RE: Future Histotechs pay

From:"Morken, Tim"

Marsha wrote:

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I also know a nurse who has a BA in English Literature and a two-year R.N.
degree. He works nights in a very low stress observation job (He basically
reads books all night) and makes over 60K (US) per year. 

Nurses have very strong unions and have fought very hard over the years for
what they have now. Histotechs can only dream about that type or power!



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I think pay will go up for histotechs, but not to those levels!

<<...let histotechs work the 10 or 12 hour shifts
etc. to attract more histotechs like the agencys are doing with the RN's.>>

Remember that all hospitals staff nurses 24/7, and the nursing staff is far
greater than the lab staff, so the demand for nurses is much higher than
that for histo techs;  most histo labs don't run 24/7.

But...

I actually say an ad in the last Advance magazine (a mag in the states that
advertises lab jobs) which offered a 7-days-on, 7-days-off schedule for med
techs (many US nurses have had that schedule for years). So maybe things
will go that way at the bigger medical centers.

Tim Morken
Atlanta




-----Original Message-----
From: marsha r price [mailto:mprice26@juno.com]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 11:19 AM
To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: Future Histotechs pay


Dear histonetters,
I was just curious if when the requirement that takes effect in 2005 that
Histotechs have to have a minimum of an Associates in Science, if our pay
was going to go up to match, lets say that of RN's (Nurses). That is what
kind of degree that nurses have is an associates in Science.

Here is a little comparison. I have a friend that is a nurse that works
for an agency and works 3/ 12 hour shifts a week. She makes $35 an hour
and $45 an hour if she works on the weekends. She receives $37 a day per
diem (she works approx 1 hour away from home).

I was offered a job in the same town as a histotech to work 3 days a week
at $18 an hour, no per diem or any other incentives. 

Is our job considered less technical or less important than an RN's?
There is from what I have been hearing an extreme shortage of histotechs,
correct me if I am wrong. Maybe hospitals and labs should offer more
incentives like higher pay, let histotechs work the 10 or 12 hour shifts
etc. to attract more histotechs like the agencys are doing with the RN's.

 I have always loved histology and that is why I chose this over being a
nurse, however, after taliking to my nurse friend, I am considering a
career change, mainly because of the pay.


Let me know what you histotechs think about this.

Just Curious Marsha
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