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Please let me know what your base pay is in your part of the country. I live in TN and where I work our base pay is 13.00/hr. And if you are a CVICU nurse, do you get paid more for what you can do. thanks

Hi! Minnesota here. $23/hr base pay for evening Urgent Care.

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I live in the southeast suburbs of Chicago, near the Indiana border. I'm currently in LTC-facility w/approx 150 residents. My $$ is 19.50/hr. + 1.00/hr diff for house supervisor duties. Our facility does NOT offer shift diff. for 3-11s, 11-7s or w/e shifts. We get time and a half for ALL hours over 8 hours/day..NOT 40 hrs/wk. which is great! Full-timers do NOT get any holiday pay..but if we work holidays..pay is DOUBLE time and if we work 16hrs (double shift)--we get double time and a half..which adds up nicely!! Our cost of living in Cook County Illinois (chicago) is very high..our gasoline is about 1.58/gal. Our retail taxes are 9.25% on everything - including groceries..we jump to Indiana for purchases..NO tax on groceries, and 5% on ALL other purchases... It is so very interesting to see how the salaries differ through the country... The facilities in Indiana, which borders my area, pay much less than in Illinois...d/t cost of living..... Agencies and hospital registries in Illinois are paying near 50 and just over 50 bucks/hr for midnite/evening/weekend shifts in critical care areas. Just saw an ad for 50 bucks an hour at Little Company of Mary in Evergreen Park, IL... Move here and aleviate our shortage !!! Keep Smiling !! :-)

I know they pay 27.80 for rn's on 3-11

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I just had to say that this is a fascinating thread that originally started almost 10 years ago.:bow:

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omg,yur right 10 yrs,wow,that's crazy

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Specializes in ICU,CCU, MICU, SICU, CVICU, CTSICU,ER.
Michigan $18-23. But it probably depends on what hospital and location. My first R.N. job I made $15 something that was 4 years ago. Now I'm at a different hospital.

I'm contigent. So without insurance I make a little more.

I'll add that differentials can add up in the right hospital. for my experience level I had a base of 26.50 plus 6.50 in differentials- this was in CVSICU,day shift. Night shift would get a $10,000 bonus after 2 years on top of all the other differentials. I loved that place--:bowingpur sadly I had to leave:cry:

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Specializes in ICU, Cardiac Cath/EPS Labs.

How does my hospital compare? For hours spent "on-call," i.e., available to work for a specified time, e.g., 12 midnight to 8 a.m. (and able to get to the hospital within 45 minutes), we receive pay as follows: 3/4 time PER HOUR if not called in and TIME-and-one-HALF if actually reporting to the hospital for emergency work--PLUS, if I am called in, I get paid for a minimum of 4 hrs at the overtime rate. Thanks!

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Specializes in Critical care.

nyforlove, that's pretty good call pay. My hospital gives $2.25 per hour beeper pay, then when you actually come in it's time and a half. The minimum is 2hrs even if you're only there for 30 mins.

In North FL RNs with 5-10 yrs are making $28-$29 for critical care. I started out at $17.25 8 years ago as a GN.

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Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care.

Wow, not only am I really blessed to have a job, I'm really blessed for the job I have. I got hired at 31.73/hr in CCU. But I'm on nights, so I get 34.90 the first four hours then 36.49 the last 8 hours. Basically, each shift is 430 bucks.

If I do work an extra shift, it's 1.75 my base rate plus differentials, so 754 a shift.

My benefits are good also, they pay for your health insurance (hmo) for you and your family, as well as vision and dental.

On the other side, I work in a 50 bed ICU that is mostly post-open hearts that can be very intense.

The part of california I live in, you can get a nice home (especially now) for around 200k. Prior to the market crashing, it was closer to 400k for something nice.

We won't get into what's happening to car registration and such...

Based on what I've seen of nursing salaries though, and the importance of our job, I believe many nurses are getting completely slapped in the face. I don't think many nurses realize how much knowledge they have and how important their role is in patient's health. I can't say, with how seriously I take my role, I would necessarily work for 14/ hour, regardless of the cost of living. I believe nurses are worth much more than that and should be adequately compensated!

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Specializes in Anesthesia.

So, here in South Cackalacky we make jack. The best paying hospital around pays $22.35/hr for NG, but I'm lucky to work in a hospital that just gave us a $1/hr raise to get me up to a whopping $21.00/hr (with 4 yrs exp.). Yea, our cost of living is low, but come on. The other local hospital pays $18 or $19/hr for NG. Nice, right? I get excited when I'm in charge, precepting, on a Friday/Saturday/Sunday night - $32.00/hr. Does that ever happen...nope.

I guess I shouldn't complain though...at least I have a job! (at least for now)

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Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care.

Man, I think nurses in the lower paying states need to start forming unions, or something that will help employers realize that wages that low are really not adequate compensation for the amount of knowledge and importance of the job.

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No experience; fresh out of a BSN program;

in Southern Mississippi ICU: $21.79 BASE.

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Specializes in Critical Care: Cardiac, VAD, Transplant.

I'm a new grad and I obtained a position in a great cardiac ICU in Chicago that performs open hearts and transplants. New grads all receive the same rate until they have 1 to 2 years experience. Our starting rate is $27 base plus differential for nights and weekends.

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