would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

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Just for fun lets just pretend the starting wage for an RN (regardless of education just RN) started at $11.00 hr. Would you still be a nurse? Also, what would be an acceptable starting pay for you to consider the field?. Ill start it off by saying no I would not at $11 hr (to much risk, slave wage for the type of job it is etc) and even though our starting pay around here is $27 hr for new grads I would work for about $20 hr. Be honest with you answers :)

absolutely not. I shouldn't have to justify that answer knowing what skills and knowledge are required for those who choose to join the prefoession of nursing. That is completely ridiculous. Just ridiculous. Can I ask what the basis of this question is?

I can understand where the question came from (although it was probably not the OP's intent). I, too, have wanted to ask a question like this to all the Martyr Marys out there who criticize nurses who are "in it for the money".

You know the ones I am talking about - the ones who are always saying/posting "I can't believe all these students/nurses talking about how much they are going to get PAID" or "Nurses who are in it for the money should go do something else" or "we should be worrying about the paaaaatients, not about money" etc, etc. etc., ad nauseum. I have often wondered if these Martyr Marys would work for a ridiculously low wage (like $11/hr) since they insist that they are in nursing for the "caring" not the "cash" and since they seem to have such disdain for those who look at nursing as a career opportunity - just like any other college major - rather than some sort of spiritual experience.

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hi, i am an new Grad Nurse in Australia and am earning (australian) $21.33 an hour... We get loadings for late shifts and weekends... Your starting wages at $27 (American) an hour seem fantastic!!!

But i used to be in child care, so what i am earning now is great!!!

Ps... $21.33 is equivalent to US $16.50 hour!!!

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Specializes in OB/GYN Med/Surg.

i think student nurses on clinicals should be getting paid...$11.00 an hour sounds good for that!!

lava rn

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Specializes in M/S, Oncol.,AIDS,MICU, PACU, Wound Care.

NO!

I made that much money putting myself through nursing school as a private sitter many years ago! One sitting job I had, was to make sure my client only had 2 scotch on the rocks before I assisted her to bed!;)

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After 23 years in nursing - med-surg,oncology,office,clinic,private duty...I now work in a not-for-profit respite care center for medically fragile children where the starting pay for RNs is $15/hour. All of us are here for the mission of the organization and for the ministry and service we provide to the families of the special children. BUT, not everyone can have this privilege - to work at a relatively low pay, doing something we love, and still pay the bills. We just don't live extravagantly! It all depends on your individual needs and personal interests.

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Specializes in trauma ICU,TNCC, NRP, PALS, ACLS.

HECK NO....... When I finish BSN school in December, I personally dont even want to work for 20.00 buck, BSN school is so much work and time and studying. That I think that new Grads should start at 35.00, the nursing salary is too Low as it is.

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If I had a choice today, I would not be a nurse for $50/hr. I started at $11.17/hr in 1984...now in my province we are at $29/hr. Still not much job satisfaction...working short and can't get any time off unless we apply a week in advance.

Look at your stub and you lose half in taxes.

Shift work means you miss half of the important events in your children's lives.

I love the post by ISONAK stating she would go back to $4/hr for pure nursing...not the crap we put up with today. Soon the next Memo to come out will say..."good job saving a life today, but you did it wrong...according to policy it states....blah blah blah"

Where has nursing gone?

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I am right sheepish about this b/c when I started in 1970 we were paid 2.25! I worked for 20 years got MRSAm nearly died and now have no career. Try getting benifets for OJT illness!

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Well, I have worked for $11/hr but never again. I am worth more than that and think almost every nurse is too. Lots more.

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$11.00/hr not acceptable at all! Especially being the fact that we hold so much responsibility for our pts. and keeping our license. I do think our CNAs should start off way more than they do. They work their butts off. The type of work and salary doesn't match.

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I know phlebotomist that make over 11.00 an hour. I do see school nursing jobs for around 12.00 an hour, but they have a hard time filling these. How can you offer a nurse these wages while the school teachers there are making over 60k with summers off. No way, would never do nursing for that wage.l

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11.00 dollars umm no 20.00 is the ball park here in north east ohio - you can make more that 11.00 at Lowes

No ,unless gas was again 50 cents a gallon or the cost of living index matched that. I love nursing ,but I also love having food,clothes ,utilities,a place to live and those kind of luxuries.

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