People with Jobs in Nursing (United States)

honestly the pay for what i do and have to put up with doesnt seem fair,were always short handed ,theres always extra for us to do ,stressful situtions

I am from the North, so I was in for a shock when I moved South. They have minimal employment rights here in North Carolina; even their Labor Laws says the employer can treat the employee "as they see fit." According to their laws, a dog is better off! In addition to this, I am realizing as other employees talk, more and more employees are making more money than me (a dollar and more) yet some were hired after me. The also have only a few years experience while I have eighteen years experience. This would never slide in the North. However, down here, there is some type of gag law where if you discuss your salary it is cause for immediate dismissal. Isn't this against First Amendment as well as Fourteenth Amendment Rights and Equal Pay for Equal Work rights? My salary as far as payscale.com states, is not even on the Richter Scale and is lower than the lowest marked on the scale. What is my recourse other than moving back North where people have rights?

i feel i am being pushed around in my worke place ihave 4 years experince;only make seven dollars seventy three cents /hr while i train new cna's who were hired in starting pay nine seventy five hr. plus, i have being doing four person's job while nurses are sitting playing solitaire on computers and reading love romance books while telling me to check patient's iv pump's. i am tired of being forced to do nurses jobs while they are getting payed big bucks. we are suppose to be a team. fifteen times waking up patient in middle of night to find nothing is wrong with monitors while the nurses are sitting at the desks laughing at me talking about the money they are going to spend.braging about every thing they have. they make me feel like i'm there for them to be there slave. i think the work load should be equal and aids that work as hard as i do derseve better respect.

I'm upset about the pay that some of these employers in Mobile, AL is paying their LPN's. There should be a mandatory law that require's any employer to pay LPN's a rate that's equivalent to the average going rate.