No Benefits not an option for new grads???

suzanne4, RN · Apr 6, 2004

Yes, it is quite common. They know that you need to put in one year experience before you can go to work agency or PRN at any other places......so they can get by with paying you the lower amount.

Don't worry..............it is only for a year and they are paying for all of your

trianing.....

:balloons:

Jennerizer, ASN, RN · Apr 7, 2004

Yes, same thing at my hospital. One year contract as a full-time employee. After that you can go prn or agency.

renerian, BSN, RN · Apr 7, 2004

Pretty common

renerian

Ortho_RN · Apr 7, 2004

At the hospital I work at, they allow you to take no benefits whenever you want... I just don't understand if you are working FT why you wouldn't want the benefits... I would like the extra money, but I want my sick pay and vacation time even more...

psychomachia · Apr 7, 2004

At the hospital I work at, they allow you to take no benefits whenever you want... I just don't understand if you are working FT why you wouldn't want the benefits... I would like the extra money, but I want my sick pay and vacation time even more...

Some people might have benefits from another job, or the spouse's job. I've never taken hospital benefits simply because my other job has the better (by far) of the two.

And yes, the "one year of cheap labor" on the hospital's terms is pretty common.

Ortho_RN · Apr 7, 2004

Some people might have benefits from another job, or the spouse's job. I've never taken hospital benefits simply because my other job has the better (by far) of the two.
And yes, the "one year of cheap labor" on the hospital's terms is pretty common.

Well I agree. My husbands insurance is 100x better and cheaper than the hospitals.. But at my hospital if you take no benefits.. You lose everything, no insurance, no vacation time, no sick time, etc... Now if I could have done a No insurance option and gotten the differential I would have...

meesa214 · Apr 7, 2004

The staff who don't receive benefits in my hospital work either less than 20 hours per week, OR they are in the float pool (PRN). We require at least a years experience before joining the float pool because you never know what unit you are going to be pulled to. Sure you can request to stay on a particular unit, but it's not guaranteed.

If you think about it, it makes sense. Why would the hospital want to use someone just out of school, with no REAL training? As PRN (or "no benefits") you don't get the luxury of being trained on the job. You're expected to know it.

And benefits does not just include health insurance. You can waive that coverage if your spouse's is better and get a bit of a rebate (at least here you can). But why would you want to waive the vacation time, sick pay, tuition reimbursement, etc, etc, etc.

orchid · Apr 7, 2004

I do have benefits already and thats why I was inquiring about the no benefits option. It's not really that I want to be pool or PRN, but I heard there was usually a 'Full Time No Benefits' option or a 'Partial Benefits' option for people like me. I guess I will learn all about this stuff when I start working.

Thanks everyone for answering.

kbstudent · Apr 11, 2004

Don't think of it as cheap labor. If you add in your benefit package (vacation time, sick time, retirement, life insurance, ED Leave, tuition aid) it is far from cheap. :rolleyes:

dphrn · Apr 12, 2004

The last two places I interviewed at, "no benefits" offered $1.00 more an hour. What a joke! Prn is the way to go if you do not need the benefits. The hours always seem to be available.

Gompers, BSN, RN · Apr 12, 2004

Are you sure by benefits they mean that you HAVE to pay for health insurance? Because here, for your first year you have to be at least 20 hours a week, preferably 40 if you're a new grad, for at least a year and then you can go float pool/prn and get no benefits like insurance or sick and vacation time. But even that first year when you work full or part time, you have a choice whether you want to pay for health insurance or not - it's not mandatory. Maybe by benefits they mean sick and vacation time, which you will automatically get if you work the required 20+ hours per week?

Did that make any sense?