Can a new grad negotiate?

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Hey ya'll!

I'm graduating this May and I was told by a couple of RN's that salaries are not negotiable with public hospitals. You see, I'm on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and we only have one or two really good hospitals. These hospitals don't pay that great but I need to work there to get good experience. The starting salary is $20.00 an hour for a BSN and $19.50 an hour for an ADN.

Since I am a Male, I'm looking for a Job around $25.00 an hour or around $50,000 a year. Do you guys think this is possible? Can a new grad negotiate their salary?

Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

And again, This dead horse needs to rest.

You know if I am not able to negotiate my salary that is fine. Though it does makes me mad that a nurse, who I might work with on the tele unit, (this is true) honestly doesn't know East vs West or which Ocean is the Pacific or Atlantic will be making $4.00 more an hour than me. Even with all my accomplishments! And NO, she aint that good of a nurse! In fact, she is LAZY! AND That is depressing! After thinking about that, I'm thinking what the horse has might not be that bad after all!

When determining new grad RN salary, your "accomplishments" mean nothing. You have zero RN experience. Your potential co-worker will earn more than you because she has more nursing experience than you (nil).

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

And again, This dead horse needs to rest.

You know if I am not able to negotiate my salary that is fine. Though it does makes me mad that a nurse, who I might work with on the tele unit, (this is true) honestly doesn't know East vs West or which Ocean is the Pacific or Atlantic will be making $4.00 more an hour than me. Even with all my accomplishments! And NO, she aint that good of a nurse! In fact, she is LAZY! AND That is depressing! After thinking about that, I'm thinking what the horse has might not be that bad after all!

And to all who were quick to impugn my motives from my comment, "Since I am a male," ... please when you read, read it with an open mind and outiside the box, but when you think look on both sides! Because Nursing will never be a Profession with thinkers like this!

And lastly, I will only come back to this post to see coterie of fellow stupidity. To see which moron will post first to my wacky comments!

Nursing has been a profession long before you ever thought about it.

Good luck to you with your salary negotiation endeavors.

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I just can not help myself.

I would just recommend you chose your words more carefully next time.

There was a time, not that long ago that pay was based on gender. However, we have come a long way from that time and frame of mind. Does it still happen - of course, but it also happens for more reasons besides "just" gender. They could think you don't need as much $$- you are young and there for have less responibilties in life, there for MISS HR decides you should make less. Yes that happens too. You think that RN is lazy and doesn't deserve the money, well you could be correct but that RN could just as easily be a MALE RN! I as a pt would not care if your GPA is 3.9 or you know east from west, what kind of treatment are you going to give me? I know many people who have direction problems and yes geography escapes them, but dang are they good at what they are doing.

Also if you think you have lived a full life at 22 - boy are you in for a rude awakening! I do hope you take nursing seriously. Not all of us females are afraid of change. I know more women willing to make major changes in their lives, than I do men.

Now don't think I'm attacking you, because I'm not, but if you go out in the real world and make some of these comments - well = yes nurses do eat their young, you would be the main course! Good luck on finishing school and getting your dream started.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Geriatric, Behavioral Health.

I do believe that this thread has served its purpose in answering:

Can a new grad negotiate?

Let me point out to...the OP and responding members...that this is a professional board. Advice and debate of the issue are fine and dandy as long it is respectfully done. "Baiting for attacks or arguements towards onself" and "falling for the bait to attack" purely serves no merit or purpose whatsoever.

The thread is now closed. The OP question that initiated this thread has been sufficiently answered.

Wolfie

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