Last June I qualified with a Diploma in Nursery Nursing and at present I work in an inner-city school. While I love my job, I am getting fed up with all the constant rattling on by trade unions and various other agencies about the low pay and poor conditions for nursery nurses. It seems to me that while everyone is spouting off about what a good job we do, they do nothing to support us. There is a real need for a career structure, where responsibilities and experience should be rewarded. But how long have we got to wait?
Last June I qualified with a Diploma in Nursery Nursing and at present I work in an inner-city school. While I love my job, I am getting fed up with all the constant rattling on by trade unions and various other agencies about the low pay and poor conditions for nursery nurses.
It seems to me that while everyone is spouting off about what a good job we do, they do nothing to support us. There is a real need for a career structure, where responsibilities and experience should be rewarded. But how long have we got to wait?
I am an older nursery nurse as I chose this career after having my family. The way things are going I will probably be retired or so disillusioned that I will have left the profession before anything is done. It is about time that the powers-that-be stopped using our dedication and professionalism as a stick to beat us with, and started treating us like the professionals we surely are.
Wendy Saunders, Rainham, Essex.
