nursing salaries

Mrs.A.3rd · Aug 17, 2000

hello from sunny las vegas where I am an lpn in a snf employed as resident care manager and mds coordinator

$19.25/hr

severe shortage..looking for a charge nurse/lpn 17 bucks/hr

come on down !!

nursekathy · Aug 18, 2000

Originally posted by Mrs.A.3rd:
hello from sunny las vegas where I am an lpn in a snf employed as resident care manager and mds coordinator
$19.25/hr
severe shortage..looking for a charge nurse/lpn 17 bucks/hr
come on down !!

Mary H. · Aug 19, 2000

In sunny outdoor and good skiing Reno, base pay for RN is $18.16. I just got an offer from a facility in town for $30+/hr for night staff RN. Come on over, there's lots to do and plenty of jobs.

seamus · Aug 19, 2000

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In reading all these different wages I can only hope that some day tha ANA will carry as much weight as the AMA. Until then consider union!

UOTE]Originally posted by iamme457:

I live in Pittsburgh PA, the base hourly rate I make is $17.71 add $1 an hour to night shift. I work in Med/surg ICU have 8 years experience including ER, Trauma and Critical Care Transport(flight)the hospital I am working in may end up going out of business.

I supplement my income with agency assignments, on a weekday at a nursing home I make $24/hr on weekends $26/hr, more than overtime pays at my regular job.

Middle management layoffs have occured over the last 5 years but no bedside nursing jobs have been eliminated yet. Many nurses have quit because of low pay and understaffing and no raise for the last 8 years at this facility also no career ladder and the school reimbursement is being cut soon. There are other higher paying hospitals in Pittsburgh but all have a history of layoffs for staff nurses so there is no job security.

Welcome to the Rust Belt........many patients are indigents/self pay which means free hospital stay. The loss of jobs for the steelworkers really hurt, union jobs usually had wonderful benefits that paid for all the medical needs.

I dont know that there is a solution to this problem...Low pay, high stress.

Someday a nurse will be in the Smithsonian Institute as an extinct species..just kidding.

Not sure where this is headed, 5 years ago I said it couldnt get any worse but look at where we are now. My grandmother was a nurse and things have certainly changed and improved since the 1930's tuberculosis was their big challenge as was polio. She took care of Teddy Roosevelt as he sat in a wheelchair. I have more complex skills, much more autonomy, a higher level of stress and get paid a much higher rate than she did. I have a benefit package (meager as it is) and I am allowed to be married and have kids while in nursing school. I also have a leave of absence for maternity-she had to quit to raise her family, I can work while pregnant-she wasnt allowed to.

Working in a constantly changing profession is a challenge but I dont think I would be quite as happy doing anything else.

Deanna

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FBB044 · Aug 19, 2000

Hey there!

I'm an RN with 7yrs experience in various areas of nursing from critical care to home health. For the past 3 yrs I've been working as an occupational health nurse making 50K+/yr with a benefit pk worth around 15K/yr and that's for 3 days/wk. On my days off, if I choose, I work in an ED for 20/hr just for kicks. I figured out early in my nursing career that if you want to make any money in this profession GET OUT OF THE HOSPITAL! I think the bottom line is to be loyal to no one but yourself and your profession. Certainly not a hospital. My services are sold to whoever wants to pay the most for them.

tootlet · Aug 19, 2000

Greetings,

I'm an RN on a surgical floor making $16.80 with 3 years experience. I'm contingent (casual or prn) so I don't receive benefits and make the same hourly as those that do. We work 12.5 hour shifts with $1.50 shift differential. I work with nurses with 15 years experience that make about $.90 more an hour than I do. Our CICU nurses make the same. But I usually have only 6 patients with 2 of them fresh surgeries a day. Some of my classmates have as many as 12 patients and are making the same in other area hospitals. We've just unionized and are waiting to see what happens. I love nursing but also have to juggle with the "do I do patient care or chart" time constraints. And I have to continually chaff doctors to do their job like "what route and frequency of demerol on this order?"

lita1857 · Aug 19, 2000

FBBO44, I saw it's your first post...EXCELLENT..I'll be watching for more opinions!!! I love when people say it like it is.

durb · Aug 19, 2000

New grad pay in a hospital is 14.80 an hour. I have 6 yrs exp. & make 17.80 an hr. plus 2.00 shift diff. for 3-7pm & 3.00 shift diff. for 11pm-7am. Also 3.00 xtra an hr. for weekends. PRN pay is 23.00 an hr. with no benefits & plenty of hrs. Agency work is 24.00-30.00 an hr. Often the hosp. pay is supplemented with 12.00-15.50 an hr. for incentive pay. There is also a HUGE shortage of nurses! We are OVERWORKED & extremely UNDERPAID for the amt. of stress we have!!

Pamela67 · Aug 19, 2000

This is really enlightening! I have my BSN and just recieved my certification in Obstetrics. I do not make more for my BSN or a percentage more for my Certification. I have been told that our pay scale is very competitive but after reading this nursing board I have to differ.

forgiven57 · Aug 21, 2000

I work in Fairbanks, Alaska, and nurses here, with no experience, start out at almost $20.00/hour, with shift diff of $1.00 for second, and $2.00 for third. The hospital here will also pay bonuses and relocation for people with experience in the areas we need.

hhrn · Aug 24, 2000

Originally posted by NorthernRN:
To add on to your message.....agency RN's in San Antonio are making $20+/hr and the larger hospital systems are paying about that for experienced, specialized RN's. Dialysis clinics are paying a little less than that...about $18/hr + to start. But you also have to consider what they will deduct from your pay for med/dental benefits.

I agree with you about benifits. I live outside of Indy in a small town and with 4 years of various experience(dialysis, LTC, manage GP practice) and now love my job in Home Health. I just started at $16/hr which doesn't sound like much at first but I only pay $75/mo for full family medical coverage ($500 individual ded.max 1500)+ dental ($25 ded per person). I get $.325 a mile and get paid for my total time a day. I do about 35-40 visits/wk call every 6th weekend and one night a week. I work for a non for profit org. and think we are treated fairly well. I am the only one working in our house as my husband is disabled d/t severe back injury. I have 2 grade school children and I alone was able to buy a nice home. I don't think it's all that bad.

RN2B · Aug 25, 2000

I live in Texas and I have to admit that our nurses are making great $ compared to our cost of living expenses. An RN will start at $20-$22 and a LVN will start at $17.50. That is not bad considering average rent is $600-$700 a month. I am moving to Florida in 4 months. Please let me know (anyone) about the salaries there. Thanks!!!