likely make less than the other nurses
who work for our facility," says Andi
Boren, BSN, RN, director of nursing at
Surgery Center 121 in Plano, Texas.
"However, I find the personal satisfac-
tion in my position to be just as reward-
ing, if not more, as the financial compen-
sation I receive."
When you run today's salaries through
the U.S. government's Consumer Price
Index calculator, which is the closest thing
to an official cost-of-living metric, they fall
a bit short of what they should be, given
the CPI increases
between 2003 and
2019.
"I've been a nurse
for almost 34 years
and have been maxed
out on my salary since
2015," says one survey
respondent. "I'm actu-
ally making less
money because our
benefits continue to
increase every year, as
do my deductibles
and co-pays."
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ingly, about half of
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• WORTHWHILE ASSISTANCE Angie
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