Re: Saleried versus hourly

[Holly Sox, RN, RAC-C]

I'll chime in on the hourly vs salaried discussion.    I am currently in my first salaried position ever as a nurse.  It has worked out really, really well for me, as I went through a lot of family problems and medical problems last year that required me being away from work a lot. It was really reassuring to know that my salary was always going to be the same, even on the weeks I could only work 24 or 32 hours. Now, I am paying for it a little bit, but making quite a bit more than I was this time last year.  Last week I worked 47 hours.    I am also very, very fortunate in that my administrator and DON seem to value me greatly and have become quite willing to work with me on different issues. I almost left for another type of job entirely last month, and was persuaded to stay.    All in all, I am happy with the salaried position, but it would never have worked for me until I became able to assert myself and enforce my boundaries.   HS Holly F. Sox, RN, RAC-C  Clinical Editor, Careplans.com www.careplans.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 8:01 PM Subject: Re: Saleried versus hourly In a message dated 1/9/04 9:27:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any RNAC who is salaried, in my opinion, is a bargain to the facility.  I rarely work less than 50 hours in a pay period and am salaried..... I totally agree.  I am hourly and prefer to stay that way.  Too many times we are inundated with the revolving door syndrome and tons of extra/early quarterlies and new admits, ect need to be done and forget doing it on salary.  We would never get the time to take off any comp time earned!  I'll take the overtime.    Sherri