LPN..home for the past 15 years. Current pay is 18.75 base plus $3/hr shift dif for afternoon shift. Working in a skilled nursing facility that has LTC, assisted living and rehab units.

Oh.. no sick days, 1 week vacation after a year.

i am a 49 y/o nurse in the midwest working telemetry in a "magnet" hospital voted one of the highest in the nation for nurses (their marketing)...graduated in 90...bs in psych.. ancc certification as a nrsg generalist...current masters student in liberal studies with concentration in gerontology...i make 21.63/hr base...eve diff is 4.00...

the nurses top pay is 24./hr..

Here in North Carolina pay ranges from $17.00 (new grad) to $25.00 per hour. At my facility pay is the same regardless of department. You can acquire more pay by climbing the clinical ladder.

Originally posted by lncmitch
..AND THEY WONDER WHY THERE IS A NURSING SHORTAGE?

Originally posted by chrisB
Hi:
I am an ICU nurse with 12 years experience. I work in La. outside of New Orleans. I am 23.00 base with diffs on top of that. 2.50 for CCRN plus any night shift diff. On the weekends, I make about 33/hr for weekend nights. What a difference from around the country. I wish I lived in Los Angeles though..WOW..40/hr
Chris B

You also need to consider the cost of living in Los Angeles, which is probably easily 100% higher than Louisiana or Mississippi.

I make $21.05 right now, that doesn't include the 5%shift differential for night shift. I am thinking about going Full time at a job that is further away from my home and would make less money. This job starts out at $16.59/hr. Because I have 5 yrs experience, I'd get paid an extra 7% so that brings my base pay up to 17.75/hr. They pay a 7% diff for 3-11 shift and a 12% sdiff for nights and every shift gets an extra 35 cents an hour on the weekends.. No differential for ICU setting and no differential for my BSN till I get to a certain point on the clinical ladder.

But, where I am at now I am an ICU nurse but because our census is so low I get floated out to the floors so am not truly getting ICU experience. SO, that's why I am thinking of leaving my current job.

I work agency evenings for $40-42 an hour in ICU. I think the new nurses on med surg start in the $15.00 range in Pittsburgh

I have an associate's degree in nursing w/ acls certification. I have been a nurse for 6 years. I am starting a critical care internship program soon to work in the hospital's cvicu. Base pay: $20.15/hr.

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 !! :-)