Nursing

Girarfe

Hello, I'm looking for some advice about a career in Nursing. As of right now, my preferred type of nursing is psychiatric/mental health nursing. I feel like I would really like to be a nurse and be able to help people. One of the main things I'm concerned about is pay, I don't know how much nurses make and finding out through Google a salary won't help me because as a 17 year old I have no real idea what a good salary is. I don't want to go into nursing for money but I have noticed a lot of people mentioning the poor pay nurses get and I don't want to go into a career where I'll end up with financial problems, so basically if anyone could tell me if nurses are truely poorly paid and if so to what extent and if there are ways you can increase this pay. If anyone could help me or give me general advice about nursing I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.

corner of hells

possibly try another forum , maybe google nurse training in Ireland.

Satriale

Maybe ask here, http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=10

You're only going to find out about getting rode sideways in copperface jacks in this forum.

wokingvoter

Girarfe wrote: »

Hello, I'm looking for some advice about a career in Nursing. As of right now, my preferred type of nursing is psychiatric/mental health nursing. I feel like I would really like to be a nurse and be able to help people. One of the main things I'm concerned about is pay, I don't know how much nurses make and finding out through Google a salary won't help me because as a 17 year old I have no real idea what a good salary is. I don't want to go into nursing for money but I have noticed a lot of people mentioning the poor pay nurses get and I don't want to go into a career where I'll end up with financial problems, so basically if anyone could tell me if nurses are truely poorly paid and if so to what extent and if there are ways you can increase this pay. If anyone could help me or give me general advice about nursing I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.

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endacl

Step 1: Get rode sideways in Copperface Jacks.

Tigger

Step 2 ?????

JackieBauer

I never got the nurse fetish. Become a yoga teacher

Tombi!

AH mod: Moved to work forum

krazyklown

Hi Op,

My wife is an ID (intellectual disability) nurse for 5.5 years.
Her first year was spent in a private nursing home caring for elderly - pay was very good but hours and stress levels were insane.
Her next job was assisting independent living in the community which consisted of caring for two clients in a house. Unfortunately she only lasted nine months, she got battered and the employers were doing little to protect employees.
She went back to work for the nursing, got a more senior role earning more than 40 grand a year including extras for night shifts, weekends etc. Although the money was very good for someone only qualified two years, the stress levels, short notice to come into work and poor work/life balance (she could never plan anything as she only knew a week in advance of her shift - it was a nightmare organising time off.
After about a year there, she joined an agency and was put into a hse house caring for adults with Downes Syndrome, Autism etc. The contract pay was the same as the HSE nurses and she got increments in line with them (not sure of figures but she was happy enough). In mid last year, the monotorium on HSE recruitment was lifted and she was successful in applying for a full time role in the same place. Her wages are a base level of 33,000 with extras for Sundays, Night shifts, Bank Holidays. She has a set rota so is well able to plan ahead. She likes the group of women she is working with and apart from one or two small gripes, largely enjoys her work and feels quite well supported compared to the private experience.
The HSE I believe are struggling to fill positions at the moment; their payscales are on the internet at http://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/Resources/HR_Circulars/circ2815payscales.xls. At a quick glance i see the graduate positions are starting at 24K which on initial thoughts deeply insulting as most nurses train for four years and build up substantial experience in the various placements.
You need to take into account where you expect to be living also - 33k goes alot further in the West of Ireland than it does in Dublin.
The key thing first and foremost is would you enjoy the work, so find out as much as you can about the type of work. At the end of the day, its still a largely vocational career and you need to really care about people and providing care. The biggest bugbear my wife would have is the lack of funding for doing activities for clients - they literally take them for spins on the bus to pass the day sometimes as there is no budget to something interesting.
Best of luck with what you decide.