The last two weeks since I returned from Darwin have been geared towards getting ready for the coming weekend which includes a 2 day face to face APNA Board meeting on Friday and Saturday, the Melbourne PNCE on Saturday and Sunday and the Best Practice Awards on Saturday night. The office looks like a whirlwind has hit it and it is all hands to the deck to juggle this schedule with our small staff.
I am looking forward to the Best Practice Awards as I have read all the applications of the finalists and they are all fantastic/inspiring. The Best Practice Awards are not only a fantastic opportunity to reward a select few of the fantastic nurses out there but provide a great platform for showcasing the innovative and high quality work that is happening out there to GPs, bureaucrats and others.
I have also completed the analysis of the Salary and Conditions survey for a presentation I am giving at PNCE this weekend which I will have added to the website. Hourly rates for RNs now average $29.81 an hour for permanent staff and $23.00 an hour for ENs. We are pleased to steady increase in the hourly rate every year of this survey.
In the survey this year, non-APNA members were also able to respond and we had 212 non-APNA member respondents. When we crosstab some of the results against membership of APNA, APNA members fare better in hourly rate, satisfaction with position and satisfaction with salary. While we could say that the better paid/satisfied nurses can find the money for membership, we would like to be able to say that APNA members having access to the Salary and Conditions Survey and other resources has increased their ability to negotiate better pay and conditions! A full summary will appear in the next Primary Times.
Until next time!
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