[ginat113]

What are current salaries for new MSN graduates who want to teach in a hospital nursing school or community college program ?
Also how are part time clinical instructors paid ? Hourly ? Average wages ?

[VickyRN]

Originally Posted by ginat113

What are current salaries for new MSN graduates who want to teach in a hospital nursing school or community college program?

Rough estimate - $40,000 - $60,000 annually (anywhere from 9 mo to 12 mo contract)

Originally Posted by ginat113

Also how are part time clinical instructors paid ? Hourly ? Average wages ?

In my experience, hourly. In this area of the country (rural NC), $20-$25/hr. Also is factored in extra hours for grading clinical paperwork (usually 6 extra hours/ week).

Hope this helps

[DeigoT]

Originally Posted by ginat113

What are current salaries for new MSN graduates who want to teach in a hospital nursing school or community college program ?
Also how are part time clinical instructors paid ? Hourly ? Average wages ?

About 5 years ago, I taught clinicals (as an adjunct assistant professor) for an ADN program at a community college in New York at a rate of $57/hr. I recently saw an add for an adjunct clinical instructor at a community college in Philadelphia for $60/hr. A friend of mine currently teaches clinicals for an LPN program in Ft. Lauderdale for $30/hr. (I have a MSN, she has a BSN). Another friend teaches in NY, not sure of her title, but she has been there for about 8 years and teaches both clinicals and lectures. I believe she told me she makes apx $60,000/yr. She has a MSN.

[DeigoT]

Originally Posted by DeigoT

About 5 years ago, I taught clinicals (as an adjunct assistant professor) for an ADN program at a community college in New York at a rate of $57/hr. I recently saw an add for an adjunct clinical instructor at a community college in Philadelphia for $60/hr. A friend of mine currently teaches clinicals for an LPN program in Ft. Lauderdale for $30/hr. (I have a MSN, she has a BSN). Another friend teaches in NY, not sure of her title, but she has been there for about 8 years and teaches both clinicals and lectures. I believe she told me she makes apx $60,000/yr. She has a MSN.

Just wanted to add, that $57/hr did not include the times spent selecting patients (which had to be done the evening before clinicals) or times spent grading care plans.

[VickyRN]

One of my former professors, who holds the outstanding credentials of a full tenured professorship with PhD in nursing, once confided that she only makes ~$56,000 annually. This is with a fulltime schedule and numerous research projects. She has also authored and published many abstracts and journal articles. This is absolutely shameful when one considers that a CRNA will start out with a salary of 100-120 grand or an NP in the 70's or 80's

[DeigoT]

I definately agree with VickyRN. And they wonder why there is difficulty recruiting full-time faculty. I have been told by a friend of mine who teaches, that some of the students who graduated from the program with an associate degree will have a higher starting salary than her current salary. And she has been doing this for several years.

[Shane_in_Arizona]

As you've seen, salaries vary widely by geographic region, and probably by concentration of qualified msn-prepared faculty as well. Ironically, you may find higher salaries in some of the more rural areas where it is more difficult to find nurses who have the msn. I think that VickyRN's post is pretty on the mark at $40,000-$60,000. At our school in rural AZ, we tend to be at the top third of that range for a 9 month position. We're a community college, so there is no research requirement. Our part-time clinical faculty make about $25 an hour.

[Jenni in MO]

I have just started teaching this fall at a University in Missouri. The range that I was quoted during interviews was $45,000 to $50,000 for a non-tenured track clinical assistant professor teaching both lecture and clinicals. I am thinking that this is probably a little low comparatively

[TheCommuter]

Back in April 2005, one of the part-time clinical instructors in my LVN program was an MSN and she confided that she earned $29 hourly. Keep in mind that this school was located in the greater Los Angeles area. She said that her full-time coworker, an LVN, earned $48 hourly because he held a master's degree in education and performed the undesirable task of teaching the part time weekend LVN class.

[1Tulip]

I have an application in for a tenure track position in a BSN program. I don't know what the salary is (obviously I'll be interviewing them as they interview me...) but I don't expect it to be as much as I could make in clinical practice. HOWEVER, it better d@mn-well be comparable to the salary of a similarly qualified assistant-to-full-professor in Biology or Journalism or English!!!

To bad we can't make what the Athletic Director gets.