I worked as a med tech in a nursing home on the dementia ward. They paid me less than $8 an hour and I got no benefits. Plus I had to go back to school to get my certification so that I could be added to the Maryland Nursing Board's database as qualified. Thankfully, someone else paid for the class.

Now think about it like this...

I'm placing drops of morphine on your grandmother's tongue to ease the pain of her dying and I'm not even making $8 an hour.