[adboehnen]

That is really low pay for an educated professional, especially in a field where demand is high. Does every hospital in that area pay so low? CNAs make close to that amount of money. If your hospital has a union, nurses should negotiate for more money!! We have to work hard, long hours, and peoples' lives and well-beings count on us. That kind of pay does not reflect a nurse's skills, education, or comittment.

[cbreezen482]

Southeastern IL, the hospital I started at, base pay for new grads was 14.77 an hour, $1 for shift differential for nights 7p-7a. Got a whooping $.34 cent raise after 6 months! Moving to the Springfield IL area right now and got offered about $3.00 more an hour for evenings 3p-11p on a Cardiac Rehab unit.

What you make definately depends on where your live and the cost of living. But the first hospital I told ya about was the lowest paying hospital in that area. You could drive 30-40 minutes in any direction and make about $3-4 more an hour depending on experience.

Just depends on what we're willing to put up with I guess, and as long as people continue to work there (non-union also) they will never change their pay scale. There were charge nurses where I worked before who had been there YEARS and I know probably only made $1-2 more an hour than I did as a new grad. How sad!

[mstigerlily]

Not in Atlanta....I'm in San Diego.

Ours is $26-$29/hr to start depending on the hospital and if you are a BSN or ADN graduate. Night shift has a $4 differential, I only know of one hospital who offers a $2 weekend differential as well.

Melissa

[Gaitorbait40]

Check out this site and it shows you all the hospitals in N.E. Ohio and what their policies are on student loan paybacks and other good stuff...very informative.


http://chanet.org/financial_aid_resources.htm

[jenrninmi]

Originally Posted by mstigerlily

Not in Atlanta....I'm in San Diego.

Ours is $26-$29/hr to start depending on the hospital and if you are a BSN or ADN graduate. Night shift has a $4 differential, I only know of one hospital who offers a $2 weekend differential as well.

Melissa

So, they're paying the BSN grads more than the ADN grads? Is there much of a difference in pay?

[mstigerlily]

Some hospitals don't have a difference in pay, at a few others it's 2 or 3% more for BSN and 5-6% more for MSN.

Melissa

Originally Posted by jenrninmi

So, they're paying the BSN grads more than the ADN grads? Is there much of a difference in pay?

[Ventjock]

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[mstigerlily]

Well we have a postpartum nurse in my unit whose badge says MSN on it, I have seen a few others on differet floors that are also MSNs. A few of our instructors also worked per diem at the bedside and had their MSN. So there are out there.

Melissa

Originally Posted by ramiro_ac

im assuming bedside nursing right? what MSN prepared nurse would want to do bedside nursing???????

[Ventjock]

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[Tony35NYC]

Not every MSN nurse wants to completely give up bedside nursing (especially the ones who teach) because they don't want to lose their skills.