[youngRNstudent]

Originally Posted by lovingtheunloved

California, the land of the $200,000 ghetto.

yesssss......a 2bd 2 bath apartment will cost you $1600 a month, and I don't think they even sell houses less than $400k

This would be why I still live w/my parents!!!

[PennyLane]

$11/hour in Maryland.

[Belladonna]

Originally Posted by lovingtheunloved

California, the land of the $200,000 ghetto.

ROTFLMAO! Is that what CNA's make out there? Gee in WI you are lucky to find one that has a starting wage of $10/hour.

[lovingtheunloved]

Originally Posted by Belladonna

ROTFLMAO! Is that what CNA's make out there? Gee in WI you are lucky to find one that has a starting wage of $10/hour.

$10 as a starting wage? In my dreams. My starting wage as an NA was $6. When I got certified it went to $7. Now it's $8. It ain't gonna go much higher. Good thing I don't have a family to support. I don't know how people do it.

[sherichance]

I am a CNA in CT and make $12.25. I work per diem and thats just starting pay too.

[nptobee]

12.00 for days, 13.00 for evenings

[CRNA Someday]

In a Level II Trauma hospital, in Spokane, WA. Starting pay is $10.75 with one year experience (plus $0.10 per year experience). Evening shift differential is $1.00, NOC differential is $1.50 and weekend differential is $1.21. So, since I work Eves and have 3 years experience, I make $11.95 during the week and $13.16 on weekends. RNs start out here at $19.00 per hour, so I'm not doing THAT bad.

Alison, new RN grad (still working as NAC until I get an RN job )

[sweetielin]

WOW! Some of you make more than I make as an LPN!

[firstaiddave907]

i made 9.75 an hr in buffalo ny

[emilyerin]

Our CNAs make $11-$13/hour in Portland, OR (in hospitals, anyway).