Suggested citation: Gunawan, J. (2019). “This is 2019! But I still need to work double shifts and have multiple jobs to keep me alive”: A phenomenon among nurses in Indonesia. Belitung Nursing Journal, 5(3), 108-110. [Free Download].
Visiting hospitals in Indonesia is one of my hobbies to observe and explore situations related to hospital services and management, especially about nursing care quality, care delivery, personnel management, and leadership, which give me the insights about the current phenomena and the gaps that need to be filled up. In addition, I will never forget to ask every nurse about his/her progress and complaint. Surprisingly, salary is still becoming the biggest concern among nurses in 2019, like three nurses said, “there is nothing change about our salary since 5 years ago, but we are demanded to work harder”, “I am not happy with my salary because we paid higher to get diploma degree, but our pay may be the same with cleaning service pay”, and “this is 2019! we will never be rich if we just become a nurse in our beloved country, I still need to have double shifts or multiple jobs to keep me alive. But our salary may be a bit higher than the other nurses in the other provinces. Do you think 30 USD per month is a good salary for nurses?” (Arifin et al., 2019).
Actually, nurse salary in Indonesia can be discussed among government and non-government employees. Read more here: Free Download
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