My first RN paycheck hits my account today!!

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

And I have to say, I'm a little bit excited =) I graduated in May, 2011, passed my NCLEX in July and just started my first RN position 2 weeks ago. I'm working through an agency doing home health. I provide care for a 9 mo vent pt with continuous G-tube feeds. Working on my peds vent certification as we speak!

It's great in that I pick my hours, I do 3 10 hour nights and no weekends and feel very fortunate that my first RN job is so flexible!!!!! I can't complain about the compensation either, very lucky compared to some of my classmates....

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congrats! I had mine framed on my wall for a while, I was so excited! Still have that copy of it too, 15 years later!

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Specializes in LTC Rehab Med/Surg.

Congrats to you!!

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Congratulaiton. You are so fortunate. I'm graduaitng this May and hope to get my job soon too:)

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Congrats!:yeah: Im Still looking for my first job!

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Specializes in Trauma-Surgical, Case Management, Clinic.

That's great, congrats!

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Congrats!!! Good work! :yeah:

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Specializes in MedSurg, OR, Cardiac step down.

:w00t:

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That's great! What is your orientation (if any) like at an agency? I'm looking at non-hospital options as a new grad as well.

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Specializes in ER.

Congratulations! May this be the first of many!! My first RN job paid $4.20/hour! Of course that was a huge increase from the $1.90/hr I was making as a student nurse :) We won't talk about how long ago that was, but I wondered how in the world I would ever spend $100/week!!

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