[pinoynars]

hi alabama nurses! gud thing i found this thread... i was just wondering ... have you heard of an agency named ATLAS REHABILITATION LLC? it's suppossedly located in 1920 old springville suite 104 birmingham, AL. thanks much! ur reply is much needed! God bless...

[Skrawberri]

I go to Auburn, too, and I'm about to graduate in May and from all the schools that have come to talk to us trying to get us to work for them, the highest I've heard is Birmingham (UAB) at $19.85 an hour. It's a cryin' shame, I tell ya. I work at EAMC as a tech and make $8.66. Now THAT is a shame... I make less changing old man diapers than I did folding pants as a clerk at Dillards. New grads at EAMC make $18.77 an hour with $3 diff nights and $1 diff on weekends. But I am on scholarship here so they paid my tuition and my husband is in school for 2 more years, so it works out great for me. Plus we live in a trailor and aren't big spenders so it really is in your perspective and personal spending habits. I do plan on traveling in a couple years, though, so I'm sure I can make it til then!

[healingtouchRN]

War Eagle Tiger, Good school you're in & good luck on your May graduation. Tell Finch RN Hi for me in the ICU at EAMC. He's a dear friend.

Glad you gotta scholarship. Those are right handy when you have a spouse in school as I've been there!

[Bella36RN]

I live in Butler County. New Grad. Base pay $18...$3 shift diff. 12 hour shifts. sign on bonus

[Kookubear]

As of 3/08, for new RNs, Baptist Hospital System (around the B'ham area) start at $19.45 and UAB starts at $19.85. Both with $3-4 for shift diff.

COL might be the same as AZ and ATL for people living in apartments (as some posters have said) but if you buy a house, they are MUCH more expensive. Around Bham (not downtown or in Hoover/Mnt Brook, obviously) you can find a fairly nice 3/2 in a good neighborhood for 160-170K. The same around ATL will be twice that unless you want an hour commute. And in Phoenix at LEAST twice that. Plus Alabama property taxes are about as cheap as possible. (Funny aside: when we were first looking at houses here, I got worried seeing the $345 property tax. "I can't afford another 345 on top of my mortgage payment every month!" The real estate agent looked at me strangely and said, "That's per YEAR." Coming from a small central Illinois city where property taxes on the same size house/neighborhood topped $3000.... I mean come on!)

[NP_in_AL]

Hi,

I am an NP in AL and my daughter is an RN of 3 years now, BSN. She works at a local hospital and makes $27 an hour in SICU if that helps. It is the nursing plus program.........

[Ghosts_Angel]

I think the salary range depends on the specialty you are working in. I work in corrections. We start new grads (RN) up to 4 years experience at $23/hr and it goes up to $27/hr depending on how much experience you have.

[TrickieTam]

I live in Opelika, close neighbor of Auburn, and I work at the nursing home beside EAMC. I am an LPN with 1.5 years experience and plan to go prn, that pay is 22.00/hour. That's a lot higher than working at EAMC. I was hired there but did not accept a position due to them offering 12.49/hr! *******' ridiculous pay when you have a mortgage and supporting yourself through RN school.

[luvthahustle]

I'm graduating from USA in Mobile with a BSN in July, so I have some current info from local hospitals' recruiters:
Springhill pays 17.53, $3-4 diff on evenings/nights
USA Med Center/Children's & women's pays $20 for BSN, $3 night diff
Infirmary Health System pays $21.10 for BSN, $3.50 night diff
Provdence is paying $19 and some change with a $2.50 (I think) shift diff (info not from recruiter)

Also, South Baldwin in Foley states they start at "17.53-25.53", and even though 2 people asked them to nail down a figure for a new grad BSN they remained vague about it.

[BestSweetGal]

Hi, I see you're graduating from USA..congrats!! Question: How was the program. I'm thinking about doing the program prob. next year. Were you in the traditional program or accelerated? Thanx.