Need advice on new poorly puppy.

slummymummyof3

Point taken, however there are many other doctors other than GP's - which could also bring in further qualifications and training received after becoming a doctor.

Tropez

slummymummyof3 wrote: »

Point taken, however there are many other doctors other than GP's - which could also bring in further qualifications and training received after becoming a doctor.

Yes, that is true, and certainly a psychiatrist, for example, averages around £53,000 per year according to statistics published in 2008.

My partner was formerly a nurse. The poor wages were part of the reason she quit.

Apologies for all the statistics by the way. I'm qualified in criminology and sociology and hold a Cert HE in social psychology hence I'm big on statistics. It makes me good at my job but bloody boring at parties.

slummymummyof3

Ha, ha.....I'm an ex-NHS radiographer (far better pay than that of a nurse) and now a poorly paid teacher - your stats make perfect sense to me; no apology needed. I'm rather fun at parties - many a story about items in orifaces they shouldn't have been!

Tropez

Ah, now you see, that just reminds me of statistics about 18 carrots per year and the like...

slummymummyof3

So what is your current job then?

Tropez

It's security work. I can't go into too many details (although I'm certainly not on MI5's payroll) but basically it is about providing security solutions to small and medium businesses in high crime areas, or those with cause to be concerned about crime.

To be honest, while with my previous employer my qualifications in sociology studies came in a lot more because I was making site visits and the like, nowadays I'm mostly just work on the technical side of things, working from home and making sure that our systems are operating.

It is phenomenally tedious but the company's policy is that no shift lasts longer than five hours so I can't complain... well except last week when some numpty caused me to sit around for twice that!

slummymummyof3

Ah, thats where I went wrong then.......I teach all day and then I come home and do my marking and then my planning. I teach in an area of deprivation and associated high crime rates but get the same pay as someone who works in a lovely, leafy suburb school. Any vacancies where you are? I could x-ray as well - could be useful????

Morganarla

Starting salary for my 5 siblings (who are all vets) was £19,000 per year. Just throwin' that in there.

Any VN that works nights is dedicated to their job, you often have very ill patients to see to singlehandedly but it is only the best and most loving nurses that tend to go for nights. Cos you just could NOT do it without that love (vet nurse myself)!

Tropez

Not much call for x-rays at the moment but give it a few years when we all have to start checking for guns...

I actually considered becoming a teacher at one point but it was the idea of teaching someone like me that put me off the idea.

Personally, I find teachers get a raw deal with wages. They put in a phenomenal amount of work really and they have to put up with a lot. Fair play to you all, except my high school art teacher... he was a nut.

Tropez

Morganarla wrote: »

Any VN that works nights is dedicated to their job, you often have very ill patients to see to singlehandedly but it is only the best and most loving nurses that tend to go for nights. Cos you just could NOT do it without that love (vet nurse myself)!

Very true. The nurses at my vets are fantastic people and they have night nurses there too - not sure whether there's a rota or anything involved - but all of them clearly adore all their patients and the vets and nurses have been known to work overtime for those who come up with an emergency case late in the day.

They're all worth every penny I pay them.