Nurses-Satisfaction with their career and profession
-This recently released AMN Healthcare Nursing Satisfaction survey done late last year is full of important information for nursing as a profession.
The AMN Healthcare survey results:
- A whopping one out of four, (25% for you non-math people) are planning on leaving their current job within the year.
- Three out of four were satisfied with their career.
- About 50% felt like they had adequate time with patients-(Glass half empty or half full????)
- Almost 50% felt like their nursing job was affecting their health. (I’m sure it wasn’t for the better!!!)
- Less than 10% planned on leaving the field all together!
- More than half would still become a nurse if they had a “do-over”.
- More than half would recommend their kids become nurses.
- Less than 6% felt that health care reform would have much impact on their job.
What does this mean for “The Millionaire Nurse”?
- If you are going to leave your current job, do your homework-make sure you are making a positive move.
- If you are leaving nursing all together, then make sure you have plenty of money in your emergency fund.
- If you are leaving to start your own business, then make sure you have a solid business plan, and plenty of capital and support, as over 90% of new small business’s fail within the first 5 years.
What can you do, if you don’t want to change fields, but are frustrated in your current job?
- Be the best you can be, for you, not your organization.
- Help your fellow nurses, (by being a mentor, a friend, or just help-(charting, answering the bell).
- Be a “Linchpin” (see this book review)
- Keep a journal of ways you HELP your patients and co-workers
- Keep learning in your profession-journals, continuing education, and meetings
- Join and be active in your local nursing organizations
- Go back to school, advance your degree, find your passion.
And I can promise you, if your finances are a MESS,(yes that is a medical term!), it is hard to be a good nurse, mom or dad, student, or where-ever you are in life…….
So go get Emergency Money Resuscitation HERE-it is FREE, and it will be followed by more free stuff including my free mini-course on personal finance, and my Millionaire Nurse Money Letter. I can guarantee it will save you money, if you put my tips to work. Feeling like you are making a progress on your finances will also bring peace of mind. Maybe even world peace-(maybe I exaggerate…..)
How can you get a copy of the survey discussed above for your self. Follow this link to the AMN Healthcare site, go halfway down the page till you get to the survey description, then sign up to be able to download your pdf copy-you do have to identify yourself…
