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jeremiadOtiose t1_j0tkg0j wrote

Reply to comment by Designer-Election-94 in Thousands of NYC nurses begin vote to authorize strike: 'We were the heroes' by thonioand

for one example, PT and OT makes a lot less than RNs. they also tend to have doctorates. RNs still have ten years (or is it five?) before they are required to have a bachelors degree, as of now they can still work with a 2 year degree.

also typically it's the aides that "wipe asses", not RNs.

i may agree with you, but i don't think disinformation helps.

RNs in the city make twice as much as RNs upstate (and those RNs have pt loads half what NYC nurses have).

I think nurses should get a raise. Right along with everybody else in the hospital.

I don't think cheap theatrics are appropriate, or charged language.

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I have spent my career in Boston and Manhattan hospitals and frankly, healthcare is done better in Boston. Much, much better. And yes the nurses do a much better job there, too. I do think the nurses unions can be a detriment to pt care sometimes. That said, I hope nurses get a ~10% raise. Then maybe residents can get one next, they really need it. I'm an attending, I've seen effective pay decreases.

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SolitaryMarmot t1_j0ucd0h wrote

The residents are unionized at many hospitals in NYC. They don't fight as hard and they aren't as organized tbh. They are SEIU members and SEIU is more about making nice with the boss. For example they settled their contract at Westchester Medical Center for like 3% and 4% a year while the nurses got 8% and 6%. And that is in a facility where it's illegal for anyone to strike because it's public sector.

All the unions that play nice expecting payback from the boss are having a hard time right now. All the hard core unions like the nurses are having a better year bargaining.

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Designer-Election-94 t1_j0v4jtv wrote

Can’t work in a hospital without a bachelors at least not in NYC. There are some 30 year veterans who are grandfathered in but none hired in at least 10 years.

OT is a master’s - they and pt’s make very nearly the same only a few dollars less than RNs but job is significantly easier. 1 pt at a time sit down chart for 20min take your time walking hall to see next pt.

ICU nurses absolutely wipe ass. 20 icu pts and 1 aide is pretty standard at this point. At least it has been in my experience in 2 different nyc hospitals.

I work with a guy from Boston he says Boston is better for nurses as well.

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