Rubberchikken wrote: » whats with the adoration for nurses? they do a job. they dont perform miracles. yes they deserve a fair pay but so too does every othet worker. the elevation of nurses and teachers in this country is inexplicable.
Wheeliebin30 wrote: » They are put up on a pedestal even though there is many other professions just as important if not more than nurses.
Wheeliebin30 wrote: » I should go on strike myself? I work for myself. I have no job security. Pension. Union backing. Job for life. Guaranteed wage every week. Lunch and breakfast breaks Etc etc I get on with it, but it seems PS workers need to be breastfed at every point of their lives.
Wheeliebin30 wrote: Do you think throwing money at them will make them work harder?
Ninthlife wrote: » So because you are self employed you dont take breaks..? So nurses shouldnt be allowed breakfast or lunch You chose self employment so you knew there was no guaranteed wage Why bring these up as issues
Mad_maxx wrote: He's a tax payer
Mooooo wrote: » The public service unions sold out new graduates to save themselves . Also it doesn't matter what degree people graduate with a large portion leave to go travelling etc because they want to, over half my own course did when there was plenty jobs at home
Bubbaclaus wrote: Unions have ruined this country. They used to serve a very necessary purpose, but these days its just constant calling of strikes in order to get paid more and more.
TCM wrote: » Wheeliebin30 wrote: Do you think throwing money at them will make them work harder? Why? Do you think they don't work hard enough?
Twenty Grand wrote: » Good on you dad. We should base our entire health system on his Sunday afternoon observation :rolleyes:
Wheeliebin30 wrote: » Nurses chose this job knowing what it’s like. Why should they bring their issues up??????????
TCM wrote: » In fact not so - less strikes now than in the past.
Alrigghtythen wrote: » 1483/fortnight, 741.50/week How much do they want?
Lemonposset wrote: » This is the upper limit of the scale. For the best trained nurse, they will pretty much not earn more than this unless they move into a management position, which reduces the number of nurses to care for patients further. The €50K figure is skewed by higher salaries paid to nurse managers. That managers earn higher salaries doesn't take away from the fact that nurses actively nursing deserve to be paid adequately. Nurses aren't asking to start out on €38K/year but they definitely want to be able to earn more than that as they progress.
Drifter50 wrote: » Too many ridiculous statements being made here. Lots of us are forced into self employment after being let go by larger corporations when the age profile does`nt fit anymore and options are not available
Ninthlife wrote: » Nothing ridiculous in my response to what one self employed person was stating. Im not knocking the self employed but coming out with statements saying 'i dont get breaks cause im self employed' is nonsense
MrMusician18 wrote: » Extremely poor attitude. Urgently required medication not provided until after 7.5hrs after first presenting and after several times of asking and being rudely dismissed. I'd probably be waiting there still for medication if I didn't find the one nurse there that gave a ****. Three patients, one with serious health complications was left all night without medication, requested several times of course. That's not too mention the bickering between the nurses and junior doctors in front of the patients. You could of course put this down to understaffing, and that is an issue. But the attitude of some of the nurses forgetting that they were dealing with very sick people, phoning it in, certainly made me question the caring narrative the unions paint. And that has nothing to do with pay or conditions. A lot of them really couldn't care less about you if they tried.
eagle eye wrote: » Who here would like to be a nurse? I certainly wouldn't be able fir that job. I think they deserve a pay rise.
road_high wrote: » I wouldn’t like to be a bus driver either...doesn't mean they all deserve a pay rise.The beauty of a free labour market means people’s varied interests and skills can be matched to specific jobs and people are free to chose
trick wrote: » I’m not trying to justify anything you have said here but from the point of view of getting meds when in A&E. The docs need to prescribe them. Even if the patient is on them at home. There needs to be a prescription written up after the patient has been assessed by the doctor on duty. It is very frustrating for the nurses aswell when they know that a patient needs meds. The doctors are super busy aswell. 1 example doesn’t define the entire nursinr profession in Ireland. I’m sorry that you had a bad experience. The other side of the coin is that there is a higher risk of medication error in A&E because of the high turnover of patients and so the nurses that you asked may not have been looking after your relative.
MrMusician18 wrote: » The doctors prescription was sitting in the drug room for two hours. The nurses I asked were in my section, they were just going to get it "when I'm ready". Just one nurse seemed interested in assisting when asked, and in fairness did get the meds, two hours after being seen by the doctor and 7.5hrs after arrival. So much for presenting as an emergency needing urgent care. Other experiences that night: The elderly gentleman next to me was left all night without his angina and cancer medication, despite repeated requests. And the elderly woman on the other side was left with no pain medication all night despite having a suspected fractured hip and none of the four of us were checked on at all overnight. The four of us could have been dead and the first anyone would have known about it was when the doctors did their rounds at 7am. You can blame understaffing for a lot of things but you can't blame it for attitude or the bickering between the staff. And neither will increasing pay change the way things work. If a vet treated an animal the way people were treated in that A and E that night, you'd never go back.
road_high wrote: I wouldn’t like to be a bus driver either...doesn't mean they all deserve a pay rise. The beauty of a free labour market means people’s varied interests and skills can be matched to specific jobs and people are free to chose. The country just can’t afford this carry on, we can’t afford to pay people based on emotions and fuzzy feelings
eagle eye wrote: » Not enough people in this country choose to work as nurses here. These nurses are working very hard to make up for the lack of staff. This is why I wouldn't want that job. They deserve more money for what they do.
road_high wrote: Where do you propose to take that money from? Lower paid nurse salary can be looked at, but the problem with these ransoms is the higher paid ones will benefit equally and it’s very dubious as to whether they warrant raises- course they’re using the lower paid as canon fodder when the focus should be entirely on the lower paid entrants- that way the staff shortage could be tackled most effectively, if there’s an issue with initial recruitment and retention
eagle eye wrote: » Also I hope none of you are scabs. Don't go passing a picket unless it's an emergency.
