ziggy150

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1. New Grad Pay in Nashville

   ziggy150 replied to Clear Morning's topic in Tennessee

   I have a choice right now to work at either Vandy or St. Thomas, St. Thomas is $4.00hr more than Vandy, but is 8hr shifts M-F 6a - 2:30p. I am very much used to three 12's and am unsure if I could deal with the 5 eight's on a long time basis, but the...

2. Exper. Nashville RN Pay Scale

   ziggy150 replied to nursienurse_81's topic in Tennessee

   What's nurse registry?

3. Vanderbilt's Nurse Residency Program

   ziggy150 replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in Tennessee

   I hope it's not super difficult to get a position in Nashville. I don't plan on putting all my eggs in one basket and will be applying at as many different hospitals as is needed or available. Historically, I usually do well with interviews.

4. Vanderbilt's Nurse Residency Program

   ziggy150 replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in Tennessee

   Gotcha. Well, I really like hearing that it wasn't because you weren't able to click with anyone. When we move we will only have each other, but I usually am gifted at attracting people in a new work environment; as is my wife. Alot of my friends ...

5. Vanderbilt's Nurse Residency Program

   ziggy150 replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in Tennessee

   Thanks for the reply. I figured it might be something like that - home and family. Surprised you didn't meet some people in Nashville to hang out with though; especially working at Vanderbilt.

6. Vanderbilt's Nurse Residency Program

   ziggy150 replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in Tennessee

   What made you leave Nashville? Did you get homesick or something? Utah IS beautiful.

7. jobs in nashville?

   ziggy150 replied to hushpupgrl's topic in Tennessee

   Don't believe it. There are TONS of nurses with BSN's that don't know what to do with a blue baby that's not breathing. The only time you need to be concerned is if you apply for a management position - which you don't want anyway. Most always you...

8. Exper. Nashville RN Pay Scale

   ziggy150 replied to nursienurse_81's topic in Tennessee

   Yeah, but there's TN then there's Nashville, TN. I'm up in Detroit, but from all my research it doesn't appear the Nashville area is all that horrible for pay unless you're comparing to the Phoenix/tuscon area or maybe CA. I chatted with a nurse wh...

9. Nashville vs Charlotte salaries

   ziggy150 replied to ziggy150's topic in Tennessee

   Sorry I'm just now seeing your reply. I took a break from obssessing about moving for awhile due to putting a tiny bit of strain on my relationship with my wife, so I left it alone for a bit and stopped looking at "Nashville stuff". Some weird stuff ...

10. UPDATED nashville new grad pay

    ziggy150 replied to hbgwan's topic in Tennessee

    Wow, has it been that long since I've been on here? Sorry I didn't see this until now and hopefully you get this reply because it was most helpful to me as well as Smokey, apparently. Everything fell into place with my wife coming around to getting ...

11. Austin, Seton-Brackenridge

    ziggy150 replied to RN Zeke's topic in Texas

    Wife and I are noth thinking bout relocating somewhere "better" than Metro Detroit area for many reasons - including weather. The pay is good here after researching what others make in different parts of the country. You said the pay was "good" in ...

12. Nashville vs Charlotte salaries

    ziggy150 posted a topic in Tennessee

    This quite possibly has been asked before, but does anyone know if the pay in Charlotte is markedly more than in Nashville on avg. My wife (who is also a nurse) and I were thinking about relocating to Nashville - actually I was completely sold on it...

13. UPDATED nashville new grad pay

    ziggy150 replied to hbgwan's topic in Tennessee

    I assume you are talking about the Chicago area where your friend was working in acute care. At the hopital system I work for, per diem 1 is per diem 1 wherever you go. Not everyone or every dept offers it though. In fact this job was listed as a ...

14. UPDATED nashville new grad pay

    ziggy150 replied to hbgwan's topic in Tennessee

    For my experience level by the time I move (7 to 9 yrs exp), $28hr as staff with benifits. Right now with 4 yrs experience a staff nurse is making $25 to $26hr with benifits - that's not including any shift diff or attendance incentives, etc. I'm s...

15. UPDATED nashville new grad pay

    ziggy150 replied to hbgwan's topic in Tennessee

    If you're talking about stuff like groceries, car stuff and general living expenses I'm under the impression it's relatively close to the same. Property taxes and insurance where we are are comparable - actually taxable value has went down twice in ...