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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

IN NC we start new grads at 17.00 / hr. (fayetteville). I have been there 5 years, now make 25.75 per hour. $1 for CCU, $2 for CVICU extra per hour, I do both. from 3-11 shift diff is $3.75 per hour, 11-7am is $4.25 per hour. Weekends all times are $4.oo per hour. We get double time on holidays plus a year end bonus based on profits (800.00 this year, everyone gets it). ICU's get 1,000.00 every six months bonus.

More inportant is a CEO and COO that are Nursing oriented and are making tremendous changes to retain nurses... My job satisfaction is 100%. We keep getting pay raises to keep us competitive and our anual raise is 0-5% but is increasing to 0-7%

You may have to start out low, but cost of living is low, my 170,000. house has $1,700.00 in taxes per year only. I came from NY where the same taxes would be close to $5,000. tax rate is 6.5%.

Love where i am and it is only getting better

FYI myrtle beach, looked at the facility and have a friend who works there.... There is a reason a hospital is FORCED to pay an 8,000.00 sign on bonus... think about that... the grass is not always greener... there is desperation behind the dollar amount.

Carol

sbic56

I work @ MRH in northern Maine. How about you. I am aware of EMMC were paying DT for OT for a while then they cried the poor house...As IF...:eek:

How soon they forget the trenches once they climb that ladder..:imbar :imbar

Specializes in Obstetrics, M/S, Psych.

RNIAM

Going to PM you...

Rhode Island :$18.00 for new grad. Pm diff 1.25/hr Night diff $2.00/hr Charge pay:1.25/hr Nothing extra for critical care.

Southern New Jersey Hospital. Night shift gets $30 dollars an hour base pay with $4 differential. Medical benefits are paid for 100% by employer. Usually, a $150 bonus for twelve hours of overtime, plus time and a half. The usual tuition reimbursement etc. What are the catches? None! Hospital makes a good profit. However, these rates do not reflect the going rates for most Southern New Jersey hospitals.

I was reading some of the posts as I've thought about changing fields. I'm currently working LTC (great hours) and make $21/hr. Switching to Hopice at $23.75 with mileage at 31.5 cents. Was working in Alabama at $14/hour. Cost of living in El Paso is very low with new, nice houses under $100,000. Property taxes are high, though.

In georgia as a new graduate specializing in pediatrics the pay is 18.64 an hour plus $5 more an hour for weekends and I am not too sure about how much more the shift differencial is. The average starting salary is $18 an hour. I hope I can get more eventually. How about Massachusetts? Does anyone know about their pay scale. My sister in law is telling me about 10 thousand dollar sign on bonuses and 24 dollars an hour to start. I know they are unionized there. Is there a big differnce with unions? Georgia does not have a nurse union. I am unfamiliar with unions. Canada sounds good.

Specializes in Critical Care.

OMG, now I know why I work agency $40-45.00/hr.

Wouldn't it be nice if we all banded together? This is a big problem, we don't stand up for ourselves as a whole. We are more important in our patients care, NOT physicians. WE are the eyes and the ears, recognizing catastrophies before they happen and so why do we make sooooo much less? I'm sorry you got me on a rant! Now, I need a fountain Diet Coke :angryfire

I started nursing in 1988 at 12.44/hr. Now think about how long ago that was and compare it to new grad rates now.....IT SUCKS.

They can't do it without us folks. (yike, don't anyone call me Norma Rae either)

Oh, my pay rate now is 25.23/hr plus second shift differential pay and four hours each night of night shift differential. I get an extra one dollar and hour to be a shift leader. YIPPEEEE!

Okay, back to bed....

Smooches to all. (oh work in an ED, no diff in pay to work the specialty units here)

bad bird, does that include housing or health bene's ? We pay agency 45-65 dollars per hour. I'm amazed that they put so much back in the nurses pocket! Good for you!!!!!

In Memphis, TN @ THE Regional Medical Center the base salary without shift & weekend differential is $19.52. Shift diff is $2.00 for 3-11 & $3.00 11-7. Weekend diff is 15% of base. This is for a new graduate in ICU or anywhere.

I'm an RN in a CCU in Dayton, OH with three years of experience, in the same unit. Right now, I'm making $18.05 per hour, NO benfits, part time, two 12-hour shifts per week. Next week my status will change to "resource" (prn help) with a contract to work two 12-hour shifts per week for $28.00 per hour, NO benfits. To me, nothing changes, but I get paid more, and I only have to work one major and one minor holiday a year instead of two majors and two minors.

What gives?:chair:

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