Switching jobs/pay in Arizona

[Jelly19]

Hello all!!!

Upon completion of my BSN, I started at a long term acute care for $26.75. I worked there for five years as both floor and charge nurse and ended up with $34 (plus I was a weekend contract for almost three years working nights and getting $13 additional plus extra for doing charge). Unfortunately I had to resign due to family issues and go to Europe for several months, then I came back and took some time to study for the MCAT.

Yesterday, I had interview with some facility with a similar set-up I worked at (they have devided ICU/step down) and they offered me $29.51. Does anyone know of any job openings in Arizona that are paid more??

Hope to hear from you!

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Welcome to Allnurses.com!

We moved your post to the Arizona Nursing forum to increase the likelihood of generating responses from nurses who live and work there.

[CrossCountryRN2008]

Pay has gone down all over the US

[AZ_LPN_8_26_13]

Pay has gone down all over the US

Plus there is a glut of new BSNs on the market - Nursing schools are churning out new grads by the bucketload all over the U.S. including here in Arizona. IMO that will tend to drive down wages. It's an employer's job market right now.

[Kabin]

Plus, while you were away there's been big healthcare changes. Medicare has been reducing reimbursements. Hospitals have been losing patients, money, and downsizing staff.

[CrossCountryRN2008]

There are multiple causes for low pay. Plus more nurses than jobs means more competition

[ekiemata1]

There are multiple causes for low pay. Plus more nurses than jobs means more competition

I am in Arizona, MSN and is unable to secure an interview, if you know someone in a company, you might have some luck. I look at it this way, hospitals not interested in me for I have been in SNF all my adult life. But even some Nursing homes do not even send regret letters.

[CrossCountryRN2008]

I worked SNF places for 4 years now at a hospital. Keep trying.