Nurses are such integral parts of a functioning healthcare system, and it annoys me how they are systematically devalued. If we could wave a magic wand and make every nurse into a doctor (with the magic including the extra money it would take to fund this), it would be a downgrade. We often talk about nurses as if they’re just doctors, but worse, when in fact the role that they fulfill is qualitatively different to doctors and requires a different, not lesser, skillset.
I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 week ago
RNs are paid quite well. www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/registered-nurses.htm#… $45/hr for BSN.
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Right, so, not enough.
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Nurses are such integral parts of a functioning healthcare system, and it annoys me how they are systematically devalued. If we could wave a magic wand and make every nurse into a doctor (with the magic including the extra money it would take to fund this), it would be a downgrade. We often talk about nurses as if they’re just doctors, but worse, when in fact the role that they fulfill is qualitatively different to doctors and requires a different, not lesser, skillset.