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Specializes in CVICU.
You want to be respected as a professional, not worked like a slave (even though I have seen this happen to so many nurses even when they finally land that job they always wanted). You also wanted to be paid accordingly for actually GOING to nursing school and learning what it takes to provide care for patients.

I just re read this again and all I can say is WOW, what a feeling of entitlement. Nobody owes you anything. What you get in this world is what you earn plain and simple and that includes respect.

Specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.
I always see nursing home jobs listed in the newspapers.

There's a reason for that.

Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Not so long ago....2002, 2003....many facilities around my area were offering loan forgiveness to come work for them. I remember getting a $30,000.00 bonus in the late eighties to work nights (the shift I already worked) for a year.

This is NOT the job climate we have now. I do hope it comes back..but I doubt it.

Specializes in CVICU.
This is NOT the job climate we have now. I do hope it comes back..but I doubt it.

You have been in nursing to see at least a couple boom and bust cycles. The pendulum will swing the other way again.

SmilingBluEyes

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

The old cliche/adage still applies: if it sounds too good to be true, it sure as heck is! Caveat emptor.

Specializes in CVICU.
The old cliche/adage still applies: if it sounds too good to be true, it sure as heck is! Caveat emptor.

Not always. In this particular situation the hospital has an acute need and is throwing money at it in an attempt to fix it. A nurse certainly needs to his/her due diligence to know exactly what the deal is. In this particular example (an energy boom town) there has been an explosive growth in population and with it a housing shortage. Whenever something is in short supply it will be expensive, and that fact is driving wages in the area to astronomical heights. I work with someone who was just in Minot, ND a month ago and said that the McDonalds there pays $20/hr, and that most of them have drive through service only due to the shortage of labor.

I'm sure the hospital in the area the OP is describing is stressed to the max. But this puts a prospective nurse willing to go there in the drivers seat when it comes to negotiating. Working conditions aside, housing is going to be the biggest challenge, and I have to believe that the hospital could possibly help somehow in this regard.

In this area if you could procure affordable housing the opportunity to profit is huge. Here is how I see this possible scenario.

1. Will I work hard? YES

2. Will the hospital be extremely busy? YES

3. Could I make a handsome salary? YES

4. Bonus? YES

5. Will there be OT to be had? YES

So why is everyone so averse to hard work. I doubt that it is a hell hole, but will you be busy? YES.

Another thing that could be negotiated is time off. If you are going to do nothing but work when you are there, R and R is something that will be absolutely necessary. Again this is where the nurse is in the drivers seat. Negotiate some extra time off so you can escape, go home, go on vacation, etc.

Like I have said at least half a dozen times on this thread, there is an opportunity to

1. pay off your bills

2. have a nice nest egg

3. walk away with a couple years of experience.

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