Nurses General Nursing
Published Dec 31, 2012
What did you buy with your first nursing pay from your first nursing job?
OnlybyHisgraceRN, ASN, RN
738 Posts
Groceries, clothes, shoes, expensive make up, bills, Tithes..... but wait, I do that every paycheck!
Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN
1 Article; 20,908 Posts
My first check was at the hourly rate of $4.25/hr......I bought a "good" leather purse.
NurseOnAMotorcycle, ASN, RN
1,066 Posts
What a great topic! I wasn't hard up for money in a bad way so I celebrated with my husband, but I can't remember exactly what... Dinner out somewhere.
Aongroup1990, CNA
332 Posts
Am I young minded or did people get paid 4.25 an hour. Thats unbelievable..
Ntheboat2
366 Posts
I remember when I was a kid I asked my mom how much she made (she wasn't a nurse) but she told me $4.25 and that was minimum wage in 1990.
What year was it when nurses were paid $4.25?
I remember a nurse telling me she made that much (but I don't remember what year or if we talked about it) but I remember her saying something like, "I still lived pretty good. I mean, I was able to take trips and stuff like that."
It seems crazy to us now, but I guess that was "good money" at one point in time.
HM-8404, BSN, RN
319 Posts
When I started working in 1979, minimum wage was $2.89 an hour. I busted my butt for it too. I remember thinking if I only made $10 an hour I'd have it made. Ha!
gatoraims RN
219 Posts
A 3d DS for my daughter's Christmas gift and the rest went into saving for tution for Rn school. fun fun
lagalanurse
55 Posts
I haven't gotten my first check yet, but I plan on buying myself some new jeans and underwear! The ones I have now all have holes.
missnurse01, MSN, RN
1,280 Posts
I don't remember paying for anything fun...just bills.
chinacatRN
20 Posts
I was an LPN when I got my first nursing check in June 2011 (yes, I'm new ). I used it to buy school clothes for my little girl, pay for daycare, and put it savings for when I started the RN program later in the summer.
PghRN30
318 Posts
I should have mine in 2 or 3 weeks depending on how pay periods fall. (Start and find out tomorrow) First pay check will be to fill my gas tank and start paying my credit cards down. (and have them completely paid off in 2-3 pay checks. Once direct deposit gets set up I will have at least 20% going straight into savings....and then once I get caught up on debt, likly incease that.
After 3 or 4 pay checks I am taking my family out to dinner and get some game cards for Dave and Busters. Spluge a little bit as a thank you to them for all their support through school (especially my son....he loves D&Bs). That will be my main spluge. Second will be replacing my POS phone that badly needs replaced.
applewhitern, BSN, RN
1,871 Posts
Don't remember, but probably work clothes. Back then my RN pay was $12 per hour. We wore white dresses with white hose and shoes, so I probably bought some whites. I do remember buying little gold RN pins to wear on the black velvet stripe on my hat~one pin on each side. I was so proud of that.