Life life just gets a bit peaceful sort of mother in nursing home and stable in a downhill way, not getting out of bed now and being fed. My work busy but no trouble then husband who works in aged care nursing gets given a new roster which will drop his pay 12thou dollars, So he has to get a new job. Kennedy health care group in action. They want to save money of course and reduce trained nurses and replace them with enrolled nurses and ain. They are getting the ens to do a course to give medications so they think they can get rid of most of their registered nurses.
Aged care registered nurses are about 10% behind in pay now and after the next pay rises they will be more than 16% behind and the union, while happy to support the presidents daughters soccer team with union money is not doing anything about aged care nurses wages. NSW nursing union has always been crap wots new.
So as more RNs leave aged care the more operators can say they cant get RNs very cute scheme. Whatever husband needs to get out before he finds himself being responsible for very large nos of very ill old people with minimal trained staff.
I said to him I think I should go onto fulltime but he says wait and see and dont worry too much but I do of course but I think because I am already worried about my mother.
They rang for me to work tonight but I said no because i am playing golf tomorrow, but maybe I should have.
Thats all going to do aquarobics hope the pool is warm its sooo cold.