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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NYC nurses striking claiming it is due to workload and staffing levels. Meanwhile, they're already making $165k and want to increase it up to $275k at some NY hospitals. GMAFB.  That is grotesque overpay for a 4 year degree job.  We are supposed to now compensate nurses more than many family docs?  Talk about wage inflation spiral. If nurses make $275k I guess we have to pay teachers $200k and docs $1M now.

USA wages and cost of labor are out of control. [/quote]

What are your sources for these salaries and what types of roles?

-RN[/quote]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/nyregion/nurses-strike-hospitals-nyc.html

AVERAGE is already $165k. Union is making demands that would push it to $275k.

Ridiculous over compensation. Fire all union nursing and replace. [/quote]

CRNAs there are making $205/hr per diem or 300-350k salary.  That’s more than some physicians make.  That’s an amazing value for a masters degree [/quote]

CRNAs are not nurses per se, they are not even members of the nursing dept of the hospital whatsoever (nor are nurse practitioners).  Totally different pay. [/quote]

They are nurses with a special type of masters degree and certification. It’s still a 2 yr masters degree program- and amazing pay with the ability to pretty much be hired anywhere in the US you want to work. Not really what the strike is about, but just putting it out there since I was looking at job openings for nurses and didn’t realize quite how much they are able to make [/quote]

I am a hospital nurse, have worked as a med surg RN manager (for a hospital with a nurses union) and stand by what I said. They are not employed in the hospital nursing dept or budget. They are essentially treated the same as doctors or physicians assistants (APPs - advanced practice practitioners).

They are likely not a part of the nursing union or strike.  It confuses people as they start out as nurses or have it in their title, but that's it. [/quote]

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