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In reply to the discussion: I Am Pissed Off Today [View all]3catwoman3
(23,975 posts)...applied for a head nurse position in a small pediatric unit in a very economically depressed area near the Air Force base where my husband had been assigned. I was an experienced pediatric nurse practitioner, and had just completed my master's degree. There were no nurse practitioner jobs anywhere in the area, and I didn't particularly want to be in hospital nursing again, but I was used to making my own money, and, being just married and having no kids, I knew I would go nuts if I just stayed home on the base all day and did Officers Wives" Club crap.
This was the only game in town. I was appalled at the pay - about $8/hour. The personnel director hastened to reassure me that there would be a differential for my master's degree. "Oh, good," I thought. That should bring it up to near $10.00. Boy, was I wrong. 50 cents! Seriously. I took the job, stuck it out for 6 of the most frustrating months of my career, and then bailed. I gave them a very generous 6 weeks notice. At 12:00 noon on my last day, they had not hired a replacement and sent over one of the nurses from the med-surg until so I could "orient her to pediatrics." I didn't even bother to try.
I had to have an exit interview. I had been going to keep my name tag as a souvenir of the experience. I was informed there would be a $2.00 charge if I did not turn it in. I gently laid it on the desk and left.