Yeah. I also have been looking into the hospital SW thing, as people have always suggested all along. I got called for a couple of interviews, but believe it or not, the salary is not even much higher. In one instance, it was LOWER then what I am making now. I never really wanted to do that anyways, I don't like being cramped up on a unit all day. Besides, and I know this is only one person's experience, but my friend is a doctor and she said that doctors and nurses, as well as families can be brutal to the SW staff, as well as the added bureacracy in the hospital system of discharging patients before they're ready because of insurance and reimbursement issues. My supervisor right now is pretty close to amazing and has been giving me lotsa free reign to do what I want, come and go as I please, etc. which I don't think happens in a lot of settings. We should turn this into the Social Workers vent/support thread
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