Hourly Pay or Salary... What is best?

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What is best???? Hourly pay or Salary? I would love to hear from experienced nurses out there. Can you tell me your opinions and why? I would appreciate it greatly! Thanks.

Hourly. They must pay you for overtime. If you're salaried you belong to THEM and they can work you for as long as they like per day/week.

And they WILL take advantage of you. Give me hourly any day! Actually, I don't think I'd even consider taking a salaried position for that very reason. Being hourly when I'm off, I'm off. The only exception is if I feel extraordinarily generous and decide to work on a day off. But being hourly I'm still getting paid for the extra time and if I go into overtime they're payin' for that, too. Getting off my soapbox....

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I do about as well salaried as I did hourly, except when I was doing In house registry at premium pay. Of course, I was PRN for years so didn't usually work full time, either. If I went back to bedside I would definitely want hourly. But the salaried job I have now is great in terms of hours and flexibility so I don't plan to give it up while I'm a single parent w/ a child still at home. It actually pays better per hour than being on the floor as a staff nurse.

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Absolutely, hourly pay. My management salaried nursing friends all ***** about how much they end up making per hour after putting in 60 hr weeks every week.

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