>At 04:18 PM 5/9/2005, Michael Dawson wrote:
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>>Joanna sees this. Why don't you, Ms. Prole? (What does an RN in SF make
>>these days? It ain't minimum wage.)
>
>
>First of all, I'm not going to tell you Grace's story, that's her
>prerogative, but I'll tell you this: I've lived on easy street by
>comparison.
>
>So, SDSTFU for a change and _listen_. Her words were, you'll recall:
>"(a line worker = prole = staff RN can't do this, you can if you're
>a NP, CNM or MD)." If you'd had half clue, you would get what she's
>talking about in terms of the way the hierarchy of who can do what
>and where in the health industry.
Yeah. Being a "prole" isn't just about your income - it's whether you give or take orders on the job, how much control you have, the kinds of decisions you make, etc. In that sense, nurses are echt proles.
Doug