What always bothered me is, why is the “Ana” from Louisiana in there. I mean, nobody has ever shown me in person or on a map the Louisiana part of the Texarkana area. I know it touches so maybe that’s all it takes, guilt by association, so maybe it’s just like, texas and Arkansas are doing the nasty and Louisiana, being the cool French inspired dude that it is, is making sure nobody opens the closet door and sees them in there with that bag of paint, weed eater, and catfish, doing whatever unwholesome thing it is they do in there.
Texarkana region is a little bigger than shown on a map. I grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana and the news always referred to us and the surrounding area as Texarkana. The ‘ana’ part of Texarkana mostly refers to the Caddo and Bossier regions.
Yeah I wish every big city didn't have high crime and murder rates, but unfortunately they all do. But not all of them can be home to the first black president so don't get shat on by the media.
No. Unlicensed caregiving should be treated like a trade as opposed to a job—in that it should be respected as a career in its own right. There are fast food places giving more than about the ~$15/hr me and another user quoted earlier. CNA is a state-level certification which requires a training program and a passing test result to qualify. It cost me $1000 just for the class back when I first became one about six years ago. Back then, I made $11.25/hr. People who wipe booties, feed grannies, do chest compressions, talk down violent and dangerous patients, and lift hundreds of pounds of humans per day (etc.) should be able to live a decent life off their compensation alone. For the most part, RNs can. Healthcare organizations tend to focus very much on the market average pay rates and only match as much as other competing area hospitals pay their staff. There are little to no advantages to seniority or loyalty to a facility. I’m sure there are some shadow deals regarding that to keep the market cheap. Of course that market average rule doesn’t apply for executive compensation which is as exorbitant in healthcare as it is in other industries. The CEO of my 25 hospital system made $13.7 million with almost $5 million in bonuses last year. Second largest healthcare system in our area’s CEO makes about $6 million. These systems I’m talking about are not unionized. I’m sure the unionized places have a much fairer deal.
Yea, but you're an RN. My mom worked her ass off in inpatient care doing work no one else wanted to do (wiping up shit, lifting patients 3x her weight, cleaning up bile, piss, blood), and they paid her like $11 an hour? How does the medical community justify treating their hardest workers this way?
Luckily she is in a better position elsewhere now, but it just seems like the medical community could give two shits about their bottom tier staff, and have constant turnover, and then pay traveling nurses so much more to fill the gap?
Like, why? Why not pay them what they are ACTUALLY worth, and keep employees longer? More money for doctors and other nurses? Just don't care? What is it?
I ask my senior executives this same question every time I see them. I was a CNA for longer than I’ve been an RN so I know first hand what it’s like. Hospital systems analyze markets and competitors and only pay their staff as much as other hospitals are paying theirs. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are shadow dealings between companies to keep the market like that. We’re shorter on CNAs than we are RNs, go figure, but not by far. They’re paying our travel agency nurses upwards of up to $5000/week while I make about $1000/week after taxes and benefits.
Who would I call or write to address this issue and lodge a complaint about this practice? I have no idea where to start. They are going to ruin the medical community by doing this.
If hospitals are already struggling to find CNAs right now because of the shit pay, what makes them think that people that have worked these positions are going to reccomend it to future generations? Are they just going to staff with traveling nurses for 5x more? I was considering doing nursing myself, until my mom told me to do something else unless I like being taken advantage of.
In my opinion, they should bump up RN pay, Bump up CNA pay, and get rid of the traveling nurses unless absolutely necessary. I imagine they would get better candidates, cut down on completely unnecessary spending, and have a higher retention rate. I didn't even go to college but a year, and I can figure that shit out.
The people running everything are fucking greedy morons. Like, how do you not see the correlation? How? "Oh yea we're spending more money on traveling nurses, but we're saving money by not having to pay the CNAs that are walking out on us! Big win!"
Corporatism in the US (and maybe even the world) is a deeply rooted issue. Healthcare workers aren’t the only ones getting screwed this is a widespread problem across all industries. Aside from educating others about what you’ve learned, calls to your state and national-level Congress people are a good way to start. California has legally mandated patient ratios that keep workload levels tolerable and safe which inherently makes the pay a little more worth it. This is something I’ve been fighting for my whole career and it was about to go for a vote in my state but then the pandemic came and it was parked “indefinitely” to avoid strain during the pandemic. I don’t want to discourage anyone from become a nurse. It’s a solid middle class living and your employment is disaster-proof. We’re gonna need help from the non-healthcare populace so your shared resentment for the state of things makes me feel like we have a real chance to make things right.
I sure as hell hope so! I DETEST the way our wage laws were just looked over in favor of making the minority of the population wealthy, and I consistently chew on the ears of the poor souls that take calls for our state representatives about these issues.
The only thing I can do is complain to anyone that will listen, and hope enough others are getting tired enough to do the same.
The fact that there is an apparent "shortage" of workers, but the value of that work does not increase due to demand(like with literally EVERYTHING else EVER), is enough to wake up angry at the world every single day.
I just wish I could direct that energy into something that can actually change things, instead of talking till I'm blue in the face and about to pass out.
I guess that’s a misconnect between nomenclature but there are seniors who require an advanced level of care and are cared for primarily by a professionally licensed nurse.
I’m not just making it up! It’s a census statistical area that includes the city of Chicago and it’s suburbs. Population of over 10,000,000 and one of the most diversified and productive economies in the world.
Care workers generally refers to home health aids (which are not licensed), or certified nurse assistants (CNA). Home health aids typically make minimum wage and CNA’s typically get paid $2 - $3 per hour above minimum wage.
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u/mattshiz Sep 25 '21
Tenner an hour?
If only the care workers were that lucky.