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That may be so but nursing is more mentally demanding than physically. My little brother is an apprentice builder and he certainly has a lot more benefits than I ever will as a nurse. He didn’t finish high school but you don’t need a high school certificate to become a builder, a monkey could pass there building exams, they don’t have to work shift work, his paid to study and attend work, they don’t have to work weekends and no matter how many post graduate degrees I ever obtain he will always be paid more. I pay $17,000 to do a 4 year nursing degree, I work night shift and weekends to pay my way through university, I attend university full time and my work is 2 hours away which equates to 14 hours driving per week on top of 30 hours of night shift and 16 hours at university plus study and assignments. At the end of my 4 year degree I’ll be paid an average wage and about $40,000 less than a qualified builder. So fire me, maybe I could find a better paying job with a better lifestyle.

Read up on brain injury from ground level falls for the elderly before you leave another at home.

Lets all cry for the Nurses, I seriously doubt any of them are breaking a sweat at work, despite having more patients to care for, and I doubt they have substandard wages. Most nurses no longer have to draw up meds (the pharmacy does that), most charting is electronic, and they have aides to do the butt whiping. I agree that if you have a company that is abusing its employees, then unionize, but most of the bitching from people today is because they had a few perks removed, because the company is trying to stay profitable. If you have not realize how this economy has hurt collections for any healthcare provider, then I suggest you spend some time with someone in billing.

Thank you for the compliment, troll in here is a compliment. I am not saying nurses do not earn their pay, but to say they work as hard as say a construction worker is laughable. I have worked ER and ICU, and yes I stayed on my feet and moving for 12 hours, but I rarely broke a sweat. I imagine these nurses are paid very well compared to the average person in any other industry. I would fire them all.