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Is it difficult being a registered nurse? What is their minimum salary? |
I wanted to know if it would be difficult working as a registered nurse? Is it a very hectic profession? Also, I wanted to know the difference between a registered nurse and a liscence nurse? What is their minimum or starting wage? Thanks. I am a registered nurse and I would consider it to be a very hectic profession! It is emotionally and physically very tiring and definitely not a profession to be undertaken lightly. In a typical day I have three drug rounds to do, assist with washing, feeding, dressing and mobilising patients, liaise with other health care professionals such as physiotherapists, social workers, dieticians and occupational therapists. I may have to prepare up to 5 people for surgery and then care for them when they come back with all their attachments such as pain relief appliances, drips, catheters and monitors. I may have to sort out patient discharges and make sure everything is in place for them to go home, giving advice, making sure wounds are ok, ensuring home care is in place. I will give telephone advice to people. I will go on ward rounds with doctors and consultants. I will do dressing changes, take out and put in catheters, set up pain relief applicances and take out stitches and clips. I will deal with emergency admissions and refer to intensive care or emergency care teams. I will do mountains of paperwork, everything needs to be documented, and there are computer systems that must be updated. Care plans must be devised. I have to talk to relatives and help them with stressful news. I have to deal with people after they have died and do all the physical and administrative things. In a 12.5hr shift I have 2 x 10 minute coffee breaks and half an hour for lunch. So yes, I would say its hectic! We only have registered nurses in the UK, so unsure of what a liscenced nurse is, and starting salary is obviously going to be different, however hope this has been of some use to you. I would advise going along to your local hospital and asking whether you can do some work experience so you can shadow a nurse and see exactly what the job entails, then you will be able to see whether it is the profession for you, good luck. My mom is a licensed nurse. She gets 23 dollars per hour in RI. She works Monday-Friday and has weekend off. I went to her job few times because I volunteered there. Most of the work to nurses that are below her. She is the one in charge. She has to do monthly summaries and a lot of paperwork every day. She says that's the hardest part of her job. She has to pass meds but she can do this only in the presence of med tech (who is usually not there). So it gets frustrating at times. She orders supplies for the hospital. She talks to the doctors and pharmacists. She needs to know everything about the patient including his religion and stupid things like that. Basically she gives injections, cleans wounds and stuff like that... The pressures is high because any little mistake and her license could be taken away... She is also going back to finish for registered nurse. When she gets the diploma she will be paid 35 dollars starting wage (this is in RI remember- in different states is different because the taxes change) I don't exactly know what these nurses do but it's probably similar to the license nurse except it pays more. I hope I helped a bit. It all depends on what type of registered nurse? What would you be doing, obstetrics, pediatrics,maternity, geriatrics? Liscenced nurses are below registered nurses, they make less money and have less responsibility. It's still desent money though. Here in rochester,ny, starting hourly pay for a liscenced nurse is like 14 an hour, but a registered nurse starts at like 25 an hour. I know a woman that makes 35 an hour. Now that's some sweet *** money. |
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