Why is it whenever public service pay rises are announced, nurses are always given less than other sectors.
I have nothing against teachers - I couldn’t do their job but why do they always get more than nurses? Genuine question.
It always seems to me that nursing is seen by the government as a “lesser job”.
Is there a wonder nobody wants to do it anymore? When I started university there were 300 students in our cohort. After one year this dropped to 200. By the time we graduated it had dropped to 150.
Off all the nurses I graduated with I would estimate that more than half have since left - myself included. I have a close friendship group from uni -
me - left after 7 years
friend 1 - left after 6 years
friend 2 - still nursing
Friend 3 - left after 4 years
friend 4 - left after 5 years
friend 5 - moved to Australia 😂
Is there any wonder? Over worked, under paid and generally treated like shit.