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Originally Posted by redforever
How about nurses? Surprised no one has mentioned them.
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The pay isn't bad, it's the working conditions that suck. My wife works this complicated 13 week schedule that is impossible to keep track of. I'm never sure if she is working tomorrow or not. She works every second weekend and some 3-11PM shifts as well. We have small kids, so this sort of schedule is hard on family life. She works a "0.7" position, which is 70% of a full time shift, but not by choice... It is hard to get a full time shift, mostly the Health Region creates these stupid part time positions and then tries to manage the workload by calling people at 6AM for extra shifts (which they don't have to pay overtime because you aren't working full time to begin with).
On the plus side, most patients are quite appreciative of the Nurse's work...