Reply #110: They may have charged ten grand [View All]

[FloridaJudy]

But they probably weren't making nearly that much. Factor in the cost of malpractice insurance, staff, and facilities, and you'd more than cut that in half. Heck, I know doctors who pay more than half their salary in malpractice insurance alone.

Still, there are MDs who make a mint. But I wouldn't trade places with most of them. When I leave at the end of my shift, I'm done. Except in extreme emergencies, I don't have to worry about getting a call in the middle of dinner or at three a.m. that forces me to return to work. And my day doesn't start at six a.m. with hospital rounds, and end with the same at six p.m. - usually much later since emergencies invariably crop up. When a nurse has to work a twelve hour shift, they give him or her most of the week off. Doctors have to do it 24/7.

There really are easier ways to make a living.