How much MONEY do you make? (questionaire)

[jaredsgirl]

so, i know that money is not everything, but it sure does help. i hope this question does not offend anyone,

i am just about to graduate highschool and go to college in the fall to obtain bsn, and am just wondering the following about nurses

and what better place to find answers than from you wonderful nurses at allnurses.com!!!

1. what is your degree in?

2. what state do you live in?

3. what is your job title?

4. how much do you make an hour?

5. how much do you make a year?

6. what do you like about your job?

7. what don't you like about your job?

[CannondaleRN]

1. Bachelor of nursing (University of Sydney)

2. Florida

3. RN

4. $30.00 per hour with shift diff

5. $59,000 (work 32 hrs a week) with benefits.

6. I work as phone triage nurse for hospice. Mostly I love my job as I get to use my knowledge and help people.

I hate when patients or family blame me for things I have no control over and getting phone calls that require a lot of follow up such as falls & deaths a few minutes before shift change when I am trying to get out of there. We are on a salary and do not get paid for this.

[llerkl, ADN]

ADN

Michigan

Clinical Nurse, Level D

$41.00/hr

56K (I only work part time, 24 hrs per week)

LOVE the independence I have, working in a large teaching facility, with varied, diverse patient population. Love making decisions and problem solving.

Don't like poor communication between MDs and Nurses on our team at times.......an age old problem but we continue to work on it!

[86toronado, BSN, RN]

1. what is your degree in? adn

2. what state do you live in? ny (upstate)

3. what is your job title? rn

4. how much do you make an hour? base rate is $22 and change, but i actually make $26-$31/hour depending on time of day, and weekday vs. weekend. i work 12 hour nights.

5. how much do you make a year? last year (my first full year of nursing) i made about $63k. that was with an average of 4 hours of ot per week.

6. what do you like about your job? lots of things. only having to work three days a week, constantly learning something new, and getting to think on my feet.

7. what don't you like about your job? nursing is not immune to the things that most people dislike about their jobs (the commute, office politics, catty co-workers, idiots in management) but in addition to that, i think we see more of the ugly side of life in general; families keeping grandpa on life support to collect one more social security check, the kids who are lost in the system because their parents are screw-ups, the people that milk the healthcare system... i can see how nurses get jaded.

[Caffeine_IV]

what is your degree in? adn (2years exp)

2. what state do you live in? sc

3. what is your job title? staff rn and charge nurse

4. how much do you make an hour? $22.32/hr

5. how much do you make a year? between 48k-50k

6. what do you like about your job? regular hours, benefits, coworkers are pretty cool, the night shift hospitalists

7. what don't you like about your job? too much to list

[rkitty198, BSN, RN]

RN

BSN

Washington State

Surgical/Oncology- staff RN Days

$31.00 hour- with shift differential evenings (extra $2.00 hour)

-Weekends $2.00 hour extra (I work two weekends a month)

We are union- Been a nurse for 5 years and all 5 yr nurses get the same pay rate.

I work full time and I cannot do overtime because of my little one

In Texas

RN

BSN

Surgical- Staff RN- days

$26.00

Had 7 patients, was in charge, worked a ton of mandatory overtime and I hated working there.

[Nursey103, ADN, RN]

1. what is your degree in? adn

2. what state do you live in? southern california

3. what is your job title? rn (new grad)

4. how much do you make an hour? $36/hr (that's including differentials)

5. how much do you make a year? a lil over $67,000

6. what do you like about your job? the fact that i even have a job!!! my co-workers are super helpful. hospital is great. love helping people of course...lol. making my own schedule.

7. what don't you like about your job? floating...being new, i'm still getting comfortable on my own floor!!

[hecallsmeDuchess]

1. BSN

2. VA

3. Almost a year

4.$20, no shift diff, no BSN diff

5. $40,000?

6. Making a difference in patients' lives, some of my co-workers are really genuine.

7. Gossip, cliques, politics, too many changes without asking nurses' input.

[dance4life]

1. What is your degree in? Associates

2. What state do you live in? MA

3. What is your job title? I don't have a job

4. How much do you make an hour? Zero

5. How much do you make a year? Zero

6. What do you like about your job? N/A

7. What don't you like about your job? Um, that I can't find one, no one will give me a chance, can't afford recerts or more education, and all the hard work I did with my education and career is down the toilet because to healthcare facilities I am nothing.

[1mileup]

Does where you live really make that big of an inpact of your wages??? My cousin is a new grad and makes $42 and hour at Hoag Hospital!!! Im in my first year of nursing school and most people I have talked to make well over $30 an hour. ( Im in California)

[medpro32]

16 years RN

ER nurse

$36/hr base in Houston Texas

[LouisVRN, RN]

1. What is your degree in? BSN

2. What state do you live in? AZ

3. What is your job title? RN

4. How much do you make an hour? 32 (occasional more if I'm precepting or CL)

5. How much do you make a year? 70k

6. What do you like about your job? My co-workers, my job, that management take my ideas for improvement seriously

7. What don't you like about your job? working 12 hours being pregnant.

[aussienurse1]

1. what is your degree in? bachelor of nursing sciences, master of mental health nursing

2. what state do you live in? australia

3. what is your job title? clinical nurse

4. how much do you make an hour? $37.40

5. how much do you make a year? $74148

6. what do you like about your job? working in a recovery focused mental health model, with young people particularly first episode :)

7. what don't you like about your job? perhaps staff who are straight out of uni in other disciplines who gripe that i get paid more than them (even thought i have experience, and a post grad degree and they have nil experience or post grad study).....