymous]

I keep hearing about how there is this nursing shortage yet a co-worker's daughter who was a top student in high school and got into a very competitive college nursing program is having difficulty finding a job in the Bay Area of California.

Co-worker said he heard they hired a lot of nurses during Covid and now aren't replacing nurses as they leave. Even nurses with 2-3 years experience are having trouble finding jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I keep hearing about how there is this nursing shortage yet a co-worker's daughter who was a top student in high school and got into a very competitive college nursing program is having difficulty finding a job in the Bay Area of California.

Co-worker said he heard they hired a lot of nurses during Covid and now aren't replacing nurses as they leave. Even nurses with 2-3 years experience are having trouble finding jobs.

My DC is a nurse in PA (Philly suburbs)- his hospital is not currently hiring, nor are some others in the area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I keep hearing about how there is this nursing shortage yet a co-worker's daughter who was a top student in high school and got into a very competitive college nursing program is having difficulty finding a job in the Bay Area of California.

Co-worker said he heard they hired a lot of nurses during Covid and now aren't replacing nurses as they leave. Even nurses with 2-3 years experience are having trouble finding jobs.

My friend had this problem admittedly several years ago but there was a shortage of experienced nurses. No one wanted to hire entry level nurses so she ended up moving to like North Dakota because that is the only place she could find a job. Not sure if its the same now but shortages don't always apply equally to every level of an occupation.